...Teenage pregnancy is a serious issue in our society today where people become pregnant because they are not informed. The United States had the greatest amount of pregnancies. Teenage pregnancy affects not only females but males as well; it causes serious health and education problems. “Nearly 4 out of 10 girls become pregnant at least once before the age of 20.” () Most teens get pregnant because they want to know what it feels like to raise a child or because they see others with children and they find them cute and want them to themselves. Others get pregnant because they don’t know about the different ways of contraception and ways to stay safe. Many girls struggle with teen pregnancy because of their low confidence and self-worth. They feel that they are ugly and no guy would show them attention unless they give them what they want. In our society today Teenage Pregnancy affects both females and males in several ways. The issue of teenage pregnancy started to interest me when used to go to Pennsylvania with my friend a great percentage of the females there were actually pregnant and I didn’t really understand why. I wasn’t really sure how big or how serious teen pregnancy is, but with little knowledge and a tremendous amount of curiosity, I wanted teen pregnancy to be my topic. Scope Teen pregnancy is a continuously increasing problem in the United States today. The United States has the highest birth rates compared to places like Canada. In the United States, the...
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...TEEN PREGNANCIES Teen pregnancy is an issue that has been a problem for many decades. It was frowned upon until about the 1970s. After that, it started becoming more acceptable just like many other things in this society. Just because society is not seeing it as much of a big deal does not mean it is not a problem in this day and age. There was going to be interviews conducted until it was realized that no research or outside resources to be done. It almost seems as though some shows are glorifying the fact that teens are getting pregnant. An example of a show that seems to glorify teen pregnancy is a show on MTV called 16 and pregnant. How much of a problem this team pregnant today? Are teenagers really not that well educated when it comes to teen pregnancy, or to they just don't consider the consequences when they lay with someone and not use protection? Depending on the area on where specific individuals live can result in the amount of teenagers getting pregnant. The majority of the parents that I know that have teenage children that got pregnant were pretty well-educated children. A man that I know does well in fact educate his children about teen pregnancy. He is not dumb and know what his children are capable of when they are alone and unsupervised. He takes his daughter to the doctor every three months to get a shot that fits her from getting pregnant. My 14-year-old sister is very smart, but I know for a fact my parents have not talked to her about the consequences...
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...Teenage Pregnancy: Acceptance as Pop Culture Our society comprises of many gender niches and roles. Women are sisters, daughters, and most importantly mothers. Motherhood is one of the most cherished roles that a woman can take on. In the past, women were meant to be seen and not heard as their value depended on their ability to bear children and raise them thoughtfully. Even though that has changed and women are expected to gain an education and lead a career, motherhood can still be a main part of their life. However, motherhood does spring upon on some by surprise. Teenage pregnancy in the last few years have been on the rise and has become a problem for some to live up to that expectation of an education and career (Peck). In the past, teenage pregnancy was a taboo. However its discussion has become more widely accepted. Through analyzing the Candie’s Foundation ad in the October 2011 issue of Teen Vogue, it can be seen as an example of the shift in perception of teenage pregnancy in the United States. The Candie’s Foundation is a philanthropic branch from the clothing line Candie’s. The clothes from the Candie’s brand are meant to appeal to teenage girls who dress girly and traditionally feminine. Focusing on the same demographic, the foundation was founded with the goal to raise awareness about teenage pregnancy in 2001, according to their website. The print ads from their current campaign mainly feature female celebrities such as Fergie, Hilary Duff, Ciara, Hayden...
