Practical suggestions
I have a few recommendations for editing this section, "Mothers." I recommend that you further categorize these main points in order to make them more effective. For example:
[School dropout rates] Due to becoming pregnant during adolescence, teen mothers are very likely to drop out of school because of their low ambitions and dedication to getting an education. About 38% of female teens who have a child before the age of 18 complete their highschool education by the age of 22. This means that a very high percentage of teen mothers will not even go on to graduate from high school let alone pursue post secondary education [4]. In light of this, these young girls do not have full qualifications for proper jobs in the future, which leads to having a job with very low wages or even worse, unemployment. Further this leads to poor living conditions and the inability to maintain a safe and clean environment for their new born child. These young women often end up living on welfare and do not have adequate resources for their child[2]. Overall, these young girls are forced to delay and postpone any plans for their future in order to raise their child [1].
[Emotional and psychological impacts] Another issue associated with teen pregnancy is the young mother is often forced to essentially give up her identity for a new one while switching into a maternal role. These young mothers go through many physical changes: from adolescent physical adjustment to having to adapt to the ever changing shape of her body through the pregnancy and her postpartum figure.
[Parental involvement and reliance] Teens are often forced to become reliant on their family for financial resources as well as support to help get her through raising a child. In some cases, teens are shunned by their parents and do not even receive any support from their parents who are not accepting of the pregnancy. These young girls are often forced to lose contact with friends and others in their social groups in order to focus on their pregnancy[1].
[Health and pregnancy] Pregnant teens often do not have the proper healthy habits in order to go through a successful child rearing process. These mothers thus have heightened health risks, which inhibits healthy child development. Young women can suffer from things such as anaemia as well as [high] blood pressure which is only possible during pregnancy [5]. These mothers often smoke and drink because they are not properly educated on the child rearing process.
[Effects on social development and relationships] Having a child during these essential years truly clashes with the developmental tasks that should be occurring during adolescents. These young mothers are unable to fully develop a sense of self identity because of their new role as an expecting mother. Further, peer and social relationships are strained or even terminated and teen years are essentially for developing relationships with others and discovering oneself [5]. Due to all of these factors, teen mothers may end up developing depression after essentially being alienated from their family and friends[1]. These symptoms of depression increase the chances of the teen mother committing suicide[2].
[Lack of resources and social support] Pursuing this further, teen mothers are often strained for resources and social support from the father of the child. In some cases, the teen father will remain present throughout the process and in others the father will not. If the father remains present there is often high relationships tension and dissatisfaction because of the lack of financial resources, support and child care which will be needed. There are increase conflict which may lead to breakups, leaving the mother to be a single parent or even violence within the relationship [5]. Due to the lack of financial resources, these young women often do not get prenatal check ups or regular check ups for their developing child and thus they are unaware of any health concerns for their child.
[the section below should be edited for clarity - it includes a run-on sentence that is not very clear] Many of these teen mothers are not healthy enough, thus they have higher risk for obstructed labour and also these young women often undergo unsafe abortions which lead to the death of many young females and their unborn child[2].