she is pregnant. This is the startling and frightening truth facing parents of adolescent girls. With the amount of education supplied to students of the developed world why is teenage pregnancy still so common? In schools today we have sex education‚ not to mention the amount of government support‚ yet still so many teenage girls fall pregnant. When fourteen year old girls come home crying to their parents that they are pregnant‚ adults have to ask themselves what is the message we are teaching
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Shay Wiese Focus Paper Family Dynamics 3/20/2014 Teenage Pregnancy There are many issues that are arising in the United States. These issues seem to catch media attention but they are publicized so much that teens believe it is all in fun. They don’t understand that doing drugs does not lead to fun partying. Becoming a dealer is not a quick way to cash it’s a quick way to death. Committing suicide does not make everything easier. The only person you took the pain away from was yourself. The
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Stoke-On-Trent‚ also known as The Potteries‚ is a city in Staffordshire situated in the West Midlands. Just like other cities‚ Stoke-On-Trent has diverse teenage subculures‚ some well known and others not as popular. The oxford dictionary defines subculture as ‘a cultural group within a larger culture‚ often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture’ (Oxford Dictionaries: 2013). In terms of subcultures‚ if you ask anyone from Stoke-On-Trent‚ most people would tell you
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How to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy Each year the United States is acknowledged for having the highest number of pregnant teens in the industrialized world. We have clueless teenage females of every race having children while they are in high school. Sex is on the minds of so many teenagers that they forget that they are not yet at a stage of having children. Since it is difficult for adolescent girl to resist the temptation of having sex; a while abstinence is the best form of prevention‚ birth
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TEENAGE PREGNANCIES AS A MANAGEMENT ISSUE IN TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS IN GEORGE Treatise submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Magister Educationis in the Faculty of Education at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. BY GRACE SIBONGILE SETHOSA DATE OF SUBMISSION: DECEMBER 2007 SUPERVISOR: Dr. J. McFarlane ABSTRACT This study investigates the causes‚ consequences and possible solutions of teenage pregnancy. It indicates that socio-economic factors
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Qualities of a Strong Teenage Girl Being a teenage girl‚ I know what it is like to be let down‚ put down‚ and feel completely alone. But I also know what it takes to get back up‚ be courageous‚ and fight. One quality a teenage girl must have is courage. Courage to stand up for yourself and others. To succeed‚ a teenage girl must have smarts. Street smarts as well as book smarts are important. However‚ one quality that most teenage girls have is a carelessly open heart; letting anyone in that tries
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often argue with their parents‚ easily get angry‚ do not do what their parents tell them to do‚ and even do some dangerous activities like drinking or having drugs. Knowing the important cause and potential effects of teenage rebellion is very necessary. The most important cause of teenage rebellion is parents’ unconscious control. Usually‚ parents always let children obey what they think their teenagers should do‚ instead of listen to their children. When children are young‚ parents need to think about
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Simply wearing a seatbelt can save a person’s life‚ and not wearing one is quite common among teenagers. Just getting into an accident will be problematic as the insurance cost will definitely rack up and prove to be a nuisance. A good idea is also to check the safety record of a specific car to buy
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ninth grade freshman girl in high school would have been sleeping on subway trains in New York City. Surviving on two bags of crunchy cheese doodles‚ along with a chocolate twenty five cent swiss roll ‚and just barely able to take baths? Well that was life for me in the late nineties. I grew up in a middle class well off family. Although my mother was always at work we had everything we needed and somewhat wanted. I made straight A’s all through elementary and junior high school. My mom and her friends
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Ankit Chopra Prof. Jackson CMAT October 29‚ 2010 Causes of Teenage drinking 3/4 teenagers have already consumed alcohol more than just a few sips by the end of high school. Most of us know the effects of drinking‚ but‚ ever wondered why teenagers drink? The teenage years are a period of mixed thoughts‚ and emotions. These are the years‚ when young adults learn to take important decisions on their own. These are also the years‚ when teenagers come under heavy influence from others.
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