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...| Argumentative Analysis | Teenage Pregnancy | | Alisha Hunter | Core 201 | | In 2009, the first season of 16 and pregnant aired (a show to prevent teen pregnancy) and right after, it leads to a follow up of several spin-off shows of Teen Mom (after life of the girls on 16 and pregnant and where they are with their kids). After the first episodes of 16 and Pregnant and Teen mom many more seasons began to come out; four episodes of 16 and pregnant in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and then leading to three seasons of Teen Mom (Teen Mom 2 and Teen Mom 3). Shortly after the shows aired it was said that girls were getting pregnant on purpose just to be on the new television show. The newly show for pregnant girls isn’t helping girls prevent pregnancy. But more of leading girls on to become pregnant just to be a star get their 15 minutes of fame. Is the show really coming off as educational and realistic or are the shows making the girls make bad decisions. It all started with Maci, Farrah, Amber and Catelynn on the first season of 16 and Pregnant. The show was made to be educational and prevent teen pregnancies, to show young girls and boys about the real struggles of being a teen parent, showing the real struggles of parenting. It went into great and deep detail of the everyday lives of the girls. The show started off as a good educational show but then lead into more drama than just teen pregnancy. Catelynn had more than just issues with dealing with her adoption...
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...individuals in dire straits tend to commit crimes against their employers that they might never consider in economic booms. Concern over dishonest employees is increasing every year, especially in the retail industry.” Stettner (2010) offers various alternatives to address employee theft: 1. Maintain close accountability of employees who handle cash. 2. Introduce various measures such as: electronic surveillance and regular audits. 3. Educate employees about the importance of these measures. Teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy denotes pregnancies that are conceived and held by young women before the age of twenty ("United States: Growing pains; teenage pregnancies," 2009). The research shows that teenage pregnancy has been growing since 2005 ("United States: Growing pains; teenage pregnancies," 2009). The research also shows there are multiple factors that contribute to teenage pregnancy ("United States: Growing pains; teenage pregnancies," 2009). Among those factors are: demographic factors, the current financial climate, gender roles, mixed messages, and the idea that sexually transmitted diseases do not...
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...“Violence in Teen Pregnancy” discusses the rising numbers of teens in America that have faced the most violence throughout a pregnancy than adults. AJ Davis has conducted a study which concerns the number of teens whom have faced or are facing some form of violence of violence during pregnancy to the number of adults facing the same types of violence. It was founded that violence during pregnancy is reported more often by teens than adults. The common form of abuse was reported to be by a non-partner or a female friend. Davis suggested that more teens try to follow the abstinence program, by saving themselves till marriage, to help prevent any type of situations if they were to become pregnant and also speak up to someone they can trust about the situation to seek help. Literature Review The literature review is an in-depth analysis of the data concerning the topic of violence amongst teen pregnancies. The article has been summarized and all information obtained will be well organized throughout the research. This literature review may or may not give new explanations of old information or also combined new and old explanations as well. The review can also be used to verify the research and provide more information based on the research topic. That being said, this literature review is used to introduce information concerning violence that may occur during a teen pregnancy more than during the adults pregnancy. The author of “Violence in Teen Pregnancy” has looked...
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...Teen Pregnancy When people take the time, and think to themselves, they probably wonder about some of the problems that plague our society. As far as our young people are concerned, there are many problems we are faced with on a daily basis. The communities we live in are infested with drugs, alcohol abuse, gang violence and the list goes on. There is one problem in our society that has been a thorn in our sides for years, which will never go away. The problem is our babies are having babies. Teen pregnancy has been a problem for quite some time now. This isn’t one of those problems that just came along, and took the country by storm, like the crack epidemic of the 1980’s. It has always been here! Back in the 1950’s and 60’s, in a typical middle class environment, there might have been a teen to pop-up pregnant here or there. But, for the lower class environment, those pregnancies happened frequently. Back in those days, teen pregnancy was highly frowned upon. Many times, the young girl that became pregnant would be viewed as a loose woman or used up. During those times, a young lady that makes a mistake of this magnitude would rarely recover, to play a descent role in society. A woman had to be strong to deal with the pressures being a young mother, and facing the possibility raising a child all alone. Back then, most men would not consider dating a woman if she bore a child as a teen. As the years progressed, our morals and integrity weakened in our society; in some cases...
