Teenage Pregnancy In Public Schools

Teen Pregnancy Are you aware that in the United States 24% of girls ages fifteen through nineteen were pregnant? Teenagers carrying babies is not ideal for anyone considering it is potentially ruining that teens childhood and putting them and their families in jeopardy. Education and awareness on this topic should be improved in schools and throughout communities. Teen pregnancy has the potential to ruin a teens educational future, relationships with the father, and put their child at risk for health effects; to create a solution to this problem there should be more funding towards the education of teen parents, an increased education on male involvement, and prenatal care provided.

In the short story “Sleepover Questions” by Amy Schalet, She discusses the similarities and differences of the sexual freedom teenagers have within American and European households. Teenagers lose a sense of power when they submit to their parents regulations of sex without questions. Some teenagers find it difficult to communicate openly about sex to their parents than others due to embarrassment. American teenagers struggle more with being open to the discussion of sex with parents opposed to teenagers in the Netherlands. These struggles are due to lack of home sex education causing an uncomfortableness of the subject when discussed with parents.

Their children are more likely to suffer health and cognitive disadvantages, come in contact with the child welfare and correctional systems, live in poverty, drop out of high school and become teen parents themselves” (Heller). Education is the most important in life and I believe it is can help to reduce child poverty if all the children are in

Birth control is very common in today’s society. Anyone from ages fourteen to fifty are using birth control. Young women should be able to get birth control pills without their parents consent because most teens are not comfortable with telling their parents they are sexually active. Teens can also be embarassed to tell their parents; they know they’ll be disappointed in them. Other teens may not have a good relationship with their parents, so they cannot talk to them about it.

Let me explain why. For Starters, the Juvenile Justice center doesn’t help some of the troubled teens. According to “Report: Juvenile justice system schools “do more harm than good”, it states, “Overall, 30 percent reported they had been physically or sexually abused, 37 percent had problems with hearing, sight or teeth, and 20 percent “wished they were dead,” according to the report.” So not only are the teens not being helped out, but they are getting abused physically and sexually.

A paternalistic government would create more social cohesion, than a neoliberal government, thereby; reducing atomization and alienation which hinder individual and childhood development. II. How did social exclusion from authority figures and peers impacted Baby’s life? • Stigma was a main contributor that threatens to keep Baby from overcoming poverty. Baby encounter rejection and stigma from her father, authority figures and classmates which bestow upon her little self-worth. O’Neill (2006)

In his article Richard V. Reeves is talking about a new method that New York established which is simply shame. Especially he pointed out a new advertisement in which a child is very sad and tears in his cheeks saying" I 'm twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen" . Then the author talks about Haydee Morales 's concernce about this idea. She talked like real liberal " heating and shaming community is not what 's going to bring teen pregnancy rates down". Then the author kind of gives the opposite opinion reminding that shame in reality is the main idea of healthy society, and as the shy is unchangeable part of society so humans shouldn 't avoid being in this condition.

Although women are the people responsible for populating the future generations, their health care is always on the backburner. Some people believe that women should not have the rights to their own body, and in turn have no access to reproductive care, or healthcare in general. Planned Parenthood has been mercilessly attacked by the government because of Congress’ belief on these issues. Right now, under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), women have legal and full access to breast and cervical cancer screenings, STI testing, birth control, and abortions in cases of rape, incest, and endangerment to the mother’s life. All of these services are also covered by Planned Parenthood, a center that is designed for women’s health.

How can adoptions increase “Many see adoption as a universal remedy for a host of problems from overpopulation to infertility” (psychologytoday.com). The process of adopting a child is very difficult. There are many problems with adoption such as cost, how long the process takes, and how many kids there are to adopt. To decrease the amount of time it takes to adopt, the process should decrease in price, become more efficient, and awareness should increase to make more homes for parent-less children. The adoption process should be made easier because it creates a better environment for a child to be raised in.

Required Immunity Mandatory vaccinations for children in public schools have been the center of much debate since laws were first developed to regulate immunization. Fears from parents about side effects and adverse reactions have steered many away from wanting to vaccinate their children despite the numerous infectious diseases they prevent. These debates have gotten in the way of progression in schools for preventing the spread of disease. To me, the risks of not vaccinating children are far greater than the risks of adverse reactions.

Nevertheless, certain studies assert that single-mother homes yield increased negative results on children as compared with children who are raised in two-parent homes despite the economic or academic history of the adults (Thio & Taylor, 2012). This fact affirms that divorce has unfavorable consequences on the children’s lives, especially on their education. Transitions for children and teens of

M., Jones, D.J., Kincaid, C Y., Cuellar, J., & Parent, J.M. 2012) Single mother is unable to provide her children with a strong family foundation or family values; this indirectly causes psychological effect on both the mothers and children. Statistics show that Office of National Statistics shows that children raised by single parents is high chances of suffering from mental health conditions as they would if they were staying with married parents (Adkison-Johnson, C 2015). In most cases, Single black mothers tend to isolate themselves from the world that in results effects the children and they do the same. The negative influence from being isolated for the children effects in their growing stage, which makes him/her, reserved personality (Gonzalez, M., Jones D., & Parent, J 2014.)

Someone’s sexual preference should not matter if they are capable to raise and care for a child. Less children would be in foster homes if homosexuals would have the right to adopt. The limitation homosexuals have on adopting a child is large but if all states were to except it they would be less children in foster care and more in a home with people they could call family for ever. Older children are more likely not to get adopted because they are young teens and people would rather adopt a baby because they want to raise them young and believe they wouldn 't be able to handle a older kid. About 40,000 infants are placed in foster care every year and about 126,000 children are currently available for adoption.

Many parents of the victims often have a hard time accepting the fact that their child is different and react in an unfavorable way. For example, in the book “Violence Against Queer People,” by Doug Meyer, who explains how most teens who come out to their parents are thrown out of the house. Being thrown out of their own home drives them to substituting school pastimes. “Drugs and prostitution replace school as a way of life. At the most critical time of their lives, their parents have denied them the support they need to become productive adults.”

Social justice activist Beth Leyba wrote in her article for The Huffington Post that “the idea that a shame-based campaign that shrouds sex in mystery would result in teens having less sex is both misinformed and mind boggling” (Leyba). In one of her health classes, she recalls a story their teacher told him where a prince abandons his princess in a tower because she gave her opinion too much. When this material was shown to her class, she was eleven. Seeing how abstinence-only programs portray women in such a degrading and shameful light from such a young age, it’s no wonder why women experience depression at roughly twice the rate of men and Girls 14-18 years of age have consistently higher rates of depression than boys in this age group (“Depression in Women). Sexism and misogyny are both deeply rooted in Abstinence only programs, it’s time to make a change and break away from this patriarchal