Topic : Causes Of Baby Dumping Thesis Statement : Many unmarried mothers resort to baby dumping because they could

not lived up to the societal expectations, they are too young to take responsibility as a mother and they are afraid of jeopardizing their future
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1.0 Young mothers dump their babies because they could not live up to the high societal expectations. ! ! Most "omen "ill isolate themselves from the family and community if they conceive before marriage !!! #he victims usually isolates themselves from their family because they realize that their family "ill great humiliation !!$ #hey also isolate themselves from the society because a bad reputation had been created to"ards them !!% &ictims often shun themselves from the society and family because the lack of sanctify of marriage to justify their pregnancies

2.0 Another cause of baby dumping is they are too young to ta e up the responsibility as a mother. $ ! Most of the "omen "ho commit this act are young, unmarried and inexperience $!! #hey are not mentally prepared to endure the responsibility to take care of a baby

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#hey lack kno"ledge of proper child care

$ $ Being young and vulnerable, the "oman's shame about her situation easily triggers her emotion "hich leads to emotional immaturity $$! #hey do not thoughtfully "eigh the conse(uences of their action

$ % )ack of financial support $%! Brings to unstable life

$ * #hey are immature $*! +ot responsible enough

!.0 Those "ho are afraid of #eopardi$ing their future "ill abandon their infants. % ! ,tudents especially "ho are still in school or college "ill perpetrate such act %!! -eel baby "ill be a distraction to their education

% $ ,ingle mothers "ill face difficulty to find a job %$! #hey are incapable to support themselves and also the baby

% % .regnant teenagers "ill lose their family support %%! #hey "ill not have a place to live

% * /omen in pervasive denial "ill deny their pregnancy completely %*! #hey are reluctant to manifest physical changes or signs of being pregnant -or example, gaining "eight or feeling sick

% 0 ,ome think that marriage could be impossible in life if there is any physical changes %0! -or instance gaining "eight can change their appearances

%onclusion 1n a nutshell, young mothers "ho are afraid of jeopardizing their future, too young to take up the responsibility as a mother and fail to live up to the high societal expectations "ill commit this terrifying action