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...Teenage Pregnancy and Childbearing Outcomes Hypothesis: The teenage girls that are exposed to watching television are more likely to become teenage mothers than the ones that are not. Abstract The study will look into the effects the specific programmes have on the sexual behaviour of teenage girls. The specific program that will be understudy is the MTV franchise called 16 and Pregnant and how the reality series that show how a teenage mother struggles with her life influence the teenage girls. I Introduction The MTV show is quite popular among the young people but it is hard to tell whether teenage girls are influenced by such TV programmes and whether the influence is positive or negative. The impact of the program 16 and Pregnant on American teenagers will be studied in this paper to determine whether the teenage girls exposed to this program are bound to make decisions based on what they view on the program. The rate at which teenage pregnancies are happening in America is alarming and this is the reason why this study is carried out. To determine whether media is playing a role in the trend and to which extent the media is responsible for the vice. II Background a. Content of TV shows b. Previous study on the effect of media on teenage pregnancies III Description of data a. Twitter b. Nielson Data c. Google trends IV A descriptive Analysis of the Exposure V Empirical Methodology a. Analyzing Google and twitter activities b. Analyzing teenage pregnancies variation...
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...|Subject: |Teenage Pregnancy | Classification: Confidential Unrestricted ______________________________________________________________ | | |Summary: Local Children’s Trust Boards are important players in vitalizing the strategy to reduce teenage pregnancy in Kent. This paper | |outlines the local place infrastructure and actions required of local partners to ensure a cohesive approach to reduce teenage pregnancies | |in their areas. | | | | | |Local Children’s Trust Boards are asked to: | | | |1. Incorporate the district teenage pregnancy action group as a sub group...
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...Saturday, Jun. 12th 2010 If you have decided to write a research paper on teenage pregnancy, there are certain questions that you will have to answer. Some significant ones include: 1) What is the approximate number of girls who go through this situation ever year and have to therefore, make a hard choice? 2) Is there a relationship between the choice they make and their economic condition? 3) Have these numbers increased over the years? If you want to make sure that you answers are accurate and believable, you have to find facts and figures, details and exact statistics to support your research paper. However, while this step is important, it shouldn’t be on top of your priority list. Teenage pregnancy is a broad topic which means that you have to look into it and extract subtopics and examine them from every angle. This won’t be difficult because you can find a great deal of information on the internet itself but keep in mind that the extra field work will make your paper better than the rest. One great option would be to look into the cause and effect aspect of teenage pregnancies. You can start off by discussing the various reasons that could result in such a problem. For example- sex education or lack thereof or the ignorance as far as contraception is concerned. If you can get quotes from your friends or classmates, that would be great. The next step would be to explore both the short-term and long-term troubles that crop up when a young mother tries...
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...Institute (AGI), a nonprofit agency that focuses on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis, and public education, teenage pregnancy has adverse consequences for the parents, the child, and society. Pregnant teens are less likely to complete high school and attend college than teenagers who avoid pregnancy. Many teenage parents live below the poverty level and rely on welfare. The children of teenage parents receive inadequate medical care, have more problems in school, and spend more time in prison than children of adult parents. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (NCPTP) claims that teenage childbearing costs society about $6.9 billion annually; this estimate includes welfare and food stamp benefits, medical care expenses, lost tax revenue (teenage childbearing affects the parents’ work patterns), incarceration expenses, and foster care. In an effort to reduce teenage pregnancy and the problems associated with it, policymakers have recently focused on what causes the widespread poverty and welfare dependence that teen moms experience and have attempted to devise solutions to these problems. Some social critics argue that because pregnancy limits a teenager’s opportunities for education and well-paying jobs, many are forced to accept welfare to support themselves and their children. Only 64 percent of teen moms graduate from high school or earn a general education diploma within two years after they would have graduated compared with 94 percent...
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... Mrs. Boyce English 12 Teen pregnancy is a widely debated topic in todays society. Approximately 900,000 teenagers become pregnant in the united states each year before the age of twenty years old (Frick 21). The pregnancy rate for the united states alone for girls aged fifteen through nineteen stands at a eighty four pregnancies per 1000 girls (19). Countries like the United states, Romania, Belarus, and Bulgaria have the highest rates of pregnancy above seventy pregnancies per 1000 young women (19). Teen prenancy is one of the most controversial social topics of our time. Teen pregnancy has continuosly became a problem through the years. In 1950, the right thing to do if pregnancy occurred, was to get married. In 1955, only six percent of caucasian teenage girls were pregnant outside of marriage; today it stands at forty two percent ("The Elkhart Project").The teen birth rate was fifty percent higher in 1957 than it is now ("The Elkhart Project"). In 1992, the federal goverment spent more than thirty four billion dollars on welfare for families begun by teens ("The Elkhart Project"). Overly accepting attitudes from parents pose a problem in today's outlooks on pregnancy from teenagers. According to several studies, younger siblings of teen parents are two to six times more likely to become pregnant ( Frick 77 ). People say teen pregnancy is happening because eighty three percent of the television programs include sexual...
