Lack of support can occur before the adolescent becomes pregnant. Because teenagers operate at a concrete and ego- centric level of cognitive development, they tend to see the world only in terms of themselves. Franz describes such a teenager: “She sees everything in terms of her own agency and causation.” If parents are not clear about their beliefs and values, and do not teach their children that their love will not be withdrawn if the children become pregnant, then situations arise in which the adolescents make decisions to abort based on their egocentric view of parent-child love. Fear that their behavior will cause their parents great distress may be based on inadvertent or inappropriate comments by the parents. In a 1985 study by Ervin, one teenager said, “Mom also threw in how she would have a nervous break- down if I ever became pregnant and Dad would have a heart attack. That confirmed my inability to tell them.”23 If abortions occur to save the feelings of parents – and grand- parents as well – or to avoid painful confrontations, the result may be psychological suffering and family dysfunction.
Lack of support can occur before the adolescent becomes pregnant. Because teenagers operate at a concrete and ego- centric level of cognitive development, they tend to see the world only in terms of themselves. Franz describes such a teenager: “She sees everything in terms of her own agency and causation.” If parents are not clear about their beliefs and values, and do not teach their children that their love will not be withdrawn if the children become pregnant, then situations arise in which the adolescents make decisions to abort based on their egocentric view of parent-child love. Fear that their behavior will cause their parents great distress may be based on inadvertent or inappropriate comments by the parents. In a 1985 study by Ervin, one teenager said, “Mom also threw in how she would have a nervous break- down if I ever became pregnant and Dad would have a heart attack. That confirmed my inability to tell them.”23 If abortions occur to save the feelings of parents – and grand- parents as well – or to avoid painful confrontations, the result may be psychological suffering and family dysfunction.
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