Teenage Love Essay

The television programmers claim that this type of show was to help reduce teenage pregnancy. Although, this is not the case. Teen pregnancy is still on the rise. According to the CDC, “In 2014, a total of 249,078 babies were born to women aged 15–19 years”. This is a shocking number of babies born to young mothers. This can be…

"It takes a village to raise a child."-African Proverb. This wasn 't only a quote, but a way of life back in the day! The whole community enforced discipline and guidance as playing a hand in raising each others children. Their was a mutual respect for families and the community really looked out for each other furthermore putting the needs of the children first. The men looked out for young boys and women young girls. As a collective young girls and boys were taught to respect their elders, don…

Clicking through channels on a Tuesday afternoon, past the news channel “Teen pregnancy is at a 10 year low!” (3. Koh) past MTV’s latest episode of Teen Mom and finally to a nice episode of Snapped. “Pssh. I would have more to worried about on Snapped than teen pregnancy,” I say aloud to myself. Just as the last commercials end to the final segment of the show, Alice comes running through the door, crying and runs straight through the living room and slams her bedroom door shut. I look at the…

depression feels as if they’re alone in the world and have no one to turn to. They also may feel as if there parents wouldn’t understand them even if they tried explaining it to them. Parents should start being more cautious of the actions their teenage daughter goes through. In Susanna Schrobsdorff article, "The Kids Are Not All Right", from November 6, 2016 issue of time, she effectively uses logos and imagery to show that being a teenager and battling through Depressions shows that parents…

teenagers are at their prime reproductively. The human body is designed to produce and deliver children during the teenage years. The problem is that humans do not reach their peak emotional maturity until around twenty-five, and the vast majority of teenagers are not financially independent. This confliction inspired sex education programs in hopes of reducing the rate of teenage pregnancy. The development of these programs then spurred the development of two different approaches;…

girls aged fifteen to nineteen become pregnant. Of those pregnancies, the majority -82 percent- are unintended (Planned Parenthood). Numbers such as these have lead to a the popular debate of whether or not birth-control pills should be available to teenage girls without a prescription. Many take the side that it should not be sold without a prescription due to potential risks that would be unknown to patients without an examination from a doctor. However, when compared to other medications that…

Though schools are talking about safe sex and body changes, many parents wish to avoid the topic until later in life. Waiting too long to inform teenage children about safe sex can be crucial to their decisions throughout high school. Telling children about safe sex is an advantage to preventing teen pregnancy, yet waiting too long to advise sex is a disadvantage to preventing teen pregnancy. The…

The teenage brain is not fully developed, so it may be more difficult to make the right decision when it comes to finishing high school or deciding to do a better thing for the child; such as giving it up for adoption. It is crucial that teenage parents graduate from high school and explore possibilities of college in order to ensure that their child has a financially stable…

In this article the main focus was on adolescent girls and their knowledge of the possible dangers of teenage pregnancy. The study that was done was interesting and came up with some results that were a little bit surprising. There were also aspects of this article that showed up in the textbook, such as adolescent pregnancy as a whole, and the consequences of adolescent pregnancy. By having this information allows for teachers to use it to their benefit when it comes to situations that may…

the years 2007 to 2013, the percentage of people using marijuana over the age of 12 has increased from 5.8 percent to 7.5 percent (Drug Facts: Nationwide Trends). On top of that, I found another study stating that “The United States has the highest teenage pregnancy rate and infant mortality rate of all developed countries.” (Don’t Tell My Parents). With facts like these, I find it almost impossible to say we are moving in the right direction. I completely agree with what Bauerlein wants for our…