Teens today are enjoying the cyber age. Information and communication right in the palm of their hands. Going through a day of school is a breeze for these adolescents with all that technology has to offer. Unfortunately‚ bullying‚ irresponsible sexual behavior and coming out as gay‚ lesbian or transgendered‚ are problems confronting teens daily. Bullying involves a person or a group of persons constantly attacking a person who is weaker or more vulnerable. These attacks can occur in-school or
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Challenges Facing Teens Now It is always hard to be a teenager‚ and it is even harder in this era. Instead of worrying about acne‚ there exist more serious teen problems which have been brought into focus. Health which teens are facing is basic and not new‚ but this issue seems to be increasing‚ and obesity is a big part of it. According to the 2008 data‚ 18 percent of teens from 12 to 19 years old are obese‚ and 30% of children and teens‚ from 6-19 years old‚ are overweight. This is the
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Social Networks Hooked Teens (Why Teenagers have Extreme Fondness to Social Networking Sites.) Introduction Today’s teens and tweens are connected to one another‚ and to the world‚ via digital technology more than any previous generation. Recent data suggests that social media venues like Facebook and Twitter have surpassed e-mail as the preferred method of communication in all age groups. While today’s tweens and teens may be more digitally savvy than their parents‚ their lack of maturity
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of the highest growing rate of teen pregnancy since the 1970s with a nearly 60% jump. From 2009 to 2013 the amount of mom’s that gave birth before the age of 15 was 219 and from the ages of 16-19 was 124‚379. Kids of teen moms suffer consequences to their mother’s or someone else’s actions. The hard truth is‚ teens no matter how mature or “grown up” they think they are‚ they’re not ready to be fit parents. Statistics have shown time and time again. Children of teen moms have medical health risks
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How to prevent teen pregnancy has been a question for many years now. Statistics have been running wild trying to keep up with the teenage generation. Many people have their opinions on the subject (teen pregnancy)‚ because teens seem to be getting pregnant all so fast these days. People fail to realize that having a baby is supposed to be a sort of privilege. Many people take having a baby as a joke. Getting pregnant and having a child involves many pros/cons. For example having a child can be harder
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like 16 and Pregnant‚ and its spin off Teen Mom have given adolescents different views on what it’s like to be a parent. Although it does show the struggles of raising a child‚ going to school‚ and having a job. It also shows how you can make an easy profit from just having a it. Over the two years of their debut‚ 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom has collected a significant amount of attention in the entertainment media. A poll was commissioned stated ‚” most teens (79% of girls and 67% of boys) agree
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violence within the United States is not an uncommon topic especially amongst certain ethnicities. In fact‚ the rapid increase of teen dating violence that occurs within the African American community has caught the public’s attention and has become a public health problem (Black et al. 2015). Data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that teen dating violence is highest among African American students followed by those of Hispanic heritage. Accordingly‚ 1.6% of females
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Teen Pregnancies‚ STD’s‚ and Their Consequences Allison Dry COM/220 July 21‚ 2010 Camisha Williams Teen Pregnancies‚ STD’s‚ and Their Consequences Remember being a teenager and the cool thing to do was to smoke cigarettes? Or to act like you were with the candy sticks that had the red tips on them? Well now we all know that smoking is not the cool thing to do‚ but now there is something new that everyone thinks is the cool thing to do. Teen pregnancies are a big issue right now. 1/3 of
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Are Televisions‚ movies and Music Responsible for Teen Violence? Televisions‚ movies and music are responsible for teen violence because the televisions and movies have programs that show a lot of fighting and music that have thoughts that might result in violence‚ there are a lot of parts in the dialogue that is suitable for adults and all the media has inappropriate language. This is bad because there is a lot of violence going on in the world. This might eventually lead to the world having terrorism
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within teen relationships—identifying females as the most prevalent victims. As the article emphasizes the need for preventive programming‚ this paper will present the internet resource‚ Heather’s Voice and provide suggestions for a program within schools that may utilize this resource in the prevention and identification of teen dating violence/abuse. In addition‚ this paper will present suggestions on how this program can be evaluated. The NYT article discusses the prevalence of teen deaths
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