It is clear that being a child of a teenage mother often entails numerous risks: low birth weight, complications of the mother's pregnancy and delivery, and health problems associated with poor perinatal outcomes greater risk of perinatal death lower IQ and academic achievement later on, including a greater risk of repeating a grade greater risk of socio-emotional problems a greater risk of having a fatal accident before age one and finally, a greater probability of starting one's own family at an early age.
