A Modest Proposal Teenage Pregnancy

Jerikho Dayot
Mrs. Larsen
AP Language Period 4
27 April 2015
A Modest Proposal for the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy and the Usage of Babies Born to Teen Parents in Unusual Cases Having to see poor little innocent children suffer from poverty, low income, and inexperienced, immature caregivers is an increasing situation occurring in today’s society. Many teenagers today are becoming parents and the majorities of them are not emotionally or physically ready to have the full responsibilities. According to teenhelp.com, there are 820,000 teens becoming pregnant each year. This means 34% of teenagers have a baby before the age of 20 and 80% of these pregnancies are accidental. These statistics show that this is a major problem and need immediate action. The real question is, how does this problem even occur? How do these teenage girls magically end up pregnant? I am proposing a solution that would solve this epidemic once and for all. I suggest that all females and males, ages 13-19, should be separated into 2 idealistic societies based on gender. Dividing the 2 societies will be a difficult problem. In order to visit with someone of the opposite sex, one would have to go through the course and complete it to get to the other side. In rare cases of accomplishing the obstacle course and a female and male come in contact to produce a baby, consequences will be paid. First, the mother of the fetus will have to keep the baby and not abort is. Second, the “parents” will have to be sent to the utopian society for future teen parents. Third, immediately following the birth of the baby, he or she will be deported from the United States. The baby will be sent away to an established American camp in a foreign country. There at the camp the baby will be properly and lovingly raised into an independent hard worker. My proposal to end this crisis will be very successful. There are many advantages coming from this solution. First off, the most obvious reason, the teenage pregnancy rate will lessen. With the females and males separated they’ll have to work harder to interact with the opposite sex and knowing that most teenagers are lazy, they won’t attempt to try the obstacle course. Having said that the teen pregnancy rate will drop, this brings me to my second advantage. There will be fewer babies suffering from all the numerous dangers of teenage parenting. For example, fewer infants will have to experience caregiving from someone who lacks the skills needed. Thirdly, teenagers will have more time to focus on education and their futures. Being sex-separated allows the teens to be more focused on homework and test dates rather than kissing and raging hormones. The graduation rates of teens will increase and more teens will go to college. According to teenhelp.com, only one-third of teenage mothers complete high school and receive a diploma. This would be something we wouldn’t have to worry about anymore if my solution is accepted. Teenage pregnancy is a wonderful topic to discuss about. The average teenage girl is not in full shape to cover the responsibilities of being a mother. Separating the males from the females is the best solution to prevent teenage parenting. In no way I will benefit from this because I too if having to get a girl pregnant would have to bear the duties of being a parent and I would have to go through the same experience. In my generation, more and more teens become parents and I am just trying out how to help end this sweeping issue.