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...Teenage pregnancy among today’s Filipino youth http://opinion.inquirer.net/74517/teenage-pregnancy-among-todays-filipino-youth The National Youth Commission, supported by the Department of Health and the World Health Organization, convened the 2014 National Summit on Teen Pregnancy last April 24. This summit, which saw the active participation of adolescent youth, delivered a clear message: Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH), or the lack thereof, is fast becoming the defining issue of this generation of young Filipinos. Without a robust response from all stakeholders, the Philippines is on track toward a full-blown, national teenage pregnancy crisis. Staggering facts support this call for concern. Recent (2014) data from the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) reveal that every hour, 24 babies are delivered by teenage mothers. According to the 2014 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) study, around 14 percent of Filipino girls aged 15 to 19 are either pregnant for the first time or are already mothers—more than twice the rate recorded in 2002. Among six major economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Philippines has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies and is the only country where the rate is increasing, per the United Nations Population Fund. According to Josefina Natividad, YAFS coordinator and director of the University of the Philippines Population Institute, young Filipinos have limited access to sex education and ASRH services...
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...“Teen Moms and Adoption” Anthony Arcieri Dr. Bob Baron English 102 July 26th, 2012 OUTLINE History of Adoption A. Origination of Adoption B. Reasons For Adopting Early Pregnancy in the United States A. Teen Pregnancy B. Teen Moms Financial Struggles Emotional Struggles and Suicide Positives of Adoption A. Abortion Alternative B. Better the Quality of Life C. A Second Chance Arcieri 1 Recent studies in the United States have shown that thirty-four percent of teenage women will become pregnant at least once before the age of twenty. Of the 820,000 teen pregnancies each year seventy-nine percent occur out of wedlock, while one third never achieve a high school diploma or GED (Chappuis). It is estimated that about five percent of teen mothers end up putting their child up for adoption. As for the ninety-five percent of those teen moms that choose to raise their child on their own, many of them feel differently about their decisions once they attempt to balance the hardships of raising a child with living the life of a teenager ("Abortion.org"). This can easily lead to added stress levels, an unhealthy environment, and improper care for the child. One and a half percent of teen moms that decide to keep their child do not achieve a college degree before the age of thirty (Chappius) where as on average forty-three percent of adopted children end up in homes where at least one parent already has a college degree...
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...TEEN PREGNANCY By: Taylon Lamkin Introduction What is teen pregnancy? Teen pregnancy is defined as a teenaged or underage girl becoming pregnant. When does teen pregnancy occur? The average age of teens becoming pregnant is 13-19. Where does teen pregnancy happen? Teen pregnancy is more likely to occur among populations of non-white females, low income families, single parent households, and households struggling with substance abuse or financial resources. How does teen pregnancy happen? Well there are many reasons how teen pregnancy happen, for one unprotected sex is the big occurrence in this topic. Another one is rape, rape takes a big portion of pregnant teens, lastly some just want to have kids, which is low and unlikely but there are a few. Who causes teen pregnancy? Irresponsible teenagers are the cause of teen pregnancy, and also parents that don’t teach their children at a younger age about sex. Teen pregnancy is a serious problem in our country. It actually has gone down since 2011, so I would say it is getting a lot better than it was. There appears to be a lack of support. Teen mothers don't know their options. I feel that many teens today are unaware of the dangers of unprotected sex. To bring another life into this world without proper care and attention is to no one's advantage. The intention of this website is to inform people that are pregnant of the options available and to help them make the right decision when it comes to teen pregnancy. ...
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