...Teen Pregnancy Pregnancy is the most amazing, life changing experience any woman could have. With a child comes great maturity and responsibility. Unfortunately, in today’s society, we see babies having babies. Teenage pregnancy is a huge issue and shows like Teen Mom on MTV tend to glamorize teen pregnancy rather than help show ways of prevention. We should be teaching our kids about contraception and abstinence rather than showing them that becoming a teen mom could get you a television show. One would think that the harsh realities shown on MTV’s Teen Mom would help lower the teen pregnancy rate. But do they? Does this show send a confusing message to teen girls? (http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/819328/Are-we-glamorizing-teen-moms) Teen Mom is a reality television show that follows the lives of four young girls as they share their struggles through motherhood with the world. Teen Mom first aired in December 2009 and has gone on for several seasons. We know these teens by name; Farrah, Maci, Catelynn, Amber, Janelle, Leah, Chelsea, and Kailyn. These ladies are the stars of Teen Mom, Season 1 and Season 2. We see them pretty much everywhere we look; on TV, on the covers of magazines, and entertainment blogs. The bad decisions these young teens made have been rewarded with fame and attention. (http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/819328/Are-we-glamorizing-teen-moms) It is shocking to me that this show has lasted this long because I personally believe that...
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...Daiejha Wilson 5-6-2014 Dr. Navare Teen Moms Being a teen mom is definitely not an easy task. Teen pregnancy is the number one reason why teen girls drop out of school. Many teenage girls begin to lose or forget about their dreams of ever finishing high school and going to college, and focus mainly on taking care of their babies. Without support and help from others, these girls are forced to end their education, to take care of their children. Statistics show that only about one-third of teen moms will graduate high school and a little over one percent of these mothers will receive a college degree before the age of 30. Becoming a teen mom should not stop a young woman from continuing with school. Therefore, many support systems, such as affordable childcare, support groups, public assistance, etc., should be implemented in their communities. Becoming a parent at a young age can alter a teen’s life tremendously. For most teenage mothers, school, let alone college are most likely the last things that are on their minds. They are worried about how they are going to take care and provide for their child. Many teen moms have no one to help them, they are basically on their own. Some have the desire to finish high school and attend college, but without the help and support it is almost impossible for them to do so. These mothers should be able to further their education just like the rest of their peers. However, teen moms have many factors in the way, such as not enough affordable...
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...COM 362 Teen Pregnancy Outline General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on the background information, communication, and possible resolutions regarding the teen pregnancy conflict in America. Central Idea: The issue of teen pregnancy is a growing problem in our society. This conflict is associated with the lack of education and restriction on teen pregnancies and abortions. I. Introduction A recent article from Parents Magazine stated that, “a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that one-third of teenage mothers didn’t use birth control because they didn’t think they could get pregnant” (Rossi, 2012). Researchers found that moms often thought they couldn’t get pregnant the first time they had sex or at a specific time of the month. With the amount of glorified pregnancies and sexual content in the media today we really need to take time to analyze this conflict. (Parents Magazine) II. Orienting Material I would like to talk to you today about the conflict of teen pregnancy. I will provide you with background information on the teen pregnancy along with what is currently happening with the conflict. By analyzing the desired out comes and communication strategies of the opposing sides we can take the steps towards resolving these conflicts. Credibility My credibly on the topic comes from my research and personal experience. I was drawn to this topic because I had a lot of friends in...
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...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. She dealt with drama between her boyfriend and...
