Research Paper: Teen Pregnancy Adolescent pregnancy has long been a societal concern‚ but in the past decade‚ this issue has become one of the most frequently cited examples of the perceived societal decay in the United States. The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western world with approximately 1 million adolescents becoming pregnant every year (National Women’s Health Information Center). Teenagers are engaging in sexual activity‚ and at the same time they are choosing
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How Teen Pregnancy Impacts a Community Marna L. Diaz Mental Health and Community Concepts Milwaukee Area Technical College February 19‚ 2012 Abstract Even though rates have declined over the last 20 years‚ the United States still has one of the highest instances of pregnancy among adolescents in the developed world (Magness‚ 2012). The rates of teen pregnancy are highest among the poor and uneducated; these communities also have high infant mortality rates and STD morbidities. This paper
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Sedriana Euell Mr. Tatge Advanced Composition 12 September 2014 The Saddest Day In my local community I see many young talented people with big dreams. Many times‚ these people do not follow through with their dreams because their dreams are broken. My father broke my dream of becoming a criminal profiler. I know of many who have had their dreams crushed due to an unsupportive person. I happen to be one of those victims. My father’s side of the family is well-known with the Illinois Police
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Teen pregnancy is a thing that ultimately alters a teen’s future forever with negative side effects. In the United States‚ 2‚800 teenagers become pregnant each day. When I graduated in 2011; out of al the girls I graduated with 10 of those girls have had babies. One of them just had her second baby this year. I think more needs to be done to make girls realize that it affects their future‚ their children’s‚ the baby’s father‚ and other family members. I couldn’t imagine having a baby at
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when it comes to female friendships‚ no matter how great it started‚ sometimes it gets broken because of something very trivial. Like any other kind of relationship‚ friendships are complicated and do not always work out. When friendships get broken‚ it is very difficult to return it back to what it has been before. When a friendship ended‚ it is undoubtedly hurtful and it will feel like someone has taken your heart away from you. The effects of broken friendships are sometimes very deleterious that
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Teen Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is an overwhelming problem in the United States. In 2006‚ the rate of teen pregnancy had increased for the first time in a decade and it remains the highest among developed countries in the world. “About 40 percent of American women become pregnant before the age of 20. The result is about 1 million pregnancies each year among women ages 15 to 19. Only half of those pregnancies end in actual births” (Casey.) Concerned parents‚ educators‚ and healthcare workers
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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 The killing of own life intentionally is referred as suicide. Over the past years‚ American society has been concerned about this issue‚ especially teenage suicide. The suicide rate among teenagers is not constant for a period of time; it keeps changing over time. Most of the time‚ the suicide rate among boys is greater than that among girls. Different types of people in our society respond to this issue in different ways. Earlier in this year‚ some 932 parents of adolescents
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we cannot succeed it. Then conflicts aroused which caused broken family. There can be many reasons as we have discussed previously. There can also be various consequences in every development stages of life‚ even in the society. However‚ it is to be noted that when there is problem and impact‚ there is also the solving idea. Broken family also can be solved at the same time‚ it could be prevented. In these ways we can go on with the broken family. Even though it has the adverse effects on the society
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leader and this is wendy‚ shirlyn and Azlina. Today‚ we’re going to talk about teenages’ issues that always happened around us and finally we chose the topic of "Teen Pregnancy". Let’s start with wendy‚ what do you think about Teen Pregnancy‚ is it good or bad? Wendy: I against Teen Pregnancy.There is no way one could consider teen pregnancy is a good thing. Far too many lives have been damaged due to teen pregnancy in the past. The teen for one must make adult decisions regarding the infant‚ thereby
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