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Teenagers in America and Dating Violence

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Teenagers in America are becoming more attuned to the social structures around them, like gender, social class, sexual orientation, and other aspects of life. With this social attunement comes uncertainty, the natural response to a new situation is fear and the next link in the chain is to hate what we fear. To change this response in all people the way we raise our children will have to change. The world is changing faster than ever before, the rearing of our children affects how they treat others in both positive and negative ways, instead of hating what is unknown, the unknown should beckon as the realm of discovery and grandeur. For this to happen understanding of the faults of teens and how they are raised need to be understood before proper change can come about. To start we will look at the realm of teen motherhood. Although it is not as rare as we hope, the effects on teenagers and how they treat their peers are still prevalent. The main reaction of teens is to shun and ignore the person, alienating them from the big group. This it true even though "teen motherhood is the prevalent childbearing pattern in most traditional populations" (Kramer 1) the most prevalent view in more developed countries is that teen pregnancy and motherhood is a negative outcome. Whit this training and world view teen parents are treated harshly by their peers when the truth of the matter is less so. Along with the mistreatment of others some teens are

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