relationship, that might completely change their lifestyle (Swierzewski, 2000). During the teenage period teens look for attention and acceptance from their company, so if teen pregnancy is seen as acceptable in school or among friends, they can pursue to become pregnant as the way to gain social acceptance. For instance, MTV has several TV shows that show teen pregnancy as a positive characteristic of life: Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant. Teen Mom is an American reality TV show that is a…
The Bean Trees is a story about young women who live at a disadvantage because of an not planned parenthood but is trying to improve her life. However, Taylor Greer, one of the main characters in The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, fell into motherhood that was not planned, “…she sets this bundle down on the seat of my car...take this baby...it’s my dead’s sister’s…and walked away…”(Kingsolver 18). Taylor had to take in a baby because it was thrown into her car. Although wanting to reject…
Teen Pregnancy Can’t Be Right! You not ready to have a baby, if you are a baby. According to recent statistics, more than 900,000 teenage pregnancies occur each year; four in ten American girls will become pregnant at least once during their teens. Since, this topic is such big there are two sides the for teen pregnancy and the against teen pregnancy. People for teen pregnant feel that it is okay for teens to become pregnant as a teen. People against Teen Pregnancy feel that teens should not be…
sexually active teens. Also that teens across the world are not receiving enough sexual education. This is resulting in an increased amount of unexpected teen pregnancies, or doing it just to get some fame and attention out of the “teen mom status”. Teenage pregnancy has been a problem throughout the world, especially in the United States, for a couple of generations now. Rates among teens had been declining for awhile, but are starting to take a turn and increase again. This is still a…
Teen’s choice of birth control Teenage pregnancies are getting higher and higher amongst thirteen to nineteen-year old’s. What can be done in order to lower teenage pregnancy rates? Teenagers are taking part in unprotected sexual activities and they are ending up pregnant at a very early age. Many teens are not ready for the type of commitment that raising a child would takes. These teens are certainly not ready to be raising children. Should teenagers be able to decide when they choose to go on…
have never been taught about the proper lessons in sexual education and help them. This is done by providing them with important information to make them understand the major effects of being a teenage mother or father. This program aims toward helping the youth understand the importance of being a teenage parent and giving them the information on how to keep themselves safe from sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. Yet, with such a helpful program, Ms. Brittany McBride, who…
Abstinence v. Comprehensive An Analysis of the Respective Results Sex education has always been a controversial topic, especially to which it is taught. The Reagan administration passed the Adolescent Family Life Act for abstinence-only education, based on the presumption that talking about sex in school would promote sexual activities among teenagers. The President quietly passed the two-point act 1981, as the House of Representatives did not vote on it. The government coded the act under…
It is highly important to educate adolescent age adults early in their development about human sexuality and the effects of it. Poor education results in unfortunate situations; which is why a valuable education is needed in dealing with adolescent aged people. However, I believe adolescent age adults don't necessarily process the helpful information in ways expected by the educators of sexual human development. Sometimes educating teens and getting them to learn important information that may…
pregnancy rate than girls who fathers lived in the home. In former President Obama’s 2013 Father’s Day address mention in this article, he stated “No matter how advanced we get, there will never be a substitute for the presence of a parent in a child’s life, and in some ways that is uniquely true for fathers.” Another factor mentioned in the article was fatherless households had a significantly higher teen abortion rate. Researchers showed that girls with a father in the home are less likely…
This year Netflix suprised its audience with an unusual acquisition of a documentary film from Sundance Film Festival. The producer of the film, Rashida Jones, focuses on the “amateur” porn industry and women who have no clue what they are in for. The documentary sheds light on young girl exploitation and explains how they got lured into adult film industry. The film suggests that the Kardashians, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and others from our mordern culture have created this market of sexual…