Does Having a Baby Stop a Teenage Parent Having a Social Life?

You’re a teenager, you want to be going out and having fun with your friends.  So what happens when you become a teenage parent?  Will your friends still want to hang out with you or is your social life over? (By teenparentingmagazine )

Most teenage parents will feel as though their social life is gone forever and many of them will lose most of their friends as a result of their parenthood.

Your life has suddenly changed enormously and for your friends who have never experienced parenthood and just want to go out and have fun, they will have no understanding of how you are feeling. 

But all is not lost; your social life is not at an end.  It may be with those particular friends, but that doesn’t mean you won’t have a social life at all.  There are many other teenagers in the same situation as you and it can make you feel good to get to know other teenagers that are also parents. Parenting Classes are another good place to find other Teenage parents

There are many support groups for teenage parents where you can go to meet other young mothers.  By socialising with other teenage parents, you will be able to share ideas, share your problems, help each other out and just be there as a friend for one another.  Many young mothers meet lifetime friends through support groups like these.

If you can’t find a support group, you could start your own.  It doesn’t need to be anything too big; you can just have a social morning with other teenage parents that you may know off in your neighbourhood.

The other option is to look online.  There are forums and chat rooms for just about every topic on earth on the internet and there are many for teenage parents. 

Parenting can seem really difficult at times and sometimes you feel like you’re all alone and no-one understands what you are going through.  On the contrary though, there are thousands of mothers out there and many of them will have experienced exactly what you are experiencing. It can often make a huge difference in your situation just by talking to someone who has been there before.

Post natal depression can result from the feeling that you are alone in what you are going through and that no-one understands you.  You don’t want to get into a depressive state, so if you are feeling down then seek help, talk to someone and you’ll soon realise that you are not alone.

All parents need some time out for themselves so if you have parents or friends that are happy to baby sit for you then make the most of it.  A night out with friends can do you the world of good.  If you don’t have parents willing to baby sit for you, then you can always make arrangements for a girl’s night with your support group.  You can take it in turns where some members take care of the kids, while the others have a night out.  Then next time you can swap it around so everyone gets a chance at having a night out away from the kids.

You do need some adult or teenage contact and not just spend 100% of your time with your baby or you will feel like you are going crazy.  So don’t give up on your social life, if your old friends aren’t good enough friends to stick by you then go out and find some new ones.

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