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...Every hour 85 teens become pregnant, but why? Girls are told that the more sexual they are the more men value them, which unfortunately leads to high rates of teen pregnancy. Teens in this decade are so worried about what society thinks about them. Peer pressure is one of the biggest effects on teens having sex. Girls buy and dress in the most expensive brands to fit in. Some of them will do anything to me accepted in the “cool” crowd including; having sex at a young age. With teens lack of eduction, some teens use no protection which leads to them becoming pregnant. Also with the popularity of partying and drinking, some girls do not even realize what is happening before it is to late. Younger teens just do not understand the significance in having sex. Why is everyone so concerned with teens becoming pregnant though? The psychological affects on teens when they become pregnant has such a negative impact on their lives. They start feeling so many different types of emotions such as; fear, frustration, confusion, resentment, and most of all depression. Their depression levels shoot up. Not only are the mental effects strong, but so are the physical effects. Becoming pregnant as a teen increases the chance of Anemia, Cervical Cancer, Miscarriage, and pregnancy induced hypertension. Often being a teen mom, you receive a lower level of eduction, earn less money, social isolation, and limited job opportunities. But not only does becoming pregnant effect the teen mom, it effects...
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...Media Influence on Teen Pregnancy Jessica Vickroy Devry University Media Influence on Teen Pregnancy “I wasn’t aware of the consequences of having sex and I didn’t know the symptoms of pregnancy. I had no idea I was pregnant for quite a while” (Currie, 2011). Stacey Currie was only fifteen years old when she got pregnant. Over recent years, the rate of teen pregnancies has declined in the United States but there are still around 850,000 teenagers who get pregnant each year. This yearly rate is still double the amount of Canada, and triples the amount of Spain (The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 2012). In efforts to educate teenage girls, the US cable television network, MTV, created two television series: 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom. During 16 and Pregnant each episode followed a different teen throughout her pregnancy up to a few weeks after giving birth. Teen Mom followed some of the original mothers from 16 and Pregnant during the first few years of their child’s life. The intentions of these shows were sincere when first created but have developed into a mockery of their original message. Throughout the seasons of Teen Mom, the focus has become less about education, and more about ratings. MTV began to advertise each episode for the wild activities of the mothers rather than the struggles of being a teenage mother in today’s society. By advertising the mistakes each mother makes in gossip magazines, the wrong message is being...
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...Jnae Young Professor Leigh Ann Christian English 101 Teen pregnancy is now an epidemic in the United States; teens are having unprotected sex knowing the repercussions and consequences of it. “Nearly one million teen girls get pregnant each year. Nearly four out of 10 young women get pregnant at least once before they turn 20.1 Each year the federal government alone spends about $40 billion to help families that began with a teenage birth (Statistics ).” This new social phenomenon is spreading widely and becoming a calamity. The consequences of teen pregnancy are devastating. Some parents are left to raise kids on their own as single parents, and some teens have to drop everything and do not even get to finish high school. Children born to teen parents have higher rates of foster care placement, teen parents struggle with finance issues, and it is more likely for babies to be neglected when born to teen parents. Abstinence of course is the number one prevention method for teen pregnancy, which is the only method that is one hundred percent effective. If tens just waited until they were older, instead of having sex so quickly there certainly would not be as many teen mothers. The reality of the situation at hand is that teens are having sex and at very young ages, do not use contraceptives and get pregnant. One real common cause of teen pregnancy, that being unprotected sex. Teens are not using contraceptives as much as they should and some not at all; the reasoning behind...
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...solution. 2. Focus on the organization, focusing on one main idea per body paragraph. First address the high rate of teen pregnancies before examining the why and the various negative consequences. 3. Omit the questions from the body as you concentrate on providing the readers the answers. While you may have these questions, work on answering these for your audience. 4. Finally, avoid speaking directly to the readers, omitting the second person pronouns (you/you). At this point, you will primarily be writing in the third person point of view. Let me know what questions you have as we continue. ( Reducing Teen Pregnancy Are you a teen parent? Do you know anyone who is? If so how do you see their life compared to when they were not a teen parent? Big difference huh, that is because becoming a teen parent is not as easy as people say. Becoming a teen parent practically ends your childhood. There are many difficult times; you give up a lot of your teenage years to be a parent. Teen pregnancy has been around since a long time ago many people have tried to reduce the amount but have not been successful. Why? Why can’t teens be care free and not have to worry of being sexually active and instead enjoy their teen years? Whether it is planned or not being a mother is not as easy as it looks. The number of teen pregnancy is the highest in the U.S. Why are teens being sexually active at such a young age? According to Guttmatcher Institute, young people have sex for the first...
