Challenges of Teen Pregnancy Essay

live a normal life; the lament of many teen mothers who wished their lives were different. Teen mothers have never considered how a pregnancy would affect their lives. Statistics showed “thirty-seven percent of young women become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of twenty”. Growing up with a single parent may be a factor that causes teen pregnancy. The lack of sex education drives teens to practice unsafe sex; therefore, accidental pregnancy occurs. Another reason for young women…

States remain the highest and over one million teens that are pregnant are from the ages of fifteen to nineteen.” (Pregnancy Information For Teens, Second Edition) “There are nearly half a million teen births each year. Put another way, each hour nearly 100 teen girls get pregnant and 55 give birth.” (Not Just Another Single Issue) Teen pregnancy brings so many emotions to you. It can bring shame, denial, a lot of stress and even depression. A teen pregnancy could be one of the toughest…

ABOUT “TEENAGE PREGNANCY” By: Matthew Olavydez Submitted to: Mr. Lance Sayurin ID Number: 11553132 OVERVIEW In the Philippines, especially the poor rural areas, ages from 10-19 years old is said to have experienced premarital sex and that merits those teens to become a teenage parents. Teenage is pregnancy is an important issue for several reasons. It is one of the most common problems not only in the Philippines but also in other parts of the world. Most of these teens are under…

Teen pregnancies should be avoided because it causes physical problems, emotional problems, and loss of teenagers own childhood .Statistics say thousands of teenagers in the U.S have unprotected sex each day. These Statistics is not only surprising, it is also preventable. Many teens are sexually active now in 2016 .More teens are having sex and not protecting themselves and if you don’t protect yourself there are lots of consequences like pregnancy . During the pregnancy of teenager…

In the movie, The Pregnancy Project, a girl named Gaby Rodrigues broke all the stereotypes defining the Hispanic community in the media, history and real life. In real life, all her peers told her she was going to be a teen parent and not go to college. With the negative connotations by her peers, and having dealt with her mom becoming pregnant as a teenager and her siblings as well, she put a tremendous effort to have a better life, and change the media’s portrayal of pregnancy. Therefore for a…

Ipatenco, Sara. "Why Are Low Income Teens Likely to Become Pregnant?" Everyday Life. GlobalPost - International News. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. Sara Ipatenco brings awareness to the causes of why low-income teens are more likely to become pregnant. Poverty is a huge contribution to teen pregnancy, and getting pregnant during the teen years makes it harder to break that cycle of poverty. Ipatenco address possibilities that cause teen pregnancies, such as lack of education, no funds for birth control,…

teenage pregnancy are becoming a major influence in lives of today of adolescents. The major networks encourage young teens to view programs such as MTV’s Teen Mom, Teen Mom 2 and 16 & Pregnant so they will become addicted to watching the program and feel as if though they are a part of the characters reality life. Pursuant to research conducted by “Teen Health and the Media” the average American teen spends about 20 hours a week watching television reality shows, as a result teens to form…

According to the Mayo Clinic, “the most common complications for pregnant teens – especially those younger than age fifteen and those who don’t receive prenatal care – include a low level of iron in the blood (anemia), high blood pressure, and preterm labor” (Mayo Clinic Staff). All of these complications can have a very negative impact on the mother, her pregnancy, and her child. Anemia during pregnancy can cause a woman to go into preterm labor, suffer from postpartum depression, and possibly…

research that is used to help us understand the truth and not just the speculations. From this research, we can see how age can affect the lives of everyone involved in the pregnancy. It will also help the parents…

TEEN PREGNANCY As a teen, becoming pregnant is the last thing thought about. When teens do not take the proper precautions, this can cause a human being to be conceived. When people are together and do not use protection pregnancy will most likely occur. Young adolescents don’t think of the consequences in the heat of the moment. At 17, a young man becomes a father after over counter pregnancy test and Dr. Office appointments. It is real there…