Children from very young mothers worse in school

Born children of young mothers get significantly lower grades in school than children of older mothers. A team of scientists from the University of Michigan found that the level of education mother affects school performance and her child.

Young mothers

American scientists have found that children born to mothers over 19 years, usually have higher school performance . According authors of the study, children of mothers over 19 exhibits the highest results in math and reading for 13-14 years, compared to those children, who are born to mothers younger than 18 years.

Young mothers

"The results of our studies convincingly show that the birth of a child during adolescence age entails negative consequences in terms of its performance - said study author Sandra Tang. - These negative effects we observed not only at first, but subsequent children young mothers . But after receiving these moms education, their children started better in school. "

By According to Professor Pamela Davis-Kean of the Institute for Social Research and Center for Human Growth and Development of the United Kingdom, research data They are good and bad news. The good news is that if teenage mothers after birth still continue to receive an education, their children demonstrate higher school progress Than in the case where young mothers   do not want to learn. But the bad news is that Children of mothers of adolescent never catch up in the development of the children, who were born to women who have received an education. (READ MORE)

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