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...Lunch Money, Textbooks, School Bag…Baby? In today’s society, teenage pregnancy is becoming more and more of an epidemic that society should be concerned about. In most cases, this is all a result of parents not taking the necessary time to sit their child down and actually educate them on the harsh realities of what can happen if they decide to act upon their sexual drives and behaviors. Therefore they ended up finding out the hard way, and have to go through the daily struggles of being a teen mom. If we can prevent these girls from having unprotected sex before they have found the one that they are going to marry, it seems as if most if not all of these problems will be solved or at least in some way decrease drastically. Teenage pregnancy is everywhere. You see it on television programs such as MTV’s popular series 16 and Pregnant, movies such as the classic Juno, while you’re out on the streets, or even within your own family. Usually this picture of a teen mom is painted of them being alone, struggling to make ends meet, and the father of the child is rarely or not present in the child’s life whatsoever. This is a saddening thing to think of, but unfortunately it is true. These young girls do not seem to understand what they are getting themselves into when they decide that they want to engage in unprotected and premarital sex. They feel as if they are ready for what is to come with the pleasures of indulging in this act, but only when they have no choice but to raise...
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...Maddie Bowman Susan Zelms English 101 October 28, 2013 Informative essay rough draft Every four out of ten teens will get pregnant before they turn 20. Almost fifty percent of teens have never thought about how a pregnancy would affect their lives even though having a baby could be one of the most life-changing experiences a person can have. Choosing this topic interested me because I enjoy watching the show Teen Mom and it was always interesting to me what their lives are like with having a baby at age 18 or younger. What I really wanted to find through research were the statistics on pregnancy rates. Researching this topic will give me a further understanding of exactly how many mothers get pregnant and the outcomes of different decisions. The decisions in which a pregnant mother makes should benefit her son or daughter instead of herself. Teen pregnancy causes unwanted stress, financial problems, and most of all it interferes with completing school. Now that this topic has been introduced, now we can get a deeper look on what exactly a teen mom goes through and how it will affect her in the decisions she makes. Teen mothers should be making good decisions in what’s best for her child as far as completing high school and enrolling in college. Education is still an important responsibility of a teen mother. Finishing high school and pursuing a college education will allow her to be able to financially support her child and become more independent. Statistics show...
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...Teen Mothers Overcome Challenges Latasha Pressley ENG/147 11/02/2015 Jennifer Fielder Teen Mothers Overcome Challenges Do you remember how you were in high school? Where you mature or where you still oblivious to the hardships of life? Could you have raised a child and continued to finish your education? These are questions that teenage mothers have to answer in a very short time when they are told they are pregnant. Teen pregnancy is a topic that is a concern in many family homes all across America. The biggest issue that teen mothers encounter is the lack of encouragement and the willingness to tell them they are not fit to be good parents from almost everyone around them. Despite the many challenges teen mothers face they are capable of being good parents if they have a support system, counseling and a proper education. As a teen parent, it is merely impossible to overcome the many challenges that are faced without a strong support system. Teen parents are considered outsiders in society and are often shunned and bullied by their peers and family members. Imagine discovering you are going to be a parent in the middle of your adolescence and immediately following the news you are ridiculed by mostly everyone around. One form of support can be the support that is provided by the government. As a teen mother it is important to have medical insurance. Medical insurance is provided by the government and can help not only the baby, but also, the mother. Utilizing free...
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...effects of teenage pregnancy, along with why teenage pregnancy rates have continued to decrease since 1992, not only in the United States as a whole, but in Indiana and Kentucky as well. To conclude this research, I will discuss the practices or techniques that are being used to curb and prevent this epidemic problem. Today is April 19th, 2016 and the time is 6:00 p.m., in a suburb outside of Indianapolis, IN. Did you know that before mid-night, “23 Hoosier teenagers will become pregnant?’ This is a statistic that was released by Plan parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky in 2015 (Lieber, 2015). How can this be happening? What must we as parents, friends, educators and professional staff of this society do to educate our teens on becoming moms and dads, so early in their lives? Are these children unaware of the social impact that teenage pregnancy will have on their lives, their families, let alone the innocent child that they will soon bring into this world? Indiana being a neighboring state to Kentucky, has me wondering why such a difference in numbers when it comes to teenage pregnancy? According to Solomen-Fears, who is a specialist in social policy for the congressional research service presented a report to congress just this past January on teenage pregnancy and prevention. In his research he listed several...
