The topic of sex education in public schools has been a hot topic for decades. This has been a constant debate among parents and educational authorities due to the rise in teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases among teens. Many people still believe that sex should not be talked about in public school, but only at home between the children and their parents. Unfortunately, most parents are uncomfortable talking to their children about sex and sexuality. Teachers and students have many
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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
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Abandonment of babies Nowadays„ a disturbing social malady has surfaced. Due to unwanted pregnancies, the number of babies being abandoned has proliferated. This heinous act, as termed by many, must be looked into seriously and measures ought to be taken by all parties to curb this problem. As teenagers are impressionable, impulsive and immature, more often than not, they indulge in sexual activities without realizing its consequences. Therefore, to blame and punish them entirely of this dire
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Rapid Growth of Teenage Pregnancy Cases in the Philippines I. Introduction: Teenage pregnancy is one of the major factors that affect population growth in the Philippines. It is considered as one of the major problems of the government is facing of today. According to the Government statistics records, teenage pregnancy cases rise up to 70% over 10 years only. These alarming cases caught the attention of some lawmakers. The very best example solution that the government made this year was
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The high social and economic costs of teen pregnancy and childbearing can have short- and long-term negative consequences for teen parents, their children, and their community. Through recent research, it has been recognized that pregnancy and childbirth have a significant impact on educational outcomes of teen parents. By age 22, only around 50 percent of teen mothers have received a high school diploma and only 30 percent have earned a General Education Development (GED) certificate, whereas
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Teenage Pregnancy Unit Teenage pregnancy: an overview of the research evidence Introduction In 1999 the government’s ten-year national Teenage Pregnancy Strategy was launched. The main aims of the strategy are to: • Reduce the rate of teenage conceptions with the specific aim of halving the rate of conceptions among under-18s, and to set a firmly established downward trend in the rate of conceptions among under-16s, by 2010 • Increase the participation of teenage parents in education, training
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Teen pregnancy has become an issue to teen society today. Teen pregnancy has been rising throughout the years, it hit an all time high in the nineties. In nineteen ninety-one one third of young women in the United States were pregnant as teenagers, eighty percent of these pregnancies were unintentional. The decline in teen pregnancy is said to be because of more effective birth control. (Womanshealthchannel.com teen pregnancy overview, consequences of teenage pregnancy) Teenage mothers have a
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TEEN PREGNANCY Teen pregnancy is a very social issue in America. As some parents try to teach their sons and daughters to abstain from putting themselves in a teen pregnancy situation, it is evident that it is rapidly still occurring. In 2012 the teen birth rate was 305,388, which is 29 births per 1,000 girls. (The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancies, 2014) According to statistics this a “42 percent decline between 1990 and 2008.” (Health, 2014) MTV has a series of
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Community Health Issues: Teenage Pregnancy The local Community health issues that will be discussed is teen pregnancy, even though it stems further than just the community. Teen pregnancy has been going on for decades, just in the past few decades we have seen the problem increase, up until around the 1960’s it was appropriate for a 14 year old girl to marry and have kids. Since the decline of unwed teenagers was when everyone decided it was a problem and it has to be fixed. Even though it has been
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Teenage pregnancy 2 Teenage Pregnancy Sexuality always has been a curious topic for teens. Teenagers do not think of the consequences of sexual intercourse; including pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and economic aspects. When a child becomes a teenager, hormones affect how a teenager thinks rationally about sex. They think they have the maturity level to have sexual intercourse. Persisting problem Teenage pregnancy is a growing problem that affects the rest of that person’s
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