The Secret Within: Teen Pregnancy, The Cause and Effect on Teens As time and style change, each generation of teens tend to mature faster. Over the last decade numbers of teen pregnancy have increased significantly in the United States. Researchers have wondered why and how could so many young ladies become pregnant. Excuses that several teens often used were, ”Oh, it will never happen to me, or I love him.” Other ladies were afraid to receive birth control and surrendered under peer pressure. While all of these were inexcusable reasons, many of the females found out that they were