Running head: THE INFLUENCES OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY
The Influences of Teenage Pregnancy
Deborah M. Cora
Northern Essex Community College
June 3, 2010
Presented to: J. Davidson
The Influences of Teenage Pregnancy
The Influences of Teenage Pregnancy
Abstract
This paper explores the influence of such discourses on quantitative research on the social influences of teenage pregnancy, and how the media affects the teenage pregnancy rate. This paper will give you points of what influences teenage pregnancy. The media, peer pressure, family, self esteem is some of the topics you may find in this paper. Teenage pregnancy is a term use for youth around the age of 13 and 19 year old girls who become pregnant (Shaw, M., & Lawlor, D., 2007)..
Literature Review
Teenage pregnancy rates have gone up over the years. This is due to our exposure to sexual content on television and our lack of sexual orientation we give our kids or our parents give us. Teenage pregnancy has been labeled as a major social and health problem and has become a key policy area in several industrialized countries. In England, current policy aims to have teenage pregnancy rates for under-18s by 2010, and to reduce teenage parents’ risk of social exclusion by supporting their participation in education, training and employment (Shaw, M., & Lawlor, D., 2007).
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Some research show that early teenage pregnancy is influenced because of loneliness, rejection, stigma and not being able to trust others, emotions which seriously influenced their decisions about becoming parents. Also the outcomes of teenage pregnancy and parenthood are by no means routinely negative early pregnancy is also associated with poverty and unemployment. The poor life chances generally experienced by young people in care, therefore, are likely to be compounded by teenage pregnancy. In other research they have found that peer pressure is one of the major reasons for teenage pregnancy. Being young and falling in “love” at age fifteen and sixteen, teens feel like they are ready for anything. How is more acceptable for teens to have sex at an early age not knowing about birth control is another reason why there is teenage pregnancy. In schools, now and days they influence more condoms and birth control then abstinence. That’s a major problem because it’s like pretty much letting teens know yes you can have sex but use these methods and you’ll be alright. Teen Pregnancy is a national epidemic that cannot be ignored. More teens get pregnant in the U.S.A than any other country of the same status. It goes back to education about sex and pregnancy prevention within the schools and homes. More should and can be done to help the teenage birth rates decline. Teenagers who have babies are more likely to not finish high school and have their future plans interrupted. This leads to less income and more people in poverty. Also, babies born to teenager moms have a more likely chance of having a low birth weight and this can lead to all sorts of medical problems later in life.
The first step to prevent pregnancy starts at a younger age. In about 5th grade, a movie is shown about puberty and the developing body. It is important that during this movie it is stressed that just because your body can make babies does not mean it should. It is also important for these preteens to know that being physically matured and mentally mature are two very different things. At that young age, it isn’t very likely for these kids to participate in sexual activities but the best way to get the message across is to start young. Drilling abstinence into these young minds is so very important because the media can give them a different view of things. Lately, the media has been not only showing sex in a wrong way but also has shows pregnancy wrong too. Many TV shows display sex in such a casual way. For example, the TV show Gossip Girl has been said to be one of the most sexual shows on TV and it is directed towards teen. Different scenarios have been shown on Gossip Girl that displays sex and a casual thing, without any marriage or even any emotional attachment. This can give teens a very wrong idea about what sex should be and even encourage them to participate in sex. I don’t think these shows should be removed from television but there should be a warning before shows of that nature contain mature subject (Dreier, P. 2005).
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Also peer pressure is a major part in teenage pregnancy. Friends of friends having kids and talking about it like its easy. Teens getting supported by welfare and other teens looking at that make it seem like if she can do it then I can. When in reality does teens who did commit the mistake and its really working hard to give there child what they deserve don’t look at it with those same eyes. Teenage pregnancy is a trend. It is becoming more acceptable in the U.S and pretty sure in other parts of the world. Teenage pregnancy is influenced by friends, the media, and part of being young. Teenage pregnancy also can be influenced like a family tradition, meaning if your mom had you young you’re most likely to have your kids young, or maybe your sister had gave birth young you might be influence that you can also follow through with teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy in the United States continues to be a significant social issue. Each year, one in every 10 young women aged 15-19 becomes pregnant; approximately half of these become school-age mothers. Although over the last 10 years, more young women have remained in school while they are pregnant and returned to school after delivery, early pregnancy and parenting remain a major reason for dropping out of high school. Young parents face social and economic hardships in addition to educational problems. If they marry young, their divorce rates are high. If they are self-supporting, their incomes tend to be low and they often hold low-prestige jobs. If they neither marry nor secure jobs, they can become welfare-dependent (Horwitz, S., Klerman, L., Kuo, H., & Jekel, J. 1991).
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Therefore, I believe teenage pregnancy should be taking control of. There should be better sex education systems and programs in school and out in the community. Also it’s not all about teenage pregnancy is also about the diseases that are out there and the teens thinking that’s a one in a million chance and it won’t happen to them. Teenage pregnancy is not being taking serious the populations is going to be sky high of kids having kids, and if the children are the future why let that happen why not help children stay focus in school and learn more so they can be successful. I, myself am a teenage mother and I wish I had would of listen to my mother and the little help that was out there. I don’t regret my daughter because she is the best things that ever happen to me and thanks to her I am who I am today. But I wish I would have been open minded and waited to have her. The day of today have more responsibilities that I never expected to have at age 20. Teenage pregnancy is not an illness that can be cured in couple of weeks it’s a challenge that stays for the rest of your life.
References
Shaw, M., & Lawlor, D. (2007).
Why we measure teenage pregnancy but do not count teenage mothers?. Critical Public Health, 17(4), 311-316.
Knight, A., Chase, E., & Aggleton, P. (2006).
‘Someone of Your Own to Love’: Experiences of Being Looked After as Influences on Teenage Pregnancy. Children & Society, 20(5).
Dreier, P. (2005).
How the Media Compound Urban Problems. Journal of Urban Affairs, 27(2).
Horwitz, S., Klerman, L., Kuo, H., & Jekel, J. (1991).
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