Mini-Paper #1 Pregnancy/Infancy Maltreatment is defined as being a deliberate‚ or avoidable‚ endangerment of a child‚ whether it is inflicted by parents or others (1). Sadly‚ many children today‚ including infants‚ unnecessarily become victims of many different types of maltreatment. One form of maltreatment stands out the most to me because it just goes to show how completely heartless so many people can be—shaken baby syndrome. In 2007‚ while studying social work‚ I was doing volunteer work
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Teenage Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy in the media influences young girls that it is okay to have children at a young age. The media glamorizes teen pregnancy and makes ordinary pregnant girls famous for the problem they have created. The different programs on television may show you that the teens struggle‚ but it also shows you how the girls get attention from everyone. They are being glamorized for something that isn’t good. Also‚ some young girls don’t always get the attention they want‚ so they
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The Causes of Teenage pregnancy from: Obviously‚ the reason at the base of any pregnancy is sexual intercourse. But many researchers would like to know why the phenomenon of teenage pregnancy is so widespread. The easiest answer is that teens want to become pregnant; while this is not untrue in all cases‚ at least 80% of teen pregnancies are unintentional. Research has shown that one of the causes of teenage pregnancy is the lack of a sense of personal responsibility for their actions‚
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Teen pregnancy prevention – How can I prevent pregnancy? There are many ways to prevent teenage pregnancies. Popular solutions include discussions of “safe sex” practices. In addition to condoms‚ doctors can prescribe birth control pills that regulate the fertility of a woman’s eggs‚ or advise the use of other pregnancy prevention tools‚ like intra-uterine devices or spermicides. These options are not 100% effective. There is even the option of abortion‚ which terminates the pregnancy at
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and memory has been proven to be smaller in people that have started drinking in a young age. In a recent study where short-term memory skills in alcohol dependent and non-dependent teenagers were studied the conclusion was that alcohol dependent teens had a harder time remembering words and simple math equations. Judgment and self-control are reduced‚ speech may be slurred; balance‚ vision‚ reaction time and hearing will be impaired. Alcoholism also causes damage to the brain. Alcoholics may suffer
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Teens and Their Magazines There is not a day that goes by where I don’t witness a teenage girl in the mall dressed very provocatively‚ wearing short skirts‚ tight shirts‚ and covered in make-up. The group of girls she associates herself with is also dressed very sexy and in my opinion inappropriate for their age. As they walk they giggle and hold conversations about fashion and what they did with their boyfriends last night. Checking out stores for the latest trends‚ they also take a look at
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In this paper‚ we needed to discuss whether or not abortion contributes to the corruption of today’s society‚ using the symbolic interaction paradigm. We have come to the consensus‚ as a group‚ that abortion does contribute to the corruption of today’s society simply because it is such a heated issue and therefore people choose sides. When people choose sides‚ and are unable to look at a situation from another person’s point of view‚ there tends to be corruption. Symbolic interactionism is a theoretical
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by her mother’s “friend”. As a result‚ she has an unwanted pregnancy. She is angry with her mother because she didn’t do anything to protect her. People in society are misjudging her. Yah-yah is frustrated and on the verge of suicide. Teenage pregnancy has been a phenomenon since biblical ages. Dr. Michelle Golland stated‚ The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the industrialized world. There are 750‚000 teen pregnancies annually. The Caribbean has not escaped this plague. A study
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Mangum Professor ????? ENGXXXX July 23‚ 20XX Teen Curfew: A Benefit to Youth? How would you feel‚ as a parent‚ if your child was out late and didn’t return home? How would you feel if you received a phone call from police saying they have arrested your teen for criminal mischief? The way a parent may feel if they didn’t know the whereabouts of their children or how they would feel having to go to a police station to bail their teen out is anything but happy or joyful. We all want to keep
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Causes of Teenage Pregnancy and the Effects on the Community There are many different causes of teenage pregnancy. Every teenage girl is brought up under different family and personal conditions‚ therefore presenting many different causes of teenage pregnancy. These causes can range from internal factors to external factors. Some of these causes include drugs and alcohol‚ sexual abuse and child maltreatment‚ and technology dangers. All of these contribute to teenage pregnancy. Another cause
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