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    Homeless Teen

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    Homeless Teen parents Homeless teen parents often struggle with little or no knowledge about a support team. Many teenage mothers are not necessarily able to remain at home with their parents‚ either for reasons of overcrowding in the home‚ abuse and neglect‚ or financial difficulty. They may not have family‚ friends‚ or other resources available that enable them to meet the basic needs for themselves or their children. Teenage mothers who are unable to live at home with their families are

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    Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Mr. Xxxxxxx English 1301 October 3‚ 2013 Teen Pregnancy Seventeen-year-old Amber is from Santa Ana‚ California. The life-changing situation she describes is her unplanned pregnancy. On November 2011‚ she gave birth to a baby boy. As a result‚ she dropped out of high school and got a job to take care after her infant son. She now faces many challenges. Teen pregnancy rate is high. “United States rates are twice as high as in England and Wales or Canada‚ and eight times as high

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    Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is a topic of concern due to the significant impact on the health of the mother‚ child‚ and community. The resources available for supporting the needs of teenage mothers are decreasing; resulting in the majority of teenage mothers being caught in the vicious cycle of poverty‚ school failure‚ and limited life options (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2000). In the United States more than 40% of women become pregnant before they are twenty years old‚ and 50% of teenage pregnancies

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    Substance Abuse among Juveniles Unit 9 Final Project Substance abuse by juveniles is a major problem in our communities. Substance abuse among juveniles 12 and older is on rise (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration‚ 2010). For some juveniles‚ drinking or using drugs is the only way they feel they can cope with problems in their lives. The rise of substance abuse by juveniles is contributing to a number of problems such as increased crime and school dropout rates. The

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    Teen suicide

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    solve a hopeless dilemma by ending it all.” (“Teens are...” (para.1) About 4‚600 kids and young adults kill themselves every year and about 40% used a gun to do so. Another 40% suffocate or strangle themselves‚ and 8% poison themselves. (“Kids at risk...”(para. 6) People who try to take their life by pills or by cutting themselves‚ complete the suicide only 3% of the time. (“Kids at risk...”(para. 7) There isn’t always a way to prevent suicide.(“Teens are...(para. 2 ) In fact‚ you may not even know

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    Psychological Abuse Presented by Psyche Cheung Celia Chan Jason Chan Kris Lee Monday‚ 21 January‚ 13 Abuse harmful‚ injurious‚ or offensive excessive and wrongful misuse of anything Definition • • Psychological Abuse caused by emotional abuse / mental abuse / physical abuse behavior that may result in psychological trauma eg anxiety / chronic depression / post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) happened in the situations of power imbalance abusive relationships / bullying / child abuse / abuse

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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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    they go through or experience two stages at the same time‚ which is parenthood and adolescent (Bishop‚ 2007). However‚ pregnancy and child birth is a significant health problem in Australia and it changes the family structure and the socio-economic status of the family which have a negative impact on the society. Also‚ if the parents are unemployed‚ it gives more stress and anxiety which turn into domestic violence. Children of unemployed parents are in higher risks of experiencing financial hardships

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    Teen Suicide: When bullying goes too far. Over the last 15 years teen suicide has significantly increased in the United States due to cyber bullying. Teen suicide in the United States has been relatively high in the 15 to 24 age group with 4‚000 suicides since 2004. Teen suicide is the 3 leading cause of death in the United States. Teenagers tend to commit suicide after large changes‚ significant losses‚ or abuse has occurred in their lives. An important change in a relationship

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    status of women

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    The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia.[4][5] From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚[7] to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha

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