should be raised to a higher age for safety reasons. The reason I say this is because teens text and drive and put themselves and other people in danger. Teens are increasing car wrecks. They are also increasing their injuries. Teens don’t know much of the consequences that come with driving. They party and drink‚ and when they drive drunk‚ that’s another wreck and death waiting to happen. A lot of teens just want a car to drive‚ they don’t really drive the proper way . The driving age should
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to the extreme. The advances in the cell phones have had a large impact on everyone‚ but especially today’s youth. Teens have taken the use of technology to an unsafe level. These bad habits can affect them for the rest of their lives. Teens are to distracted by their cell phones. Texting is causing teens to be distracted while driving‚ limiting their social skills and is causing teen texting tendonitis. Traffic crashes are the leading causes of death in the United States (Berry). Many traffic crashes
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or Not To Tolerate Teen pregnancy costs the United States over $7 billion annually according to the National Campaign of Prevention. Although this number is astronomically high‚ the money donated is in fact put to good use. Students (7-12 grades) cannot comprehend the amount of responsibility‚ anxiety‚ and stress a teenage parent undergoes. As high school students do not have to face these factors they are inconsiderate to the amount of work a teen parent actually takes on. Nearly half
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Causes of Teen Drug Abuse in Canada Teenage drug abuse is widespread and getting worse every day throughout Canada. Both on the streets and in schools nationwide‚ thousands of teenagers are given opportunities to experiment with drugs. According to recent reports‚ the average age at which Canadian teenagers first experiment with drugs is age 14. Despite education programs aimed at prevention‚ teen drug abuse continues to be a growing problem. This teen drug problem occurs for a number of
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Glamorizes Teen Pregnancy Media‚ specifically television has taken the issue of teen pregnancy to a whole other level. The shows 16 and Pregnant‚ Teen Mom‚ and The Secret Life of the American Teenager document the lives of young teenage girls facing the issue of being a pregnant teenager. Originally created to show the controversial subject of teen pregnancy‚ all of these shows soon began to change. As the seasons continued in all three of these shows‚ the controversial subject of teen pregnancy
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Quentoria Willingham Dr. Hall English 1102 30 June 2013 Teen Pregnancy: Educating the Future Parents of Our Society In 2012 in the United States‚ the rate of teen pregnancy is at its lowest level in nearly forty years. However‚ teen pregnancy still remains the highest among the developed countries in the world (Weiss 1). Most teenage girls are getting pregnant at a rapid rate. Pregnancies can occur because of the misusage of condoms‚ unawareness of birth control‚ or intentionally. Some pregnancies
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and other emotional issues. Causes of teen pregnancy and tips to surpass it Family problem affects the thinking ability of a teenager. It makes them to create decisions that they think it’s good for them‚ they ask advices to their friends than their families. This is also the time that teens are starting to learn to drink alcohol and use prohibited drugs to satisfy their selves and to forget the problems between his/her family. One thing that the teens think can help them to get away from their
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Teen Risk-Taking: A Statistical Portrait Contents Portrait Highlights Measuring Health Risk Behaviors Changes in Overall Risk-Taking‚ 1991-1997 Multiple Risks and Positive Behaviors Reaching Multiple-Risk Teens A Time for Cautious Optimism Endnotes Portrait Highlights The most serious threats to the health and safety of adolescents and young adults are preventable. They result from such risk-taking behaviors as fighting‚ substance abuse‚ suicide‚ and sexual activity rather than from
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Briony Tilt The purpose of this text is to inform families about the dangers of running away. WHY TEENS RUN AWAY February 24th‚ 2013 Written by Briony Tilt Many people often wonder why teens in a perfectly happy environment choose to run away from the safety of their homes and families. Of course‚ it is often families that are the problem. Many young teens decide to leave home during the ages of even as young as ten or twelve. In most cases‚ there is a legitimate reason for the fleeing and
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Makenna Byers Pd. 5 Teen Parenting In 2010‚ approximately 16 out of every 1000 children were born to teenage mothers between the ages of 15 and 19. Having a baby as a teenager changes everything for the rest of your life. Facing parenthood as a teen not only affects you but everyone around you. It is important to understand the all the things that come with having a baby which can be a struggle for people who are happily married with a job let alone a teenager in high school or college. There are
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