Summary Of The Way We Never Were By Stephanie Coontz

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     The talk shows today are flooded by episodes dealing with teen pregnancies. The teenage rate in the United States declined in 1993 and 1994. Unfortunately, the number of birth decreased only to older teens, ages 18 and 19. Babies born to teens younger than 17 actually increased,

Teenage pregnancy is linked to many critical social issues, such as poverty, lack of education, out-of-wedlock births, health issues, education, child welfare, and overall child well-being. These issues have been a social problem for decades, but it wasn’t until recent years when it emerged from being social invisibility to becoming an urgent crisis. “In 1995, in his State of the Union address, President Bill Clinton singled out teenage

Teenage birth rates, defined as live births per one thousand 15-19-year-old US females, declined by 10% from 2012 to 2013 from 29.4 to 26.5. In fact, the birth rate has been on a steady decline over the past 20 years, from 61.8 in 1991 to 26.5 in 2013. Teenage pregnancy represents both a health and social inequality in our society. Specifically, teenage childbearing is a public health issue because teenage mothers are more likely to experience negative social outcomes such as dropping out of school. This is a self-reinforcing cycle, as children of teenage mothers face higher chances of poor academic achievement as well as getting pregnant or getting someone else pregnant in their teenage years (CDC). Although the overall rates of teenage pregnancy have dropped, ultimately, the variations in the rates reflect the intersecting disparities regarding race and ethnicity, income inequality, geography, and environmental factors, which in turn affect access to medical care, education, and resources.

Even though teenage pregnancy rates have decreased in the U.S. in recent years, the rates are far behind European countries. Studies have shown that U.S. teenagers have (a) high rates of sexual intercourse at a younger age, (b) high rates of sex without contraceptives, (c) high rates of pregnancy, (d) and high number of multiple sex partners in comparison to European countries like Sweden, France, Netherland (Bell, 2009).

The numbers surrounding teen pregnancy and parenthood need to be examined before exploring any causes, reactions and responses to the phenomenon. The United Kingdom has consistently ranked second among developed countries with highest rates of teenage pregnancy. 15% of British women were found to have given birth before reaching the age of 20 in a 2001 study. The same research reported that 21% of British women reported non-use of contraceptive methods such as condoms at the time of their first sexual intercourse (Darroch et al.,

Teen birth rates are higher in the United States than any other country. In 2010, over 600,000 teens were impregnated; however, in following years, the number was reduced by half (Werner, 2014). These statistics show a decline in teen pregnancy; nonetheless, teen births continue to be an unsolved epidemic in the United States. There are no simple solutions to end this epidemic, as there are many contributing factors. For the United States to continue to see a reduction in teen births, Americans must remain vigilant in attacking some of the leading influences.

In the 1950s, the frequency of teenage births in the United States was already high, and since that, time has decreased, although the number of births outside marriage has increased. Thus, in 1990 the rate was 61.8 births, pregnancy rate - 116.9 per 1,000. The incidence of teenage pregnancy has decreased significantly in the 1990s. This decline is observed in all racial groups, but Teenagers, African Americans and Hispanic teens remain higher frequency compared with Americans of European and Asian origin. Guttmacher Institute, about 25% of this decline carried her share of sexual abstinence and 75% - on the effective use of contraceptives. However, in 2006 the first time in 14 years, the incidence of teenage births has increased. This would imply that the incidence rates of teenage pregnancy are also on the rise, but marked by the rise could be linked to other sources: for example, reducing the number of abortions or a decrease in the number of abortions.

