Single Motherhood and Teen Pregnancy In researching material on single mothers and teen mothers‚ the factual problems with single mother households‚ and the stereotypical problems‚ I found a few interesting issues in the resources I collected which are worth mention. The first is the general statistics of sexual activity and early pregnancy. The second deals with the conflicting views of the effects of single mother families on the children. The third deals with the financial issues of prevalent
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Key Sociological Perspectives Postmodernism Postmodernism looks at social rapid change and how many institutions are unstable due to social uncertainty and sudden changes. It looks at how the rapid change of society has affected all social expectancies‚ and how the social norms that we once understood and expected are no longer valid‚ as the society around us is changing so much. This includes the stratification of society‚ as well as social roles and the norms‚ the intermixing of cultures‚ the
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Factors that Lead to Teen Pregnancy Although the overall rate of teen pregnancy has been declining‚ the rates have remained high for teens that are most vulnerable. The great majority of Americans believe that teen pregnancies are a serious national problem‚ indeed a problem that is the major component of what is thought to be national moral decline. However‚ what causes these teens to become pregnant at such a young age? These include factors in the community and the family such as violent crime
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Pressley‚ Aubrey HED 213 Professor Scott 2/13/13 Health Issues: Teen Pregnancy in Columbia‚ South Carolina Growing up in Northeast Columbia I have endured many matters in which helped me grow into the young adult I am today. Where I’m from‚ high school is the beginning of change for many of the local teens in my hometown. Some change so drastically that if you were to compare their upbringings to their high school days you would never think they were the same individual. Some change for
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Teen Pregnancy Have you ever been flipping through the channels and come across one of the many shows involving teen mothers? They are hard to miss these days! I’m sure most people immediately begin ranting about how the media is giving unnecessary attention to these teens that have already made poor decisions. Many people feel these shows actually encourage teen pregnancy because in some cases it is glamorized by the media. Let’s discuss some of the many reasons that there is an increase
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An Annotated Bibliography: Teen Pregnancy Marcia Dixon April 8‚ 2013 HCS 465 Kerrie Kelly In years past teen pregnancy created problems in several countries. However in the United States among teenagers‚ teen pregnancy rose‚ but there was no help from programs like the National Geographic’s channel‚ and Teen Mom that aired on MTV. Individuals saw a version of what might have been with cameras rolling‚ however if the cameras are not rolling then life takes on a different meaning. When someone
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My family does not conform to the images‚ ideals‚ and myths of past American families‚ such as the myth of the monolithic family form and the unified family experience. Instead my family can be analyzed from the framework of the sociological perspective. Both macro and micro forces have influenced the development and interior dynamics of my family. My parents and two younger siblings (1 brother and 1 sister) make up the nuclear part of my family and they are all biologically related to me. My aunts
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Sociological Perspectives on the Family Functionalists believed in a theory that the family is a positive institution. They believe the family perform six major functions: 1. Reproduction. Ensures that the society ’s population willbe maintained. This is a basic function of the family to keep the cycle of life span continuation In today ’s society‚ families are smaller and couples are delaying the child rearing experiences until their careers are established and stabilized (Schaefer‚ R. 2009)
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teenage pregnancy revolves around what factors are identified as the causative influences. Some researchers regard prevention programs‚ regardless of how well thought out and implemented‚ as doomed‚ because the issue of teenage pregnancy involves the social whole. Males (1993)‚ for example‚ thinks that current programs of all sorts‚ will not succeed because of a discrepancy between reality and strategies for prevention. In a similar vein‚ Davis (1989)‚ argues that since teenage pregnancy is covered
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Teen Pregnancy and Sex Education The consensus is that sex education is necessary for pre-teen and teenagers to receive information about their bodies‚ reduce the risk of pregnancy‚ and disease (Combellick & Brindis‚ 2011). Many states have mandates on the curriculum of sex education and what grades to present the information to the students (Jacobson‚ 2011). On average‚ students receive sex education in 6th or 7th grade and 9th or 10th grade (Bigos‚ 2012). The problem is in
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