During this time blogging I have learned a lot. I learned that I can actually blog and can do it very well. To me there was not really any challenging times. Most of the things on there were common sense to me. This is not unusual because I learn quick on anything that has to do with a computer. I am glad that we got to blog instead of reading literature books and all that other boring stuff.

        Writing about teen pregnancy was a hard thing but also fun at the same time. Personally, I not being a teen parent made it a little hard because I cannot relate to those teens who are teen parents or who want to be. All I could do was state my opinion and back it up from facts and other opinions from other sites and people. I still enjoyed it though. I really hope that I got to some students about teen pregnancy and maybe helped click something in there head that it’s not cool at all to be pregnant.

        I learned a lot about teen pregnancy. I didn’t know that it is the top people why girls drop out of high school. I guess I could have figured that because they probably don’t have time to do school work when they have a newborn to take care of. And having to wake up early in the mornings to feed the baby, change diaper etc. Can make it even harder. I know some girls can probably do it, that’s if they have help maybe. I also learned that 3 in 10 girls will get pregnant before they are 20 years old. When I read that fact I figured to myself that most girls don’t know that. I also thought that it was really true most teens probably never heard that fact before. One other thing that I also learned was that nearly 250,000 teens are predicted to get pregnant this year alone! That is a lot of teens to get pregnant in one year. I used that fact on my blogs simply because people might not have known that.

        I have had a really good time blogging for the past couple months. But this will be my last blog I will be posting. Unless I have another teacher that wants there students to blog, I will not be posting again anytime soon. I really enjoyed blogging and I really hope my readers enjoyed the things I have blogged about. So this is my good-bye. Thanks readers !

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Random Facts on Teen Pregnancies!

          I know that most of my blogs have been the same and some of the information that I have posted have been the same. So in this blog I want to just state out random facts about teen pregnancy that I have not stated,  that most people don’t know, and have never heard of before.

          Random Fact #1- 3 in 10 girls will get pregnant at least once before they are 20 years old. That is just crazy. 3 in 10 girls! That’s about 745,000 teen pregnancies in one year. That number needs to be lowered. I don’t know how or who is going to help lower the number but we all need to think or something.
         

Random Fact #2- Teen pregnancies are one of the top reasons why girls drop out of school. Less than half teen parents graduate from high school and only about 2% graduate from college and earn their degree by the time they are 30. I mean the gradation number is already low so I can see why it is low since nearly half of teen parents drop out of high school.

Random Fact #3- statistics have shown that children born from teen mothers do worse in school than those born to parents of an older age. Children born from teen mothers also are 50% more likely to repeat a grade, are less likely to complete high school, and have lower performance on standardized tests. I never knew this fact before. But reading that fact I can tell that it is true. I am guessing that since teen mothers are most likely still not mature yet and don’t know that they are doing they just let the child roam freely and do whatever they want.

Random Fact #4- About ¼ of teen moms will have a second child within 24 months of birth of their first child. I think they reason for that is because they most likely don’t know that after you have a baby is when you are more fertile. I am a boy and I know that! Another reason I think is because they think that their first child needs a play mate or something.

          Those are the facts that I have found that I didn’t know and thought that readers wouldn’t know.

(http://www.stayteen.org/teen-pregnancy)

Teenage Preganancy Compare and Contrast !

Many things can cause a teenager to get pregnant. Social issues, poverty, and even gender roles. Depending on where the person lives that can effect them. Many people don’t think about it but a teen who gets pregant is less likely to attend college, not even that but they are less likely to graduate high school or even get a GED. When a non teen parent has a higher chance at graudating. The percent of teens graduating is about 72% to 75%. Says “http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40434437/ns/us_news-life/”

Being a teen parent can stop you from doing a lot of thinngs such as going to prom, walking across the stage to get your diploma, and even getting a job. Teen who are pregant or already have a baby are less likely and have to put off prom because of the prices of dresses etc. Also most companies don’t wont want to hire a teen mother because some think they already have enough responsibilities and can’t handle having a job. Then if your not a teen parent you can do all those things suchs as going to prom and finding a job.

