Persuasive Essay On Teen Mom

Research shows that kids who grew up in an authoritarian household are more likely to suffer from traits such as anxiety and depression. The definition of the word strict defines as this, demanding total obedience or observance, this word seems to be most logical if applied to where the army is concerned, but it is a guideline to how my parents raised my siblings and me throughout our lives. For those who didn’t grow up having strict parents cannot necessarily relate to some of the experiences that I have had, but they may begin to see how it is like to live the life that I do with enforced rules and behavior. Often throughout my childhood and well into my teenage years, I have heard the following statements numerous times: “why can’t you?’ “are you sure that your parents won’t let you?” “you don’t know unless you ask.” They ask these questions as if the person before them and the person before them didn’t ask these very same ones. I have come to learn that it was just easier to say that I was busy with chores or I had too much homework to do in order to avoid these tedious questions. Of course, it was not as if we were in the military and we had to stand in attention, but some of the aspects were there.

When you picture a teenager you picture fighting, drinking, or answering back, am I right? However, this is simply not the case. Sure there is the minority of trouble makers. However this minority is exaggerated due to the news showing only this behaviour. This stereotyping has found its audience and crept into television shows and series. This has led to the creation of a mockumentary called “Summer Heights High” which has unfairly represented teen

I believe that Secret Life of the American Teenager is a good series that show the relationships between families and friends, and how they deal with an unexpected teen pregnancy. It aims to reveal what is like to be a pregnant teenager and how a teen mother copes up with people’s judgments. It also aims to reveal what is like to be a mother in a very young age, and how a teen mother juggles motherhood responsibility and school responsibility. I think that the show is realistic and relevant. It is not unusual for girls to get pregnant in a very young age anymore. I personally know three teenagers that got pregnant at the age of sixteen. Watching this show reminds me of those three people. This show helps me gain a better understand on what teen mothers are going through. However, some viewers might think otherwise and disagree with me. After all, each of us has different perception on certain matter. Some viewers might think it is a dumb show and that it is not appropriate to watch, because of its explicit scenes and language. But, I personally think that the series can be an eye opener or a series that people, especially teenager can learn from. The series did a great job on projecting the consequences of teenage pregnancy and how it has great effects not only to one’s self, but to

A documentary filled with scripted spontaneity and a slight insight to reality explores the stereotypical lives of five high-school seniors. Kaylee O’Dwyer talks about the truth behind this popular film, “American Teen.”

The movie American Teen is a documentary that was released in 2008. The documentary is about seniors in high school in Warsaw, Indiana. The purpose of the documentary is to focus on small cliques that develop in high school. Out of the cliques, Hannah Bailey became a person of interest. Hannah is an eighteen year old female that attends Warsaw high school. The town of Warsaw is mostly white, middle class, and Christian. Hannah is seen as the rebel or free spirit of the high school. She has a best friend named Clark and lives with her grandmother. Hannah’s mother was diagnosed with manic depression and is unable to care of her, and her father is a businessman in Ohio.

"Yeah, I am. But I don't wanna be alone and Lexi can't go." She smiled slightly at me and I smiled, knowing what she meant. "Would you come with me, baby?" She pushed her hair behind her shoulder, moving close to the camera and making puppy eyes at me.

Feminism, the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. Leslie Knope, the Deputy Director of the Parks Department in Pawnee, Indiana in the show Parks and Recreation, is the epitome of a feminist. Leslie is one of many woman who- although fictional- taught me that woman are equal to men. She works in a male-dominated government and shuts down sexism every chance she gets. From watching this show I was inspired to also fight against sexism in today's society.

In our lives, we will not always be loved. People will lie to us, cheat us, and make us feel like we are absolutely worthless. In in end, however, we will always have the comfort of knowing that our parents will be there for us. Let’s face it though, nobody has a perfect relationship with their parents. At least one a day, if not more, an argument occurs between a parent and their child, causing hurt feelings and a lot of tension. Arguments can be formed based on very serious topics, the tiniest of problems, or even plain misunderstandings. Tension between a parent and their child is exemplified in both Confetti Girl by Diana Lopez and Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes.

