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    Teenage Alcoholism

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    personal problems. 2. Research studies have shown that teenage alcoholism is correlated to the age at which teens start drinking and to the amount and the frequency of their drinking. 3. More precisely‚ the average age when teenagers first try alcohol is 11 years old for boys and 13 years old for girls. a. The earlier teenagers drink‚ the more they drink‚ and the more frequently they drink‚ the greater the probability that they will suffer from teenage alcoholism. B. Credibility a. Alcoholism is

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    Teenage Suicide

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    Teenage suicide is a major issue in today’s society; suicide is the intentional taking of one’s own life and is a momentous issue that should be addressed as quickly as possible. Teen suicide has been the topic of numerous news headlines; yet‚ it still continues to have a detrimental effect on today’s youth.. There have also been numerous misconceptions about the leading cause of teenage suicide. Although there are a number of things that can cause someone to commit suicide‚ there is one main reason

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    Teenage Sexting

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    whether or not sexting may be used as a way to improve one’s social status or gain acceptance and also if sexting may also be used as a malicious act‚ or a form of sexual harassment. Concerning males and females‚ there are double standards. If a teenage girl sends out provocative pictures of herself and those pictures happen to exposed‚ her reputation is automatically jeopardized. If a male sends pictures of himself and they happen to be exposed his reputation and popularity may increase. Peer

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    Teenage Pregnancy

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    behavioral intervention. Although this relationship generally holds true‚ there is still significant variability across countries of similar economic standing‚ suggesting that public policy is able to influence rates of teen pregnancy.1 Others argue that ‘teenage-hood’ is a social construct‚ not recognized by cultures like the amaXhosa‚ for example.2 Certainly it is true that social mores swarm like angry bees around adolescence‚ because it is an intense period of sexual change. In dealing with issues of fertility

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    Teenage Suicide

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    made………Obsolete. Now im not saying that all teenage suicides are a result of bullying. According to Doctor Jeff Yalden‚ a psychology professor‚ there are three reasons teenagers commit suicide. One Life’s Pressures Too Much for teenagers‚ with helicopter parents‚ school‚ sport and homework from seven different subjects due tomorrow‚ Suicide is an easy permanent solution for a short term problem. Two Acceptance or Strugling to fit in. Last week three unconnected teenage boys commited suicide because

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    Mirrors in the Brain On a 1991 hot summer day in Parma‚ Italy‚ a lab monkey awaited its researchers’ return from lunch. The researchers had implanted wires next to its motor cortex‚ in a frontal lobe brain region that enabled the monkey to plan and enact movements. The monitoring device would alert the researchers to activity in that region of the monkey’s brain. When the monkey moved a peanut into its mouth‚ for example‚ the device would buzz. That day‚ as one of the researchers entered the lab

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    Teenage Sex

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    Teenage Sex Teenage Sex Sexually active teenagers in America are significant problems for which we have done something. A question that rings in the minds of teenagers everywhere is when to have sex. Catholic teachings instruct us to wait until one is in a loving marriage to have sex. Not only is the church preaching abstinence‚ but now public schools are also teaching students about the advantages of abstinence. Premarital sex is a growing

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    Teenage Suicide

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    TEENAGE SUICIDE by: Tara Nadya Calista 9.4 #21 Being the third leading killer of young adults within the age range of fifteen to twenty four‚ next to accidents and murder; the second leading killer amongst college students‚ next to accidents; and the first leading killer amidst college students if one-person car accidents‚ or autocides‚ is not considered an accident‚ teenage suicide tolls has drastically increased since the 1950s‚ with its numbers tripling in the past thirty years. Defined as

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    The Anorexic Brain

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    the real reason behind anorexia is not self- enforced‚ but caused by an odd wiring in the brain. After taking scans of healthy and anorexia affected human brains‚ Kaye came to the realization that the scans did not match. Studies have shown that the human brain may be able to change how the prefrontal cortex‚ the self-control center of the brain‚ works‚ along with several other sections. Sections of the brain that have been rewired may allow an anorexic person to more easily withstand pain‚ including

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    Teenage Pregnancy

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    Teenage Pregnancy‚ Why is this Important Kimberly O. Johnson American Sentinel University Nursing 505: Theoretical Foundations Dr. Ami Bhatt December 30‚2012 Teenage Pregnancy: Why is this Important Teen pregnancy is a critical public health issue that affects the health and educational‚ social and economic future of the mother and child. Teen pregnancy is also a significant factor in numerous other important social issues: welfare dependency‚ out-of-wedlock births

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