Teenage Pregnancy Satire

Baby Mama Drama Teen pregnancy is one of the biggest issues in America. It’s everywhere. It’s promoted on television, social media sites and even right here, in our local high schools. Teen pregnancy has become glamorized and young girls think it’s okay to have a baby before they are even twenty years old. What’s wrong with society? The problem of teen pregnancy can not only be prevented, but it can be stopped. There is no reason for children to be having children of their own. The USA has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy across the world. Christina Barcelos compares teen pregnancy to an epidemic and states that it is not only a public health problem, but also a medical problem, a social problem, and an economic problem. “The USA has one of the highest rates of adolescent birth in the developed world, at about 42.5 births per 1000 young women ages 15-19 each year… In comparison, western European countries such as France and the Netherlands have dramatically lower rates, at seven to five births per 1000 women under the age of 20 each year.” One reason that Barcelos points out, is girls are basically getting pregnant because they want to fit in with the social “norm.” They are influenced by peers paying …show more content…
Unless, students, teachers, parents, TV and social media make this a known problem, it will never go away. It’s going to take everyone getting together on one page about teen pregnancy and how it is a problem. Education is a free, simple solution, one that is being taken for granted. If knowledge is the key to success, why aren’t people giving their children the knowledge they need to succeed? Some people will say, if you lay down in your bed, now you have to make it. Teens do not need to have babies. Teens are going to have sex no matter what people say or do. If teens have to find out about sex on their own that’s when pregnancies occur. Educating teens is the only way to prevent