TEENAGE STRESS Laura sits in her room surrounded by a stack of notes‚ cramming for a test that she entirely forgot about‚ while James stares blankly at a college application. He also has the knowledge that he must be at work in 20 minutes‚ and that his car hardly has any gas left in it. Both of these teenagers suffer from a common dilemma‚ stress. Stress is a reaction to external and internal pressure. It is a normal function that helps people in their daily lives ("Stress: Who"). Without
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has identified tobacco smoke and nicotine‚ a chemical in tobacco smoke‚ as substances that are harmful to unborn children (NTP). "Smoking during pregnancy may indicate that a woman is not taking a healthy approach to childbearing and‚ thus‚ may be associated with later problem behaviors for the child. For example‚ smoking by the mother during pregnancy is associated with substance abuse and criminal behavior in both male and female children when they reach adulthood (Child)." The major topic covered
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parents too. Teen pregnancy is a hard cycle to break. Daughters of teen moms are less likely to escape poverty. 60% of teen parents come from economically disadvantaged households. 25% of adolescent mothers will have a second child within the first two years of their first child. Sons of teen moms are more likely to end up in prison Teen moms are less likely to be married Teen pregnancy is highest in New Mexico and New Hampshire There are about 745‚000 teen pregnancies each year. 8 out of
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Teenage Smoking Cigarette smoking is a habit that kills approximately million of people per year. It is surprisingly being picked up by countless amounts of children every day. Smoking becomes a growing trend in the youth community. The number of young smokers has been increasing in most American middle schools and high schools. Both girls and boys are smoking because they think it is cool. Many of them will take this their trend and carry it for their adulthood. The four reasons that cause
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Teenage and Technology The age of science and technology has arrived. Well‚ can you imagine a teenage life without computers‚ palm size computers‚ web-enable cell phones and much more? Certainly not! Take for instance the computer. Sitting in front of your computer‚ there tons of things can be done such as faxing documents‚ web surfing‚ e-mailing friends‚ playing games‚ projects and etc. This view shows that we as a teenager are lucky to be living in this age. Computers‚ certainly is a source
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The Process of Pregnancy…. Pregnancy is an amazing journey and process. The female goes through several changes throughout nine months to develop her baby. Pregnancy is generally measured by three trimesters. The trimesters are split up into groups of three months. The first trimester is considered to be the first three months. The second trimester is from the third month until and sixth. The third and last trimester is months six through nine. Throughout these trimesters the baby develops in different
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Depression is the leading cause of teenage suicide. Severe depression is often accompanied by a general sense of suffering as well as the belief to escape from it’s hopelessness. The pain of existence often becomes too much for severe depressed people to bear. The state of depression changes their thinking‚ allowing ideas like “Everyone would all be better off without me” to make rational sense. They shouldn’t be blamed for falling prey to such distorted thoughts any more than a heart patient should
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CYPOP 1: Work with babies and young children to promote thier development and learning. 1. Understand the development and learning of babies and young children. 1.1 Explain the pattren of developments in the first three years of life and the skills typically acquired at each stage. Babies and toddlers show amazing progress in all aspects of their development from birth to three years‚ considering they are born with simple reflexes and are quite helpless and dependent. It is essential
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Martha Vasquez Period 4 Ms.vela That Teenage Life Her green eyes were wet with tears. "I’m pregnant‚" she said quietly as they sit in his car. It was a raining day; he looks at her with an unexplainable surprised face. "Are you sure?" She nodded and then broke down completely. He took her hand in his‚ trying to give her comfort. He could leave her‚ run from her and leave her alone to do what she wanted like many 17 year old boys did. But he was different he couldn’t do that to her his love tore’s
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not‚ shopping and going online are considered favorite hobbies for many young teenage girls. A teenage girl will shop at any day or time of the week‚ so whenever a new cool product is out on the market‚ they’re probably already in line for it. Whether a new product is out‚ or some new celebrity gossip‚ technology has nearly all teenagers caught up with social media and constantly on social networking sites. Young teenage girls are exposed to so much media and ads that their idea of ‘perfect’ and ‘acceptable’
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