Teen Pregnancy, which is also known as adolescent pregnancy is pregnancy in girls under the age of 20. Females who get pregnant at a young tend to face or have many struggles and some having to drop out of school when girls get pregnant at a young age, they will usually give their baby up because they cant handle all that responsibility. Early pregnancy may be combined with malnutrition and poor health care that care that cause medical problems the children of teen mothers are more likely to be born prematurely with a low birth weight, which can lead them to many other lifelong conditions. Females who get pregnant at a young age drop out of high school because they are too embarrassed or don't want to be judged by peers. Some females end up getting kicked out of their homes because their parents disapprove and get upset at the situation. Daughters born to adolescent parents are more likely to become teen mothers themselves.
Teen pregnancy is a serious matter that should be taken seriously
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Teens don't know what they are doing. In their mind they just want to have fun. But they forget the aftermath of the so called “fun”. High schools and middle schools should require that everyone takes sex education. We need to have a solution to the high teen pregnancy rate. The scariest reason for teens getting pregnant is the sexual activities without consent and the rape. Often teens are abused by family members or random adults, and they fear telling anyone about what's going on. They fear that they may be abused again by that person. Our friends also come into place. Teens are greedy when they see something they like they yearn for it. But then they realize the thing they've done is a mistake, they regret it all. That's what greediness does for you. Most teens do these things to fit in. They think being pregnant is the new wave or its “cool”. Teen lack knowing the consequences of the
Sold. Not enough help. Trying to be stopped. There are a lot of teen activists in the world. From people fighting for girls' education all the way to helping find homes for abandoned dogs.
This can give teens an idea to how life would be for your kids if you decide to run off at an early age and make a family when you’re not yet ready. Not only does it have an affect on you but the wrong mindset can have a negative effect on those around you as
As a result, teens who are faced with these problems later in life, having never wrestled with them before may have a very harmful or dangerous reaction. These negative reactions can be reduced if teens are exposed to the dark themes present in this book in the classroom. Another way this book can help teens is the fact that the book makes teens fell as if they are not alone. Andrew Skerritt justifies this "They help teenagers feel they're not alone in dealing with the issues they face. If a book deals with a girl getting pregnant, it doesn't mean the author is glamorizing teen pregnancy" (Skerritt).
Because of this adolescence are more likely to be risk taking, not thinking about possible outcomes, especially when they
It’s now more common for sex to be a topic of conversation then it was forty plus years ago and teens are more open to talk about sex than past generations. “Texas lawmakers are still way out of step with common sense and public opinion. Some even argue that sex education gets teens so “hot and bothered” that they can’t wait to jump in the sack with each other. Check The Numbers”. People don’t like being told what do especially teens who feel they are treated like they don’t know a thing and are expected to act like adult but at the same time are treated like they aren’t intelligent and as if they were motivated by constant deviant thoughts.
The Teen Brain The excerpt from “The Teen Brain:Still Under Construction” by NIMH, the author believes the teen brain is still developing hormonal,intellectually, and emotionally which affects teen behavior. To begin, the teen brain has growing hormones which affects their impulsive behavior. Huge horomonal changes play a factor in a teens social life and behavior. “ As with reproductive hormones, stress hormones can have complex effects on the brain, and as a result,behavior.”
Abortion Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy and is most commonly preformed in the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Most surgical abortions are safe but can be expensive which cause many people to get unsafe abortions. About 47,000 women die from complications from these unsafe abortions. Due to the many different views of abortion, it is a very controversial topic today. Abortion can be looked at in numerous ways based on the following theories, Structural-functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interaction.
Teens need to realize that these are not reasons they should
Teenage brains also make teenagers prone to accessing the risks and consequences
Teenagers act in irrational, impulsive and hazardous ways. This is due to their brains being underdeveloped and can’t form important connections, in fact a person's brain doesn't mature until their early 20’s. Teens also tend to put themselves at risk more than adults and misinterpret situations. Romeo and Juliet are an excellent example of the teen brain. Teens impulsive actions typically can be reckless for themselves and others.
When teens are rash and hasty with their decision making, so they tend to do things that are prideful and honorable to their peers. Despite this, young couples are still making rash decisions that are influenced by pride and
Parents should consider the effect it will have on their family if their teen gets pregnant because they could just prevent it all. Most teens are scared to tell their parents that they are sexual active, so making birth control easily accessible to everyone would keep teen pregnancy rates down. Most parents think they can control their kid’s actions until they are eighteen and that´s not the case with sexual activity. Teens should be able to make the choice if they need birth control or not because they are making the choice to have sex. Most parents are not understanding enough for teens to tell them they need birth control.
Families can have that big effect on them because it they came from a religious family they will have a different output on the pregnancy. Which usually that live in a religious homes do try to act out to show that they just want to be independent. religion can make the teenager homeless because the family will not deal with that kind of behavior which can make it difficult for the teen to cope with. However, this does have the sexual norms that the acceptance of premarital sex. Premarital sex does go against almost every religion because its sex before marriage and in religious homes they want there teenagers to not have sex until their married.
Restatement of the thesis statement: Providing sex education in schools is essential and will be significant in reducing teen reproductive indicators such as pregnancy, abortion, and HIV rates because the knowledge that is imparted shall enhance awareness and responsibility among the adolescents 3. Closing remark: It is vital to implement sex education programs that will encourage responsible sexual behavior and enhance reproductive health among
Teen pregnancy is a communal problem, a family problem, and a personal problem all rolled into one. It frequently goes hand in hand with premarital sex. Problems come when the news needs to breach each parent’s party. After which, these impressions simply serve no purpose but to put them off, and deduce to mere nuisance to them when the truth of their situation slowly sinks in. How do they provide for the child if their parents cut them short financially?