While the numbers of teens becoming sexual active in high school shows that around half of teens are sexually active‚ the numbers may be much higher. The emphasis on abstinence until marriage in South Carolina is clearly not impacting what is occurring in our society. Instead of putting so much funding and emphasis in community and school-based abstinence education‚ perhaps the money could be better spent on providing pregnancy prevention. When children are born to teens‚ we all help foot the
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Indiana teens haven’t reduced their risky behavior by much in the past two years‚ according to the results of a national survey released Thursday.Drug and alcohol use was down but the smoking rates flat-lined. The percentage of teens reporting they had sex remained unchanged. And while Indiana teens reported that they get more exercise than the average teen‚ they don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables and too many of them are obese.The Indiana State Department of Health released the results of the
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look closer‚ and you might notice a familiar trend: many of these students are not paying attention. Instead‚ they are dozing off or even completely asleep. What is so hard for teens these days to get enough sleep? Why are they never rested up and always tired in class? These are some of the many questions people have on teens and sleep. “According to the survey results‚ once a week roughly one-quarter of high school students fall asleep in class‚ 22% fall asleep doing homework and 14% are late to or
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believe that teens should be able to go to see these movies alone‚ they do not have enough maturity and good judgment to have this right. Kids and teenagers should not be allowed to go to a rated R movie without a parent or guardian. Restricted movies have a direct link with violence‚ smoking‚ and drinking in teens. Also‚ content in rated R movies is not appropriate for kids and young teens. To start off‚ restricted movies are proven to cause more smoking‚ violence and drinking in teens. First of
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understand how to prevent this epidemic with teens. Evidence in recent studies has shown who and what are the major contributors and what is the most effective form of prevention. Many parents are understanding of privacy and their children’s need to talk or text friends on a daily routine but fail to realize what may be really happening on the computer or cell phone. As stated in a recent research study‚ “Building a Prevention Framework to Address Teen Sexting Behaviors‚” little is known about how
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Issues Affecting Teens Good Morning/afternoon Miss Blanch and class‚ I’m going to be talking about teen violence and factors that can trigger it. I select this issue as I think it’s an issue worth talking about because teen violence is the worst especially when it causes injury or even death. This issues is not expressed in The Formal but it is still a very important to talk about‚ many Australian teens have experienced violence either with friends or at parties where alcohol and/or drugs is consumed
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Solution: Teen activists and fundraisers Many people (more than 3 million) don’t have enough food or water to provide them as a lifelong food/water supply. Teen activists help with this kind of problem. This problem is called world hunger and could affect many people’s lives. So these teen activists create or join fundraisers/organizations to help as many people as they can‚ get water or food. You are probably wondering what are teen activists. Teen activists are people who care about more than just
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October‚ 2012 Working as a Teen It is important for teens to have a job in high school because of all the great aspects they can get out of it. Jobs give teens a leap of confidence and teach them independence. Working after school is an incredible way for teens to learn the importance of responsibility. They will have the opportunity to get a taste of the real world and prepare for the future. Having a job while in high school will teach a young teen how to get along and collaborate
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Cause/Effect Final Draft 15 November 2004 Lactating Teens While several teens that engage in pre-marital sex never become pregnant‚ some are not as fortunate. Teen pregnancy has become all too common in this day and age. Some teens think it will not happen to them and do not use necessary precautions to protect against it. There are several causes for teen pregnancy and the effects can be life changing. Several causes for teen pregnancy are: the need for affection‚ acceptance‚
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Teen Suicide: When bullying goes too far. Over the last 15 years teen suicide has significantly increased in the United States due to cyber bullying. Teen suicide in the United States has been relatively high in the 15 to 24 age group with 4‚000 suicides since 2004. Teen suicide is the 3 leading cause of death in the United States. Teenagers tend to commit suicide after large changes‚ significant losses‚ or abuse has occurred in their lives. An important change in a relationship
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