The Social Problem Of Teenage Pregnancy

In the world of today, one of the most predominant controversies, we have been facing for decades is ‘Teenage Pregnancy’. Teenage pregnancy, affects different aspects of life, the newborn, mother and family of the teenagers involved. Few people believe that the society should be reprimanded. But I believe the society, should not take all the blame. In spite of societal blames, teens having unprotected/protected sex and getting pregnant are personal decisions. There is just a little that any society can do to avert such activities. In today’s world teenage pregnancy could be precluded and reduced by giving them the appropriate education on sex, why it is important for them to refrain from any sexual

Summary: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy wrote the article called, “Teen Pregnancy Is a Serious Problem,” stating that teen pregnancy is an issue in todays’ world. There are many negative effects of being a teen mom. In the United States, teen pregnancy is seen as being “ok” because it is normal in today’s world. Adolescents don't know how quickly a pregnancy can happen. When they asked the girls why they became pregnant they said, “It just kinda happened.” Also, many teen moms have more than one child before the age 24. A recent study

Social forces play a role in our life much more often that one can conceive. Simple choices and decisions are influenced by one 's culture, religion, economic status, the degree of education, or even where one lives. How have these struggles to conform to societal norms shaped the person we are today?

Primary Audience: My primary audience is the citizens of the U.S.; this includes tax payers, parents, state officials, education officials and teen moms. In the U.S. we have several teens that are experiencing unprotected sex, without any knowledge of pregnancy prevention or sex education. When teen girls become pregnant, this also affects the parents. This is a huge responsibility and burden for all involved parties. Health benefits are needed for both the teen mom and the unborn child.

The social issue regarding teen pregnancy is still very prevalent in the United States. Teen pregnancy is a huge issue because it is known to have a negative effect on the mother and most importantly the child. An initial study was conducted on two teenage mothers prior to having their child. The researcher wanted to further investigate the same population for a better understanding of teenage motherhood. The purpose of case study was to examine the perceptions of two adolescent mothers. The investigator wanted to survey the participants in hopes of understanding their views of adolescent pregnancy before giving birth and after giving birth.

It is generally accepted that the majority of teen births are a result of accidental pregnancies. Even with the fact that this subject received much attention in the recent years, it is very difficult for society to understand what influences some teenagers in taking an important step in such matters. The environment that an individual lives in is apparently essential when considering the strategy that the respective person is going to employ with the purpose of resolving the 'problem'.

The aggregate for this paper is the social challenge of adolescent pregnancy under which the paper and research in totality is seeking to unearth the likely propelling factors to the persistent increase in the adolescent pregnancy, the effects of this social challenge and the likely solutions that can help bring down the magnitude of the problem.

I suppose no one ever really expects things to happen to them until they actually happen. At least, that’s how I viewed things until I got pregnant with my first and only child at fifteen years old. It’s almost exactly the way they portray it in Hollywood movies and television shows and books. Although, unlike those books and shows, I never lost any friends from this experience. I will say that people are much more understanding nowadays. Still, no one is ever really ready to be a mom, especially at fifteen.

The United States is one of the most powerful and important countries in the world, and also one of the most populated. According to the Census Bureau, there are approximately 326,000,000 people living in the United States, making it the third most populous country. The U.S. is a land of opportunities, in which all its legal citizens have an equal advantage of receiving governmental support in order to be successful. However, this first world country still faces a series of social problems that affect the development of its society. A clear example is the high rate of teen pregnancy. Adolescent pregnancy is a problem that affects 30% of girls between 14 and 19 years old (National Campaign to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy). That means that 3 out of 10 teenagers get pregnant even before they reach 21, the legal drinking age. This is a serious problem that is not just affecting the life of the new teenage parents. It is an issue that affects the community as a whole because each adolescent mother represents an expense for the government, which means money from taxpayers. If this social problem is affecting U.S. internal economy, then why the programs created to stop teen pregnancy are not efficient enough? What is this powerful developed country missing? And why the society is not really interested in helping those programs succeed if they are directly affected? The dilemma here is that they are more than one social factor that contributes to the development of this problem.

The issue of teen pregnancy in the United States first garnered the public’s attention in the 1950s. Beginning with the Carter administration, every succeeding presidential administration highlights teen pregnancy as social issue that needs to be addressed (Furstenberg, 2007). The issue of teen pregnancy was first noted in the early 1950s. In Post WWII America, birth rates rose at a staggering rate among all women (Colby, 2014). In this time period, marriage and child bearing were still inextricably linked and marriage among teens also rose. Due to teens tendency to marry due to an unintended pregnancy, the issue of teen pregnancy did not gain much attention during this decade.

Many teens in the United States are facing teen pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy has become a major problem in America over the years. Birthrates around the world are increasing dramatically and we need to put a stop to it, or we will become overcrowded. I personally have friends that will soon be teen mothers. I strongly disagree with their choices because now they will have a harder time trying to get into college. Not only is having a child at such a young age life-changing for the mother, it could result in premature babies and birth defects. I believe that this problem could be prevented if all teenage girls had to be put on the pill by law when they start to become sexually active.

Teen pregnancy is a well known concern across the world, not only in developing countries but with teenager 's in school in the western world. When families are faced with realities like these it is important that everyone is there for each other. This greatly impacts the teenager 's involved, their families, and the baby. So how does this issue affect everyone socially, emotionally, economically, and how does it affect the baby 's development? There are many support centres that can help families and teens to deal with the conflicts they have to face ahead of them.

Question – To what extent should we regard the efforts of recent governments to reduce teenage pregnancy and early parenthood as successful?

Corcoran, Franklin and Bennett (2000) confirm, “being part of a single-parent household seems to act as a risk factor for early pregnancy.” Among singe-parent households, “conflict within the family, stress, and less monitoring and control of children” occurs, which the authors say can increase the risk of teen pregnancy. In addition, “teenagers experiencing family problems might be more at risk for influence by a negative peer group” that could potentially lead to motherhood at an early age. They also claim “support is indicated for parental control over teen activities as a protective factor against teenage pregnancy” that a lot of times isn’t found in single-parent homes.

According to statistics one million girls get pregnant each year. At least sixty percent of pregnancies result in births, thirty percent are abortions, and fifteen percent are miscarriages. About twenty-five percent of teen moms have another child within twenty four months of their first kid. Teen pregnancy is a problem in many parts of the world. But the United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate among any other country. Only about fifty percent of teen moms actually graduate high school, and less than two percent of teen moms earn a college degree by the age of thirty. Statistics also show that most teenagers that have a child are at a higher risk of behavioral, social, and physical problems. With all these statistics, most would