Running-head: Teen Pregnancy Teen Pregnancy and Academic Success Abstract The prevention of academic failure and subsequent teen pregnancies is an important goal of our society. Parenthood is the leading cause of school dropout among teen girls. Competing demands of school and home can thrust adolescent mothers into stressful situations. These students may conclude that academic achievement is impossible. It is also the case that school achievement‚ attendance‚ and involvement helps reduce
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SEXUAL TEENS‚ SEXUAL MEDIA Investigating Media’s Influence on Adolescent Sexuality LEA’s COMMUNICATION SERIES Jennings Bryant / Dolf Zillmann‚ General Editors Selected titles in Communication Theory and Methodology Subseries (Jennings Bryant‚ series advisor) include: Berger • Planning Strategic Interaction: Attaining Goals Through Communicative Action Dennis/Wartella • American Communication Research: The Remembered History Ellis • Crafting Society: Ethnicity‚ Class and Communication Theory
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severe issue that should be addressed worldwide as quickly as possible. Teen suicide has been the topic of many news headlines; yet‚ it still continues to have a strong effect on today’s youth. In the United States‚ suicide is the eighth leading cause of death for Americans‚ and for young adults between the ages of 15 and 24‚ suicide is the third leading cause of death. This is extremely remarkable due to the fact that teen suicide is one of the hardest ways to prevent death from occurring. There
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(MedicineNet.com). Most social issues in today’s world affect teenagers and causes depression. The main social issues that affect teens today are teen pregnancy‚ peer pressure‚ teen violence‚ social media‚ and sexual orientation. Depression in teens is overlooked as hormones or a “teen attitude”. Depression is increasing at an alarming rate for teens in America. One in five teens suffers from depression. According to Mental Health America‚ the symptoms of a depressed child are as follows; poor performance
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Sexting Among Teens and the Dangers it Poses The advancement of high-tech has produced a new low. The term “sexting” is a combination of the words sex and texting‚ and is the practice of sending sexually explicit photos electronically by cell phone. Over the past few years‚ sexting has become more common and almost “fashionable” among teen-agers. Many teens are under the impression that this is harmless and no one gets hurt. It is dangerous and destructive behavior‚ often leading to unwanted circumstances
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Teen pregnancy is an issue becoming increasingly more popular. Or is it? Many people believe that because so many teenage girls are getting pregnant nowadays that we live in a country where there is a “baby boom” so to speak. However‚ this is not the first time there has been an increase in the teen birth rate. It could be that our country will go through periods of “baby booms” and it is not so abnormal after all. But one question that is probably often asked and given many different answers to
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Teen Marriage and Divorce Marriage is an institution whereby men and women are joined socially and legally‚ usually for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family. When teens get generalization married at an early age‚ they few to get a divorce. The reasons for marrying at an early age have changed dramatically over the years. Many young people today are getting married at a very young age and they’re doing it all for the wrong reasons. The reason why young teens marry so young is because
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Teens and Their Magazines There is not a day that goes by where I don’t witness a teenage girl in the mall dressed very provocatively‚ wearing short skirts‚ tight shirts‚ and covered in make-up. The group of girls she associates herself with is also dressed very sexy and in my opinion inappropriate for their age. As they walk they giggle and hold conversations about fashion and what they did with their boyfriends last night. Checking out stores for the latest trends‚ they also take a look at
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there and plans are to get “messed up””. Or “it’s Senior Prom and we have bought so much alcohol it’s not even funny! We are getting wasted and aren’t going to remember who we are” This is the mindset of many high school students across the nation today. Even though teenagers are not legally allowed to drink in the United States‚ alcoholism and alcohol abuse is a major problem for many young Americans. There are many factors to analyze that may lead a young adult to drinking and many more consequences
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affecting today’s teenagers is the increase in the rate of teen obesity. According to the American Obesity Association‚ about 30.4 percent of teenagers are overweight‚ and 15.5 percent of teens are obese (1). This means that 45.9 percent of teens are at risk for developing health problems due to weight. It is important to note that weight gain during the teen years is normal. It is when that weight gain progresses beyond normal limits that teens become at risk for obesity. Generally speaking‚ a person
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