"Teenage pregnancy" For me Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage or underage girl‚ usually within the ages of 13-17‚ becoming pregnant. The term in everyday speech usually refers to women who have not reached legal adulthood‚ which varies across the world‚ who become pregnant. When I heard about it the question that goes in my mind is that‚ “what is the cause of it?”. I’d asked my friends about it‚ base on my them and I agree on it‚ the first
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As if this is not alarming enough‚ NSO data also revealed that the number of teenage mothers who gave birth to their second (and third‚ fourth‚ and even their fifth) baby during their teenage years likewise increased in the last 10 years‚ according to data presented at a press conference in Quezon City on Monday by Carmelita Ericta‚ administrator and civil registrar general of the National Statistics Office. This rise in statistics is also reflected in the 2011 annual report of the United Nations
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Teenage pregnancy could be defined as a girl attaining motherhood before she reaches the legal age of adulthood. Rates of teenage pregnancy in Jamaica are among the highest in the Caribbean‚ with females between the ages of fifteen to nineteen years of age being responsible for one hundred and eight births per thousand women. Females between the ages of ten and nineteen account for twenty-five percent of births in Jamaica‚ and twenty-two percent of births between fifteen to nineteen year olds are
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Over the years‚ the stress of teenage life has increased dramatically‚ changing certain ways they may act and think. Teenage years can be both the best and worst of times with many factors adding to the stress; academically or socially. By the time they enter middle school‚ its more than just "homework" and "school". It’s now the real deal. Academics is one of the most known pressure to teenagers these days. Most of them feel as though they’re able handle it‚ and may take on more than they can
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Teenage Rebellion against Parents Teenager rebellion is hard to withstand from one’s own child‚ In fact there are three main factors that cause teenage rebellion: developmental changes in the body and brain‚ social and environmental influences‚ and parent influence. One of the factors that leads to teenage rebel against parents is the developmental changes in the body and brain during these tumultuous teenage years‚ which are all due to puberty. Physically rapid developments can make the child
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to others‚ it is merely an escape from their fear‚ their pain‚ and their agony. The sad truth about it is that many of those marriages will end in divorce. So how do couples know if what they have will last forever? It is impossible to know for sure. No one can tell them that they definitely have what it takes to make a marriage last. Marriage is about compromise and understanding. It is also about give and take. If one party in the marriage is unwilling to give‚ and only takes‚ the marriage
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References: Alan Guttmacher Institute. (1994). Sex and America ’s teenagers. NY: The Alan Guttmacher Institute. Alan Guttmacher Institute. (1999). Teenage pregnancy: Overall trends and state-by-state information. NY: The Alan Guttmacher Institute. Dervarics‚ C. (2005). Minorities overrepresented among America ’s ’disconnected ’ youth. Population Reference Bureau. Found online at: http://www.prb
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In today’s society teenaged alcoholism is a very serious problem that needs to be addressed more in schools and in homes. ALCOHOL IS A DRUG. As such‚ it has the power to alter both the mind and body‚ and it is also potentially addictive. While most adults know the basic facts about alcohol and some of the permanent dangers of drinking‚ many of Australia’s teens do not. 40% of 14-19 year-olds consume alcohol at levels that risk harm in the short-term‚ such as; accident and injury. In Australia alone
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Teenage pregnancy is pregnancy in a female under the age of 20 (when the pregnancy ends). A pregnancy can take place as early as two weeks before menarche (the first menstrual period)‚ which signals the possibility of fertility‚ but usually occurs after menarche. In healthy‚ well-nourished girls‚ menarche normally takes place around the ages 12 or 13. Whether the onset of biological fertility will result in a teenage pregnancy depends on a number of personal and societal factors. Teenage pregnancy
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March 10th‚ 2013 The Teenage Brain: A Continuous Mystery Everyone knows and remembers their tough teenage years. For some‚ it was the best time of their life; for others‚ the memories are the opposite. What is even more challenging than being a teenager yourself‚ is living with one. It is as if it happens over night; a happy‚ fun-loving child becomes a dramatic‚ chaotic pre-teen. In PBS Frontline’s “Inside the Teenage Brain”‚ some of the mysteries involving why and how the teenage brain works are revealed
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