out of wedlock she is immediately labelled as damaged goods and most of the time she is subjected to abuse from the community and family this threatens the safety of herself and the child. However in the western countries most of the time for the teen moms to be able to cope with the stress of raising a child and the ongoing negativity surrounding them, most of them turn to drugs to cope. This will eventually lead to many addiction issues for the mother and the child might be born with a syndrome
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Teen Pregnancy, Whose Problem is it? Name Ashford University Social Problems SOC 203 Gina Rollings March 11, 2013 . When a teenage girl becomes pregnant she faces many stresses during her pregnancy. Things like depression, shame, guilt, and fear set in (Meyerhoff, 2006). These things are difficult for adults to deal with let alone for a young girl who is pregnant. Fear of the future comes into play. These girls do not
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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
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(2012). Teen Pregnancy Prevention Current Perspectives. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 24(4):462-469 This is a scholarly peer reviewed journal article. This article address teen pregnancy rates in the United States and how differences exist between states and regions. It discusses programs that use a comprehensive approach . It discusses how age and culture of the population should be considered when choosing intervention tactics. Weiss, J. A. (2012). Who will listen? rural teen pregnancy reflections
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identity. When I was finished interviewing my mom over the various questions I gave her, it seemed that the key categories of her identity resulted from early life and the hardships she had to face. The categories she chose did not result into any order in particular, although I felt that it leaned more to things that one could easily figure out on their own if they saw the person rather than more questioning categories. The main categories that my mom and I felt that shaped her identity were socioeconomic
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going to do now. But, I do know one thing. When my baby is a teenager I will sit down and talk to them about birth control. 85% of teens who have vaginal sex without birth control will end up pregnant every year(Robin). Birth control is a great way to avoid teen pregnancy and should be encouraged to lower birth rates among teens. Some people say birth control for teens is bad. Some say that birth control makes you less fertile. These are all myths. Birth control does not make you less fertile. An
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disease longer due to the medication at hand, the use of condoms have decreased. Since the ninety's, teen pregnancy have decreased but remain to be at a high level. Some believe that pregnancy among teens are okay in that they are permitted to marry young. We the people in America don't see this as being normal. Americans see teen pregnancy as being a deficit, a henderance to life. Not only does teen pregnancy cause a delay in life for some, the health risks can be life threatening. Research shows
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isolated from others but when he found out when Rachel got diagnosed with cancer that changed how things were going to be. “Honey, Rachel has been diagnosed with leukemia.”(Andrews 34) Greg used to be a big jerk to Rachel so now he felt bad because his mom is trying to get him to spend time with her. Greg went to Hebrew school with her and they ended up being a couple but it's not what Greg wanted. He made all these excuses not to see her and Rachel ended up telling him to stop talking to her. Once Greg
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An Annotated Bibliography: Teen Pregnancy HCS/465 September 14, 2012 Annotated Bibliography on Teen Pregnancy For year teen pregnancy has been on a problem in many countries. Here in the United States teen pregnancy has raised, with no help from programs like Teen Mom on MTV and the National Geographic’s channel. Most people see a dramatic version of what it might be like with the cameras on, but when the cameras off, life takes a completely different turn. You do not have
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be more diminishing values in reality television shows. Reality television has distorted reality for our children in this society. The show Jersey Shore has little positive values in its episodes. The positive values that are portrayed for teens and young adults to pick up on are loyalty and family importance. Then we have the diminishing values of Jersey Shore. In the show you have a group of young adults who show no regard for caring about what they do to the insides of their bodies
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