Teen Pregnancy: A Social Problem

Teen Pregnancy Pregnancy can be a tough thing to go through but, it can be even harder when you 're a teenager. This issue has become more and more common throughout the entire United States. The rates of teenage pregnancy will continue to increase as the years go on. I believe that parents in this time of age aren’t preparing their children with the sex talk that parents used to give. If more children were to hear the stories about how hard is it to raise children or explained to that their life will change dramastically, then maybe the rates of teenage pregnancy will eventually decline. Things that should be discussed with children is who it 's going to most affect in their lives and how it’s going to affect them, how having a child is …show more content…
These young women have to face one of the hardest things that they may ever have to face. Being pregnant causes emotional crisis which result in shame and fear (Teen Pregnancy-A Social Issue, 1). These are not things children should be facing meaning since they are still children themselves. Teenage pregnancy is on the rise. As you travel the globe you will find that industrialized and developing countries have distinctly different rates of teenage pregnancy (Teen Pregnancy-A Social Issue, …show more content…
Kathryn Chinn argued that the best way to prevent teenage pregnancy is to have sex education taught in schools. She believes that sex is society’s pink elephant, everyone knows it’s there, but no one wants to discuss it even though it is not going away. She says that students deserve to be given the tools to make better decisions and how to handle their consequences (Berne, 71). However Kathleen Parker thinks the sex education should not be taught in schools. She believes that by making these kids talk about it they’re just forcing the issue of sex on them. Kathleen thinks that by trying to teach your children safe sex or not to have it, you 're simply denying their right not to know. This just shows that parents are the ones obsessed about sex (Berne,77-78). Advocates of Youth gave their viewpoint that teaching about contraception can reduce teen pregnancy. They argued that youth need to feel like they are respected as thinking, competent human beings primarily because, young people are capable of making educated decisions about their secual health of their own volition (Berne, 98). Whereas on the other hand Rebecca Hagelin’s opinion is that teaching about contraception is wrong. She believes that when things get to the point that you and your partner are talking about sex and you have to persuade one another to use a condom that you should be taught to say a firm no at that point