Steps to deal with teen pregnancy Essay

Importance of Abstinence Pregnancy could be a shocking thing, especially if unintended and at a young age. Throughout history, many parents have been shocked from their daughters being pregnant at a very young age. Teen pregnancy is a life-changing situation and has ruptured many teens’ lives. Today’s youth love to be in a relationship and feel that the best way to express their feelings toward one another is through intimacy. Most of them realized the unwanted effects of a sexual intercourse and, therefore, they rely on contraceptives to prevent an unplanned teen pregnancy. However, according to statistics most contraceptives only have a success rate of 75% against an unplanned teen pregnancy (“Teen Pregnancy and Parenting”). However according…

when talking about it with teens. Most parents would hope their kids will wait till marriage or when they are an adult who understand and is ready for it. When teens come of age it's time for them to hear the ‘birds and the bees’ talk. It may be embarrassing for them to talk about sex with their parents and also getting insight on how their parents were when they were young and fun. Students need sex ed to learn about sexual transmitted diseases, the myths that surround sex, precautions when…

debate between many Americans. Many people believe that it should not be taught, because it is too inappropriate. Others believe it is an important subject for teens to learn. Sex Education should be taught to students and teenagers in school. It has many benefits and advantages for teens. Although some teachers and parents may be uncomfortable with it, Sex Education is a necessity, because it can provide prevention or absence of diseases and pregnancy in teens’ lives. Sex Ed. can affect and…

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…

Teen pregnancy is increasing at an alarming rate every day also the United States has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the western industrialized world. The majority of young female teens are not prepared mentally, emotionally, or even financially to take care of a child of their own. Furthermore, children are physically unable to take care of themselves which means that they need to be attended to at all times. This can become overwhelming and frustrating for a teen mother because of…

About 637,000 of Native Americans live on reservations or trust lands. Studies show more and more teen pregnancies continue to happen on reservations. Not many people with degrees decide to teach on reservations, so it’s hard to find enough teachers.…

“Teenage birth rates in the United 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…

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; abstinence and…

addiction. As teens get older they start to experience Sex addiction, Drug addiction, Technology addiction, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Each addiction can cause a teen to go through different behaviors and can cause different effects on the teenage body. The roughest addiction that teens go through is sex addiction, so, let’s start with that. Sex addictions in teenagers are a hard thing to stop due to treatments and support from family and friends. Back then, teens were limited to what they…

did not even have adult life completely figured out. Let’s take another step back and look at me as a teenager. I definitely didn’t have the kind of job that could provide for a child. Teenage Pregnancy Teenagers today are faced with a laundry list of issues. These range from making sure they wear the right clothes to the pressure put on them to try new things. When…