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...Rhetorical Analysis Revised Draft “The first time to many teens have the sex talk with their parents they’re telling them that they are pregnant, parents if you teen has a question about sex don’t assume they are doing it. And teens, if your parents aren’t talking to you about sex don’t assume they don’t care. Teenage pregnancy is 100% preventable. Start talking.” This statement is said at every commercial break and at the end of every episode following, resources that can be utilized if you become or are pregnant and need support services. Hampton effectively convinces her audience that teen pregnancy is a life changing experience through the ABC Family’s hit show the Secret Life of the All American Teenager. As Hampton directed a show that resembles these hardships and possible outcomes of having the responsibility of being a teen parent, she goes in depth about the different events and obstacles that may be faced. Parents are so strict when it comes to their teens becoming sexually active that when they become sexually active they feel that they can’t talk to their parents putting them at a higher risk for teen pregnancy due to the miss use of contraception. Secret Life was created to spread awareness about safe sex and the responsibilities of being sexually active. Throughout this show Hampton demonstrates the difference between adoption, abortion, and miscarriage. By having each represented in an episode and having different characters throughout the show act these...
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...Article 1: Teen Pregnancy Worsen This article starts out talking about a girl and her boyfriend they both are 16 years old and just discovered that they are having a baby. She is afraid to tell her parents and wants to have an abortion. Where she lives in Papua New Guinea (PNG) it is illegal to have an abortion so she has decided to take an herbal medication in hope of getting rid of the baby. In PNG teenage pregnancy rates are high they are 60 births per 1000 women ages 15-19. Teenage pregnancy rates tend to be the highest in countries where young people face numerous challenges to accessing the sexual and reproductive health education, information and services needed to make well informed decisions and realize their sexual reproductive rights. Article 2: When Your Teen is having a Baby This article is about the responsibilities of a teenage having a baby. This article starts out talking about how the parent of the teenager may feel when they find out that their daughter or son is having a baby. Then it goes into how the teen feels. The article states that most unmarried teens don’t plan to become pregnant, and they are often terrified when they found out. Next the article talks about the medical care the teenage should receive the lifestyle changes they have to make, like not being able to smoke nor drink alcohol. The teen also have to eat a nutrition meal, exercise and stay stress free. Article 3: Pregnancy Permanently Changed Life of Columbus Teenager This...
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...Teen Pregnancy Did you know that 3 out of 10 teenage girls will become pregnant before the age of twenty? According to the CDC the teen pregnancy rate has been decreasing since 2008 and is at an all-time low. However, reading the statistic that three out of ten girls will become pregnant before the age of twenty caused me to ask questions. Why is this still so high? With all of the knowledge out there how are so many teens becoming parents at such a young age? Working in the medical field for a short period of time I came across many teen moms. They struggled to get through life and this brought me to question not just the cause of teen pregnancy, but also how it is viewed in today’s time. Today I am going to inform you on three factors that contribute to teen pregnancy: home life, education and prevention, and society’s view. Transition #1: Before we can talk about the other contributors to teen pregnancy, we need to start with the home life and how it can affect teen girls. I. Main Point: A teenage girl’s home life can have a negative effect on pregnancy prevention. II. The lack of parenting can cause neglect for the teen and they may feel the need to act out in order to gain their parent’s attention. III. Statistics show that teens coming from poverty stricken homes are more likely to become pregnant. In her paper, Teenage childbearing and personal responsibility: An alternative view, Arline T. Geronimus states that teens growing up in poor households on welfare...
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