"You are not going to be a teenage mother," her father continued.

It is quite common to find teenage mothers written about as people with certain medical and social problems.

Teenage mothers are more likely to drop out of school.

For teenage mothers on their own, the prospect of meeting and going out with boys may not be easy.

They seem to think that teenage mothers can't look after children properly.

Fostering a teenage mother is therefore something we do not hear a lot about.

Shannon White used to assume she would become a teenage mother, like her big sister.

Fewer than a third of teenage mothers finish high school.

Teenage mothers who were completely unaware of what they'd done.

She is also likely to want a child more than a teenage mother wants a child.