Teen pregnancy: Whose fault is it?
By Elyse Capozza
EDI 17 Psychology & Development of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
April 9, 2009
There are many factors within today’s society that influence the rise of the teenage pregnancy rate. Society, in fact, is one in itself. The growing availability of certain media that portrays sexual images and influences the act of sex gives younger adolescents the ideas in their heads that it is amusing and fun, without the knowledge of the consequences. The young celebrities in today’s society also insinuate the idea to younger, high school aged children that it is alright to being pregnant at seventeen.
I also think the rise in pregnancy rate is also due to the lack of parents’ involvement in the life of their adolescent. If more parents open up about talking about sex to their adolescents, then more precautions are able to be made in order to prevent teenage pregnancy. I don’t believe it is shameful to talk about sex with your children, but many people do or may be embarrassed to. If society, parents and the adolescent world itself come together and work to make information known to everyone about teenage pregnancy, the maybe there will be a decrease in the actual rate of teenage pregnancy. If we do nothing, then the situation will just get worse and soon most teenage will eventually become pregnant in their adolescent years.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
April 9, 2009
There are many factors within today’s society that influence the rise of the teenage pregnancy rate. Society, in fact, is one in itself. The growing availability of certain media that portrays sexual images and influences the act of sex gives younger adolescents the ideas in their heads that it is amusing and fun, without the knowledge of the consequences. The young celebrities in today’s society also insinuate the idea to younger, high school aged children that it is alright to being pregnant at seventeen.
I also think the rise in pregnancy rate is also due to the lack of parents’ involvement in the life of their adolescent. If more parents open up about talking about sex to their adolescents, then more precautions are able to be made in order to prevent teenage pregnancy. I don’t believe it is shameful to talk about sex with your children, but many people do or may be embarrassed to. If society, parents and the adolescent world itself come together and work to make information known to everyone about teenage pregnancy, the maybe there will be a decrease in the actual rate of teenage pregnancy. If we do nothing, then the situation will just get worse and soon most teenage will eventually become pregnant in their adolescent years.
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