Becoming a parent, at any age, can be a life-altering experience. Regardless of race, education, and socio-economic status, motherhood--and fatherhood--uniformly places demands on one's life that were non-existent prior to the birth of a child. Research indicates that teenage parents experience reductions in their educational attainments compared to teenagers who are not parents. However, strategies have been reported that can help close this gap between teen parents and non-parents. Key points of this briefing paper include the following: (1) Teenage parents drop out of school due to the responsibilities of caring for their children as well as because of stigmatization and isolation from peers; (2) Teenage parents who receive support from school based services tend to remain in school more than those who receive no support; and (3) Strategies can be implemented to help reduce the negative consequences of early parenting.