Teen pregnancy is a chief setback in the United States. There are drastically more teenage pregnancies in the United States than all other developed countries worldwide (Cloe & Moore, 1995). According to, The Complete and Authoritative Guide: Caring for Your Teenager, out of every five women under twenty, two will become pregnant. In 2010, the total number of pregnancies in the United States was 821,810 (84 pregnancies per 1,000 people). Weigh against Canada whose total rate of teen pregnancies for 2010 was 38,600 (38 pregnancies per 1,000 people). Many other western industrialized countries, such as Sweden and France, have even lower teen pregnancy rates than Canada. When compared to other countries, it’s easy to understand why the United

According to the article entitled, “Untangling the Health Disparities of Teen Pregnancy,” young girls having babies is not new, as a matter of fact, teenage parenthood was higher in the 1950 then it is today, but things were different. Most of the

Teenage pregnancy has become a roller coaster of an issue, especially since the early 1950s. Between 1954 and 1960 the teenage birth rate was consistently 90 per 1000 births (1). Teen birth rates in the early 1960s for 18-19 year old females were double what they are today (2). This could be due to the fact that many people did marry at a younger age than the average couple of today 's society (3). In 1990, the rate of teenagers becoming pregnant was 116.9 per 1000 females (4). From 1990-2010, teenage births rates dropped 51% (4). 34% of sexually active teens reported having unprotected sex in 2005 (10). In 2010, the teenage birth rate was 57 per 1000 girls ages 15-19 (roughly 614,000 pregnancies) (10). In 2010, $9.4 billion was spent on teen childbearing (5). In 2011, the birth rate fell 8% for females ages 15-17 and 5% for females ages 18-19 (teens became less sexually active and started using protection) (6). In 2012, a total of 305,388 infants were born to women between the ages of 15-19 (7). In 2013, teenage pregnancy rates dropped 10% from 2012 (9). The numbers

In 2015, there was a huge problem that broke out all over the united states that over 200,000 girls gave birth between the age of 15-19(CDC). First, there are many problems with this statistic because there are so many girls having their young teen years skipped and jumping right towards parenthood. The big issue seen around the united states is that with these unplanned babies some mothers will drop out of high school. Sadly, this will end of resulting in a huge life change and lead them down a very long road ahead without graduating high school and getting their diploma. Even though, some of the mothers go back to school their lives will never be the same. Also, many understand that the teen moms are the ones being directly affected. However, the indirectly affected are the families of their teenager who was pregnant. This is a very stressful time for the parents and this adds to them getting very angry with their children which may result in them kicking them out or for some help their child raise a baby. It is a very stressful thing and the families start to become overwhelmed with their teenage daughter whose pregnant and few become depressed because they feel that their life raising was a fail.

Teenage pregnancy affects our society in many different negative ways. Approximately seven percent of all teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year (MacKay, 6). Becoming a mom at a young age will make you grow up faster than the average teenage girl. You may have the help at home but it’s up to you to get things accomplished. That will cause you to rely on taxpayers and the society. For some teen moms, that’s all they will rely on, they don’t want more than that. Some teens get pregnant and it gives them a push to want more in life, others choose to stop and allow it to affect them. Society doesn’t accept pregnant teens as they should. In 2016, just over 209,480 babies were born to teen girls between the

The likelihood of a teenager becoming pregnant can be due to a number of influencing factors. One of those factors being that teen moms now have grown up in poverty or low income with little to no access to a good education or good employment; it is seen at the norm in that environment (Hurd & Zimmerman, 2010; Lopoo, 2011). Teenage motherhood is also more accustomed among the minority populations (Lopoo, 2011). It is said that this is because certain minority groups don’t have sanctions against teen pregnancy (Mollborn, 2010).

“A baby with a baby?” That is what most people say, or think, when they hear about the pregnancy of an adolescent girl. Early pregnancy, commonly referred to as teenage pregnancy, is an ongoing crisis throughout the world. However, the United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the world. Since its peak in 1990, teen pregnancy rates have declined by half, but they are still fairly high. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, “roughly one in four teens girls in the U.S. will get pregnant at least once by the age of twenty” (The National Campaign 1). One could place the blame solely on the teenagers and their “raging hormones” for getting pregnant, but that is simply not the case.