The problem of minor motherhood becomes more and more relevant now. After the child's birth many young girls cannot independently sustain the loading which fell to them. Therefore minor mothers as nobody else, need the multidimensional help.
There is a set of various reasons for which young girls assume the status of mother. Chaotic intimate relationships, rape, pregnancy as the solution of problems, desire, benefit or just psychological reorganization of the personality can become the reason. Anyway, pregnancy at early age not always is desired. The immediate environment of pregnant girls usually quite sharply reacts to their unusual situation. Minor mothers, getting into a stress situation, need multidimensional support: psychological, medical, social and legal.
Psychological assistance
It is possible to refer the consultations directed to decrease in level of uneasiness to psychological assistance. Often young mothers are afraid that they will not be able adequately to bring up the child or will not be able just to provide his existence. Psychological support is necessary in order that mother felt that the similar emotional state is peculiar to many women. You should not stop the child's life, relying on uncertainty in own forces. Group therapy – a widespread method of psychological assistance. It is called for exchange of experience, thoughts and useful recommendations. Similar meetings can lower the level of aggression of mothers to any surrounding factors. Individual therapy also teaches self-control, formation of maternal attachment, development of will.
Medico-social assistance
It is possible to refer preparation for motherhood to medico-social assistance at the initial stages of pregnancy. Usually similar consultations are held on the basis of the centers of planning of family, in clinics for women. Here it is possible to refer the treatment-and-prophylactic help. This type of the help is carried out for maintaining health of a fruit. Also consultations on refusals of the child and also detection of genetic diseases belong to the preventive help. The next stage of medico-social assistance is rendering medical services directly at childbirth and health protection of the newborn.
Social assistance
It is possible to carry a lump sum at the birth of the kid to social assistance of minor mothers, maternity allowance (not less than 40% of the salary), a child care allowance up to one and a half years, a grant to the women who were registered no later than three months of pregnancy.
Legal aid
Legal aid consists in providing necessary information about what rights and duties the minor girl as mother will possess. Also young mom is informed on what rights her child will have. There is full acquaintance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.