Teenage pregnancy

The world we live in today is full of poverty stricken people. The real question is does a poverty stricken family affect the children. Children are like sponges and absorb everything around them. Whether it be words or actions they are watching a learning. If a household is poverty stricken this may affect your child as well. As a result of poverty, children may lack social skills, miss learning opportunities, are less likely to go to college, may be more prone to substance abuse, more…

A movie that truly exemplifies the word unique in its fullest capacity, Napoleon Dynamite is a classic that is unlike any other movie ever created. Napoleon, a teen who lives in the small town of Preston, Idaho, is a protagonist unlike any other. His incredible drawing skills and liger-like appetite for the most awkward situations help him assist his best friend Pedro who is running for class president. Along the way, Napoleon will learn many valuable lessons and skills including, but not…

express their sense of gender. Children of school entry age, that is, five years old, well able to grasp sexual concept and understandings such as emotions, relationships, body parts and difference between sexes, and simple facts of conception, pregnancy and birth(Goldman, 199). Sex education aims to help decrease the risks of potentially negative outcome from sexual behavior. Sex education should not just be about puberty, it should help our children to feel safe and enjoy their…

I have always been deeply committed to helping others, especially helping those who come from similar backgrounds such as mine. Several experiences have stimulated my attraction to the field of social work. The first step towards my passion to study social work was formed when I was 18 years old and I had my daughter Samantha. I was a single parent and I didn’t have much support from my family. Before I had my daughter I had dropped out of high school. I had some amazing caseworkers who went…

Ellis-Sloan, K. (2015). Practising care in teenage mother support groups. Critical Social Policy, 35 (4), 535-555. doi:10.1177/02610183155994572 In this article Ellis-Sloan (2015) examines teenage parents use of support groups, whilst drawing upon two qualitative research projects. The findings reveal the importance of support groups as they hold multiple advantages for young parents such as, peer learning, social support and respite, which ultimately may not be possible within a one to one…

“The Other” One particular group of women have been ridiculed, and wrongfully judged by society for too long. Once a young woman gets pregnant she is placed into a statistic, rather than being viewed by her full potential to turn her life around and become successful for her child. People tend to forget that before the twentieth century giving birth young was the norm and the sole purpose of women was to reproduce at young ages. Many of our great- grandparents started having children at the age…

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…

Sex education should inform and teach adolescents about safe sex and how to avoid having unwanted pregnancies and sexuallly transmitted infections. That is why comprehensive sex education should be taught in public schools. It teaches about abstinence as the best method for avoiding STDs and unintended pregnancy, but also teaches about condoms and contraception to reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancy and of infection with sexually transmitted…

Depression is often diagnosed as a collection of diverse disorders. Depression in young adults can occur due to a wide range of factors (Smith & Blackwood, 2003). These factors can be caused by genetics, stress, physical and emotional circumstances from traumatic childhood life events to life events later in life. After birth, for example, a form of depression that can be diagnosed could be postpartum depression. According to the Mental Health Foundation 1 in 4 women will require treatment for…

sex. Santinelli and his colleagues explain that “although abstinence is theoretically fully effective, in actual practice abstinence often fails to protect against pregnancy and STIs.” But although study after study has shown that the states that have the strictest policies have the highest levels of STIs and unplanned teen pregnancy, most states still employ abstinence-only curricula. A 2007 study of youths age 10-17 found that 45% of youth internet users had been exposed to pornography in the…