Teenage Life Essay

The Formative Years and Teen Magazines Even before television and other modern day technologies, the media, in many shapes and forms, have been ever present in society. Whether it is newspapers, magazines, radio shows, or advertisements, the media have played a large role in determining society’s viewpoint and understanding of many issues. More recently there have been much controversy over the idea of female beauty standards and the effect the media have on them, particularly magazines that…

In United States, nearly half of all pregnancies each year (approximately 3 million) are unintended. More than half of all American women will have experienced an unintended pregnancy by age 45. 3 in 10 will have had an abortion. In 2013, there were 67 million women of reproductive age (13-44) in U.S, and more than half of them needed some form of contraceptive service or supplies. For the past two decades, women increasingly rely on publicly funded clinics especially the poor, uninsured,…

Education is the key that opens many doors for everyone. For women Education is very important tool for empowerment. So, every girl or women need opportunities to get education to manage her future life. Education will change their life style, and they will become a good mothers and active members in their communities. Even though there progress of women over the past few decades Middle East still there is some concerns about gender gap. Egypt is one the Middle East countries that women, girls…

youth. Teens often struggle with telling parents about concerns with sex so having an easier approach would be beneficial in many ways. It should be available to teenagers because it is a safe and effective emergency way to decline unintentional teenage pregnancy. Birth control should be readily available to teenagers to provide easy access, lower teen pregnancy rates and set safety precautions. To begin with, being able to have birth control pills over the counter provides easy access for…

Abstinence-Only Sex Education Everyone remembers that one-day in middle school when you had to sit through the embarrassing abstinence education talk. The dreaded abstinence only education programs are all about doing whatever possible to abstain from sex. They don’t have to teach about STD’s or the possible outcomes if you do choose to have sex. A larger majority of states in the US don’t require the information be medically accurate when given to students. The truth is teens will do what they…

child and attend school at the same time. As teens we are still learning about taking on responsibility for many tasks. This can be overwhelming and stressful for any single person. Many people think of abortion, as the act of killing an innocent life form. Of all the pregnant teens 35% decide to get an abortion. The two main causes of an abortion is either the complete…

Teenage girls sometimes feel uneasy when talking to longtime pediatricians about reproductive health needs and find Ayott Planned Parenthood to be a more comfortable environment in which to ask questions that matter. Parents seeking counsel for a teen’s need…

References: Eisenberg,E, E. (2016) Parental notification laws for minors’ access to contraception. Journal of American Medical Association, 59, 120-125 Parental notification laws for minors offers information in regards to minor’s rights and laws that is protecting the children of united states. The article shows the result of survey that had been conducted among young adolescent between age of 13 -18 years’ old who are sexually active. A great number of sexually active minors experience…

Next Choice is Her Choice Although teen pregnancies for girls ages 15 to 19 have been lowering in the past couple of years, the U.S. teen birth rate, as researched by the US Department of Health and Safety Human services, is still higher than in other developed countries. There are many ways to reduce the numbers and one method is to allow 15 year old girls to obtain over the counter emergency contraceptives. Emergency contraception a.k.a. the morning after pill, is a drug that can prevent…

Orange Elementary School is where I am completing my Early Fieldwork Experience. It is located in the city of Hemet, and is one of fourteen elementary schools in the Hemet Unified School District (HUSD). This paper has a demographic profile of the school, the school district and the city. Orange Elementary School has 734 students, of which 485 of those students are Hispanic or Latino at 66.1% of the student body. All of the information presented is from the 2013 – 2014, school year, unless…