TEEN PREGNANCY

“TEEN PREGNANCY”

Does it sometimes seem like everyone your age is having sex? Do you know anyone at your school who is pregnant or has a baby? Though teen pregnancy has been on the decline over the past decade, the United States still has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any western industrialized country, So what does this mean for you? It means that, if you’re a girl in this country, you have a 34% chance of becoming pregnant by the time you’re 20. And it’s not just girls who are facing the consequences. The effects of teen parenthood also follow the young fathers and children throughout their livesYou hear about teen pregnancy in movies, in the news, at school, and from your parents, You know it’s not a good idea to have a baby when you’re still a kid yourself, so why are so many teens still getting pregnant every year? And what can you do about it? Teen pregnancy can have serious consequences for girls and guys, including decreased chances of finishing school, a rocky financial future, and health risks for both the mother and the child. If you are thinking about having sex, it is important to know that the effects can last a lifetime.

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Joseph Nino Diolosa http://www.studymode.com/essays/Teenager-Pregnancy-1404177.html EARLY PREGNANCY
Early Pregnancy is one of the most alarming issues in our world today. Many teenagers engage themselves in sexual intercouse with their partners, their boyfriends/girlfriends, just to be "in" with their friends. A teenage girl being pregnant in arly stage looked down upon with shame. Teenage pregnancy occurs due to many reasons. Some of these are; peer pressure, lack of knowledge, sexual abuse or rape, and teenage drinking.

Peer pressure is an early stafe of pregnancy, it causes sexual intimacy for the opposite sex. For example, if a teenager hangs out with a group who are sexually active, nine out of ten is sexually active too. Most of the teenagers option to have sexual intercourse because they need to achieve the acceptance given by the "circle of friends".

Teenagers who are uneducated about sex are more likely to have an unintended pregnancy. Some teens do not fully understand the biological and emotional aspects associated with having sex . Their parents must also help them to know more about the privacy and the sacredness of having sex.

Teens can become pregnant as a result of sexual abuse or rape. Between 43 and 62 percent of teen sacknowledge that they were impregnated by an adult male, and two-thirds report that their babies' fathers are as old as 27. Approximately 5 percent of all teen births are the result of a rape.

Teen drinking can cause an unexpected pregnancy, according to the website Love to Know. Many teens experiment with drugs and alcohol. Drinking lowers a teen's ability to control her impulses, contributing to 75 percent of pregnancies that occur between the ages 14 and 21. Approximately 91 percent of pregnant teens reported that although they were drinking at the time, they did not originally plan to have sex when they conceived.

How to prevent Early Pregnancy? Teenagers must control and abstain theirselves and wait for the right time. Only married couples are legal to have sex because sex is very sacred....

By kwinay Feb 24, 2014 http://www.studymode.com/essays/Early-Pregnancy-47856132.html Introduction
Early pregnancy is a serious problem for teenagers. Teenagers who are pregnant cannot usually support the child on their own. Early pregnancy can have various possible reasons.

Conflicts of the teenager
Family problem/broken family
Victims of child abuse and/or neglect are at increased risk for delinquency and running away. However, existing research indicates that the relationship is not inevitable, because the majority of childhood victims do not manifest these problem behaviors. Significantly less is known about connections between childhood victimization and other problem behaviors, such as teenage pregnancy, alcohol and illicit drug use and abuse, and self-destructive behavior. Current knowledge about these outcomes is sparse and only suggestive. Further research is desperately needed to document whether abused and/or neglected children are at increased risk for these adolescent problem behaviors, in comparison to control children and adolescents, and to indicate the extent or magnitude of these relationships. Despite the paucity of research, one can still speculate on some of the potential mechanisms that may link childhood victimization and adolescent problem behaviors (Lamb and Ketterlinus 140). Childhood victimization appears to increase risk for the development of a range of problems in adolescence, including delinquency and violence, running away, sexual promiscuity and teenage pregnancy, and alcohol and drug use and abuse. However, although there are extensive clinical accounts and speculations about the prevalence of these problem behaviors among adolescents who were abused or neglected in childhood, there is scant systematic evidence concerning the extent of these associations, the increased risk relative to control children, and the underlying causal mechanisms. Current knowledge is limited in quantity and type compromised by...