senior year the way they wanted to. Teenage girls getting pregnant and having children is not a new issue‚ in fact it has been around for years. In fact‚ according to Teen Help‚ “teen pregnancy and birth rate was much higher prior to 1980 (and especially in the 1950s and 1960s.)” (Help‚ 2010) http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-pregnancy/teen-pregnancy-statistics.htmlThe difference between today and the 50’s and 60’s however is that back then the majority of teenage mothers were already married. Also most
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The teenage birth rate in the United States is the highest in the developed world‚ and the teenage abortion rate is also high.[11] In 2005 in the U.S.‚ the majority (57%) of teen pregnancies resulted in a live birth‚ 27% ended in an induced abortion‚ and 16% in a fetal loss.[20] The U.S. teenage pregnancy rate was at a high in the 1950s and has decreased since then‚ although there has been an increase in births out of wedlock.[21] The teenage pregnancy rate decreased significantly in the 1990s; this
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questions/essay topics/journal questions p. 3 alcohol & drug abuse brochure p. 4 before and after effects of s/a p. 5 alcohol recovery story p. 6 drug and alcohol related worksheets p. 7 Health and Social Issues: Drug and Alcohol Awareness Discussion Questions: 1. What happens if a person uses a substance when they do not really need to? Why would they want to? 2. How does peer pressure become involved with your decision to abuse substances? What would you do if you
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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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Alcohol Research Paper Alcohol plays too significant a role in society today and should be an after thought as opposed to the most essential addition to any social event. Alcohol creates numerous social‚ economic‚ and health problems that could very easily be stopped if it played a less influential role in every day events. The use of alcohol is prominent in‚ but not limited to three social circles that include students‚ family groups‚ and religious gatherings. Experts have much to
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Bad Effects of Alcohol Alcohol is harmless when not drinking in mass quantities‚ even it helps body in some cases‚ for example wine protects people from heart attacks.However‚ if you get used to drink alcohol‚ you can easily abuse.Alcoholism happens when someone engages in frequent alcohol abuse.As time goes on‚ alcohol starts to alter chemical makeup of brain‚ resulting in user to depend on alcohol so as to feel good.In the end‚ their body starts to crave alcohol in order to function
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Teen Genre; a closer look What is a typical high school film scene? School buses‚ bells ringing‚ book bags‚ parties‚ bullies‚ fights‚ the nerd‚ the jock‚ the pretty girl and the outcast who wants to be her? These are common things people might think of when talking about a teen film. In most teen films today‚ viewers find that the plot‚ characters and story lines are very similar. Although‚ some movies are different in detail and even in time period. In May of 1984‚ John Hughes produced the
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society is now very open-minded and accepting about teen pregnancy. Theoretical Perspective The theoretical perspective that teenage pregnancy best fits under is symbolic interactionist perspective. The technical definition of this perspective is that society is the sum of the interactions of individual
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Alcohol Addiction An Argument Essay Have you ever been pressured into doing something you would rather not do? Many people have been in many different ways. It seems that teens are pressured more and more into drinking than anything else. If you choose to drink it is your choice but are you doing it to fit in‚ or just because you want to? There are many different ways an adolescent might take a drink even if they know it is wrong. Some reasons are the risk-taking‚ the expectancies‚ how sensitive
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most common source for information. Many teens base their lives on what’s the new and wearing what’s in style . Television is the decision maker on what we do and don’t do ‚ but and don’t buy and‚ believe in things we want to believe because this little box with flashing lights and motion told us so. So many teen‚worker and parents are the most displayed stereotypes out there aside from race‚ color and culture. How are teens stereotyped on television? Teens are stereotyped as to be what the world
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