These are your 18 -21 year-olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, pregnancy, money, peers and influence. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the show's exploitation.

Amber’s story is showing how difficult it is being a teen mom, but at the same time she is sending a message that its okay to be abusive with words and actions. Even though some teen moms are great parents and love their children to death, how do the teens nowadays view that as? Teens that are lonely, not social or are picked on in school can see how much happiness a child can bring to those reality stars, and they can ask themselves why not get pregnant and try to enjoy that for themselves. That’s not a reason to have a child and its not capitalized enough on the show. At the end of each season MTV hosts a Teen Mom “After Show” to recap on seasons highlights as well as clips that weren’t shown. Most teen moms are questioned about their experience and when asked if they are still sexually active most of them all answer yes but with protection or contraception. According to the net doctor, if a condom is used correctly, it is about 98% effective. (Dr. David Devlin). However most teens don’t have enough knowledge about protection so we cannot assume they do said David S. Rosen, M.D. Contraception like birth control include pills, shots, patches, and implants. Without the proper access to these, people are at risk for pregnancy and STD’s. Although MTV does show some of the struggles and hardships of being 16 and pregnant, some argue that the opposite affects that MTV originally intended for the series is happening. MTV

This has shown all of the teens that watch the show what really happens during teen pregnancy. The MTV show is a reality and the teens who watch it see that when carrying a baby around isn’t a fun thing to do. It is not fun to be in school while pregnant. While being pregnant in your teen years you don’t know if the father will be

Raising a child can be challenging for any family, but raising a child with special needs can be extremely difficult and overwhelming. Not only is it more expensive to raise a child with a disability, parents may often lack the financial and professional support necessary. Many individuals today face the difficulties of adopting a child with disability, which differs from the difficulties faced by a biological child with a disability. Adoptive parents of children with disabilities may need preadoption services as well as constant postadoption support. Adoptive parents of children with disabilities face specific challenges that demands constant, flexible, and accessible support.

Children are vulnerable, innocent, and unable to defend themselves. The United National Children's Fund, UNICEF, is a children’s charity. The UNICEF on the advertisement states that “8 million children are not in school” which is a large number of children that are not attending school. UNICEF is achieving their goals because it demonstrates people that many children in the world are not in school. Ethos, pathos, and logos are all necessary for a good advertisement, and this is an example of that. People know that when they see this ad, children need to attend school because it is essential. Food, shelter, clothing, and shoes are also necessary for life especially for children that live in developing countries and this ad is also representing this. Unfortunately, this problem exists in countries where poverty exists and is represented by this picture. The purpose of this advertisement is to convince people that without their help the organization would not be able to provide funds to the children to attend school in their countries.

Society exudes pressure to be someone who you are not, especially to high schoolers. The sporty people play all the sports, the nerds are all up in their books, and worried about the future and what’s to come. Then there are the outcasts, who just want to live their life, and just don’t care. And because of this, it’s hard for them to show who they really are. This is notably true for Margo Roth Spiegelman, everyone saw Margo as someone she wasn’t. They saw her as the it girl, or the mysterious girl, or the girl with all the girl with all the friends. This, however, is not true, she’s just like any other 18-year-old senior in high school, she likes music and has (or had) a boyfriend. But in other ways she was different, she didn’t want to go to college, start a family, have just one boring job where you work in a cubicle all day. She wanted to travel the world, live on her own, and just not care. However, this was hard for her to show because of the pressure to be someone else, in other words, she was what society wanted her to be. Then there was Quentin, he had his own friends, didn’t have any real problems with people, and was just overall himself. This is why he was not popular because he was himself. This is what Margo needed and eventually learned that you have to be who you are, and not what society portrays you as.

Lets start from the beginning, where everything truly began. Years back Jessica began to rebel like any other teen, never ending well. Seeing my parents suffer because of her made me realize that I did not - would not - put them in that kind of situation. At a young age I began to act mature, responsible even, but it seemed like a funny joke to them. Only at nine years of age I began to clean the house, cook dinner, and still keep up with homework. Truthfully, I knew nothing about the adult problems, still did not make me naïve about what was to come in my later years.