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A study of nearly 4,500 women from all different backgrounds in the UK has shown that several early life factors have an impact on the age at which most girls experience their first pregnancy. It seems that girls who are separate from their mothers for a period of time in the first 5 years of their life are more likely to get pregnant at younger ages. If the separation from the mother is longer than 2 years that effect changes, and has been found to prolong sexual inactivity by a few years.   The women whose mothers had been separated from them permanently at an early age, such as those whose mother’s died had often been part of a stable family afterwards and were less likely to have teenage pregnancies. The results of this study suggest that the security of attachment has a profound impact on a developing child. The study…
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