Tuesday at ten o’clock on MTV‚ you will find up to three million viewers tuning in to watch the show Teen Mom‚ which is a spinoff of the reality show 16 and Pregnant that started in 2009. The girls on the show have volunteered themselves to put their lives on television and have people across the nation watch them struggle to survive as a teenager with a child right by their side. Today’s pop culture celebrates teen pregnancy by having shows on television like MTV’s Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant‚ not
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The teenage birth rate in the United States is the highest in the developed world‚ and the teenage abortion rate is also high.[11] In 2005 in the U.S.‚ the majority (57%) of teen pregnancies resulted in a live birth‚ 27% ended in an induced abortion‚ and 16% in a fetal loss.[20] The U.S. teenage pregnancy rate was at a high in the 1950s and has decreased since then‚ although there has been an increase in births out of wedlock.[21] The teenage pregnancy rate decreased significantly in the 1990s; this
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Rachel Lee Prof. Goode English 190 October 24‚ 2012 Teen Mom: An Evaluation Don’t worry‚ everything is going to be fine. You’re just going to have to change the rest of your life. Many people think teen pregnancy is highly unlikely‚ until‚ well‚ your stomach starts to keep growing outward. The MTV show‚ Teen Mom‚ takes us into the lives of four pregnant teenage women who face the challenges and the struggles of having a child early in life. Many people might oppose my view and say that this
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retrospect the adolescent mom is not the only person who is being affected by this new family member. The complications of school would not be the only stressor on their minds at this point; in-fact life can become more complicated by adding the challenge of raising a child. As these adolescents ventures through life and experience the hardship surrounding
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Being a Teen Mom So I got pregnant at the end of my sophomore year. In fact‚ I got pregnant two weeks after I lost my virginity. How lucky was I‚ huh? From the beginning I lost most of my friends. I was called many names‚ slut‚ hoe‚ stupid‚ and irresponsible. And of course I had to walk around with a baby bump for nine months! From time to time people ask me how I dealt with it. My answer is proving them wrong. Today’s society seems to think that you just threw your life away. I started educating
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Becoming a teen Mom At the age of nineteen‚ instead of partying and hanging out with my friends‚ I had to become a mature and responsible adult. On October the 25th I got the most shocking news a teenage girl could ever imagine. There was so many thoughts going through my mind‚ I was scared‚ nervous‚ shocked and did not know what to expect from this situation. What will my family and friends think of me? My friends and I made a pack that we will never have children. I broke our secret society code
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In July of 2009‚ MTV aired a new reality show on their network‚ 16 and Pregnant. The concept of the show was to tape the journey of pregnant teenagers throughout their pregnancy and the first few months of being a teen mom. They wanted to show viewers the struggles and hardships these girls faced. The show got such good ratings that they produced a spinoff‚ Teen Mom. Teen Mom follows four of the girls from 16 and Pregnant as they embark on motherhood. MTV aimed for this show to bring awareness of
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Teen Mom has been an innovative show in the reality show industry because it has opened up to society what a teenage mother goes through as she raises her first child. These girls have matured a long way throughout their Childs birth and their upbringing. The show presents four Teenage girls‚ now eighteen‚ struggling with money‚ school‚ and dating as well as dealing with insecurities‚ their parents‚ the father of their children and for a couple and a mother and daughter‚ domestic violence. While
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According to Stage of Life High School ¨most teens are engaged in school life and other intended to be distracted because of their emotions. Parents and friends helping the teen moms instead of they trying bring them down about a mistake they should get the help they need so that the baby can be supported through their life.” (Teen Moms Need Support‚ Not Shame )Ronan argues that teen moms should get more help knowing that they have to go school‚ and teen mothers are put in the position that need to
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OREB 13000069 CRST1 ESSAY – OPTION 1 (MTV) MTV can be defined as “a cable and satellite television channel which broadcasts popular music and promotional music videos.” (oxforddictionaries.com.n.d.). Launched on August 1st 1981‚ MTV’s programme started out by helping musicians gain exposure through music videos. This helped TV audiences connect with music by new means. As MTV became more recognised‚ the network branched out by creating new means of entertainment. MTV has remained relevant by
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