Approximately every two minutes‚ a teenage girl in the United States gives birth (Guernsey 6). While this fact may be sad and startling to most people‚ it is in deed the truth. Over the past few decades‚ the problem of teen pregnancy has grown considerably in this country. It has been receiving a great deal of public and official attention recently‚ including expressions of concern from President Clinton and New Jersey’s Governor Whitman (Schurmann 7). However‚ the most extensive dilemma regarding
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Introduction Teenage pregnancies have become a topic of discussion within most households of today’s society. Recent television shows such as Teen Mom and The Secret Life of an American Teenager has introduced a topic in a major way. Within the past twenty years‚ the amount of teenage pregnancy has increased by 10 percent (Brown). According to the Medical dictionary teen pregnancy is defined as “Pregnancy by a female‚ age 13 to 19‚ which is understood to occur in a girl who hasn’t completed her
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Teenage Drinking. Imagine one weekend you decide to go out with your best friend to a party. She’s been begging you all week to go. You get there‚ people are offering you drinks‚ everyone around you is drinking‚ and you take the drinks without even thinking. You think to yourself “you’ve been out drinking before so it won’t even be a big deal”. You keep drinking‚ drink after drink. You’re enjoying yourself‚ meeting new people‚ having a good time. You wake up the next day not knowing what’s happened
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Anorexia in Teenage Girls Adolescence is the most crucial stage of development in which one is mostly influenced by what is seen in society‚ culture‚ and fashion. These influences can lead to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa. Anorexia Nervosa is a psychological disorder characterized by a fear of weight gain‚ body image issues and maintenance of low body weight (American Psychiatric Association‚1994). On average‚ teenage girls under the ages of twelve to seventeen years old suffer from anorexia
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about race‚ religion‚ and sex‚ but they are hurtful to all. In a matter of seconds‚ we place others into categories because it allows the mind to organize and helps us feel more in control of the situation around us. So in terms of sex‚ we categorize teenage boys to be a certain way because of the way they are portrayed in the
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and genetics are two of the most contributing factors of suicide. While these circumstances can lead to suicide‚ the effects are detrimental to the family and friends of the victim whom are left behind. There are many roles that society plays in teenage suicide. Social integration involves people voluntarily attaching themselves to society‚ while society tries to accept them. According to recent statistics‚ bullying has become more and more frequent in schools and online. The American Justice Department
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Shyla Henry September 11‚ 2012 Becoming a Teenage Mother I never thought having unprotected sex would lead to a teen pregnancy. However‚ I was wrong. Being young‚ immature‚ and thinking I was invincible led me to becoming a teenage mother. The disbelief came first‚ followed quickly by panic‚ before the realization and acceptance arrived. I had sex and I had to be mature and deal with the consequences and grow up faster than most teenagers. The days of my carefree teen life are now behind me as
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Teenage pregnancies have suddenly become an epidemic in our generation. This resulted to teenage mothers dropping out of school and ending up on welfare‚ barely able to support their child. In worst cases‚ teenagers who give birth die through the ordeal‚ as their bodies are not prepared to handle childbirth. So why do teenage girls get pregnant? There are a number of causes to why this is so. Firstly‚ teenagers themselves are responsible for the increase of teen pregnancies. The lack of knowledge
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trying to decide if a 7:00 p.m. curfew for those under age 16 is needed. What do you think? What are the advantages/disadvantages? Youth curfews are widely used in the USA to keep children off the street at late. How many people you know‚ who go outside after 7 pm? A lot of people go outside after 7 pm. The curfew is a great law for under age 16 years old children. A 7 pm curfew is a wonderful idea. The main reason of curfews is usually lowering the crime percent. Curfews also have an important role
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LEGAZPI CITY‚ Albay - Teenage pregnancies in the Philippines surged by 70 percent over one decade‚ a ranking official of the United Nation Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) said on Monday. Ugochi Daniels‚ UNFPA country representative‚ said the rising number of teenage pregnancies in the country is an area of concern that the agency is giving serious attention to‚ exposing as it does adolescent girls (10 to 19 years old) to high risk. Daniels said a strong advocacy campaign is needed to educate
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