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.

Facts About Teen Pregnancy !!

Many people don’t realize the numbers of teen pregnancies are on the rise. In 2006 was when the number of teen pregnancies rose in 15 years. That’s not cool at all. Also teens that get pregnant and have a baby have only a one third chance of getting a high school diploma, and only 1.5% earns a college degree by the age of 30. I can believe that quote because most of the time when teens get pregnant they have know choice but to drop out of high school to deliver and even watch there baby. Unless they have a babysitter. But on average the teen is going to be out of school for about 4-6 weeks but to recover from the baby, depending on if you had a c-section or not.

Having a baby does not just affect the parents but it affects the baby also. Girls born to teen mother have a high chance of becoming a teen mother herself. Boys born to teen mothers have a high chance of being in prison. Neither one of those statistics are cool. 8/10 girls and 6/10 boys wished that they were older to have sex. That goes to show that having sex and having a baby is not so cool at all. 8 out of every 10 girls wish they have waited to have sex, that’s a lot! I guess people don’t realize the conqusences of having a baby at a young age.

I’m hoping that after reading these facts and statistics that it really would open the eyes to these teens out here and maybe get them to wait on having a kid.

http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-teen-pregnancy

-Good or not?  

        -Dequan

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