Teenage pregnancy is a serious issue in our society today where people become pregnant because they are not informed. The United States had the greatest amount of pregnancies. Teenage pregnancy affects not only females but males as well; it causes serious health and education problems. “Nearly 4 out of 10 girls become pregnant at least once before the age of 20.” () Most teens get pregnant because they want to know what it feels like to raise a child or because they see others with children and
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Qualities of a Strong Teenage Girl Being a teenage girl‚ I know what it is like to be let down‚ put down‚ and feel completely alone. But I also know what it takes to get back up‚ be courageous‚ and fight. One quality a teenage girl must have is courage. Courage to stand up for yourself and others. To succeed‚ a teenage girl must have smarts. Street smarts as well as book smarts are important. However‚ one quality that most teenage girls have is a carelessly open heart; letting anyone in that tries
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warming‚ environmental degradation‚ wars‚ communal tensions‚ terrorism and utter mayhem in general it may surprise one to know that the most pertinent issue of them all that is threatening to rent our society apart is teenage sex. The youth‚ which is called the future of the nation‚ is in the clutches of a plague that has the power to destroy them physically‚ mentally and spiritually. It not only robs them of their health but also
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audience because Yuma is increasingly becoming a hot spot on the United States map for the use of drugs and a high teenage pregnancy rate. The goal for this audience is to find out the reasons behind the use of drugs and sexual intercourse so that the citizens of Yuma can begin to rectify the problem with new innovations. One purpose of this study is to identify the percentage of teenage population that are using and abusing tobacco‚ alcohol‚ illegal drugs‚ and sexual intercourse. The second purpose
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How should the issue of teenage drug abuse be handled? Prescription drugs are very popular amongst teenagers. Some teenagers have been known to abuse prescriptions drugs and possibly become addicted to them at a very early age. Some teens have turned to drugs for various reasons which may include peer pressure‚ family relationships‚ or sometimes wanting to relieve themselves of stress. There is no real answer to explain exactly why teenagers decide to abuse prescription drugs. According to the
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The Negative Effects of Teenage Dating Sean D. Foster Bellevue University The biggest threat about teenage dating is their inability to maintain a relationship. Teenagers mostly‚ do not understand the necessity of sustaining a relationship over a period of time. Therefore‚ frequent break ups and arguments lead to attempts of suicide‚ teenage pregnancy‚ STD’s‚ teen violence‚ and substance abuse. This happens due to lack of experience and a broader understanding of what relationships are (Dasgupta
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parental permission‚ teenage abortion‚ the killing of an innocent life is allowed without permission in over 20 states. In Minnesota‚ teenage abortion has declined since the passing of parental notification laws in the 1980’s (American Journal of Public Health‚ "Impact of the Minnesota Parental Notification Law on Abortions and Births"‚ March 1991). By 1992‚ 29 states had inacted parental notification and consent laws and each of these states are now showing declining teenage abortion percentage.
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Emile Durkheim and Teenage Suicide I chose to write about Durkheim’s theories on suicide. Although I do not completely agree with all of them‚ I will discuss what my text says they are and what I perceive them to be‚ as well as the significance of teenage suicide in today’s America. Fiction: Only "bad" kids who have the wrong friends and bad lives commit suicide. Fact: Kids who have the right friends and a bright future in front of them commit suicide. Fiction: Music‚ movies‚ and other
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Though the recognition of the suicide epidemic in teenagers is recognized and commonly heard of‚ not many individuals realize the causes that can lead‚ or do lead‚ to this world wide issue. Peter’s use of a teenager’s suicidal stage in By The Time You Read This‚ I’ll Be Dead ultimately draws attention to the reasoning of the current teenage suicide epidemic. Often times‚ as shown through many sources and thorough studies‚ suicide is caused by many reasons‚ such as‚ depression‚ bullying‚ drugs‚ and
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In this article the author was relating teenage obesity to some of the dangerous activities that teens may be experimenting with. The authors theory was that since sometimes teenagers who are obese may be socially isolated‚ they may do things to try to fit in with the crowd. Also being socially isolated may cause stress. Some of these things may include experimenting with drugs and alcohol. One of these drugs might be cigarettes which can become very dangerous to an obese person because of the health
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