Country	Birth Rate	Abortion Rate	Combined Rate	%Aborted
,	7.7	3.9	11.6	33.6
Spain	7.5	4.9	12.4	39.5
Italy	6.6	6.7	13.3	50.4
Greece	12.2	1.3	13.5	9.6
Belgium	9.9	5.2	15.1	34.4
Germany	13.0	5.3	18.3	28.9
Finland	9.8	9.6	19.4	49.5
France	9.4	13.2	22.6	58.4
Denmark	8.2	15.4	23.6	65.3
Sweden	7.7	17.7	25.4	69.7
Norway	13.6	18.3	31.9	57.4
Czech Republic	20.1	12.4	32.5	38.2
Iceland	21.5	20.6	42.1	48.9
Slovakia	30.5	13.1	43.6	30
Australia	20.1	23.9	44	54.3
Canada	22.3	22.1	44.4	49.8
Israel	32.0	14.3	46.3	30.9
United Kingdom	29.6	21.3	50.9	41.8
New Zealand	33.4	22.5	55.9	40.3
Hungary	29.9	30.2	60.1	50.2
United States	55.6	30.2	85.8	35.2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_pregnancy

16 And Pregnant (Season 2) | Interview With Kayla

16 And Pregnant (Season 2) | Interview With Kayla

Interview With An Teen Mother !

                 I interview my cousin Ashley. She is now 32 but she had a baby when she was 16. So I asked her to share with my blog about the life of a teenage mother.

Q. How old were you when you got pregnant?

A. I was 16.

Q. What type of feelings did you get when you found out that you were pregnant at 16?

A. I got the feeling of nervousness and I was also scared. I didn’t know what I was going to do or how I was goin to support a child, I had no job and was still in high school.

Q. Did you ever think that you would get pregnant at 16?

A. No, I never thought that I would. I pictured myself being a normal teenager having a good life, going to prom, and even going away for college.

Q. Did you have any plans on how you would support your child?

A.  At the time I was not thinking about it. All I was thinking about was how am I going to tell my parents that I’m having a baby. But after all that I started thinking about it. But my plans were to just use the money that my boyfriend, at the time, gets from his job, then I would find a job after had the baby.

Q. What did your parents think when you told them?

A. My mother was super shocked. She couldn’t even think of any words to say to me. But then after a few minutes she talked to me and gave me some good advice. Then I told my dad and he almost blew a brain fuse  but then she was alright.

Q. Did you want to get pregnant?

A. At the time I didn’t even think about getting pregnant. That never even crossed my mind.

Q. Was the father supportive?

A. Surprisingly he was. He was there for me all through my pregnancy. He was excited about having a son and that’s what I ended up having.

Q.What was the fathers reaction?

A. When I told him that I was having a baby he was also scared. Saying things like what am I going to do? How am I going to support a kid? Then after a few days he was actually excited.

Q. What advice would you give teens today about getting pregnant?

A Wait!! Just wait til you are older and have a career. Don’t mess up your teenage years . Go to prom, enjoy your years of high school, and don’t let anyone or anything stop you.

Review of Teen Parents !

            Many people don’t realize that number of teen parents in the U.S. But the number of teen parents are simply on the rise. 250,000 teens are predicted to get pregnant this year alone! The number has not and probably will not go down. Ever since 2006 the number has just been going up and up, like the price of gas now. People need to realize this and put a stop to it. That number is just really crazy, that makes now sense at all. That many number of teens should not be getting pregnant.

             Many people have been doing things to try to lower the number of teen parents such as producing shows to show the life of a teen parent and having people talk to teens about how to not get pregant, and even why they shouldn’t get pregnant says “(Kathleen Kingsbury),2010 TIME MAGAZINE” She also says that  people blame movies such a Juno and Knocked Up. Which I agree with because both movies show the eay side of having a baby not the hard side. Such as in Juno. They show a girl who got pregnant and logn story short gave her baby up for adoption like it was nothing. In the movie Knocked Up. This girl gets pregnant by this random guy and ends up marrying him.
           

            So basically to me there is no high life in getting pregnant at a young age. I mean if it happens, it happens but don’t try to have a baby when you are still one.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html

Review of Teen Parents !

            Many people don’t realize that number of teen parents in the U.S. But the number of teen parents are simply on the rise. 250,000 teens are predicted to get pregnant this year alone! The number has not and probably will not go down. Ever since 2006 the number has just been going up and up, like the price of gas now. People need to realize this and put a stop to it. That number is just really crazy, that makes now sense at all. That many number of teens should not be getting pregnant.

             Many people have been doing things to try to lower the number of teen parents such as producing shows to show the life of a teen parent and having people talk to teens about how to not get pregant, and even why they shouldn’t get pregnant says “Kathleen Kingsbury, TIME MAGAZINE” She also says that  people blame movies such a Juno and Knocked Up. Which I agree with because both movies show the eay side of having a baby not the hard side. Such as in Juno. They show a girl who got pregnant and logn story short gave her baby up for adoption like it was nothing. In the movie Knocked Up. This girl gets pregnant by this random guy and ends up marrying him.
           

            So basically to me there is no high life in getting pregnant at a young age. I mean if it happens, it happens but don’t try to have a baby when you are still one.