Final Project for College Composition II

2. How Teenage Pregnancy
Affects Our Youth
TEENAGE PREGNANCY IS ON A STEADY RISE AND IS
AFFECTING OUR YOUTH EVERYDAY. IT IS CAUSING
MANY YOUNG MOTHERS TO SUFFER FROM
HEALTH, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ISSUES. IT ALSO
ALLOWS THEM TO LACK IN EDUCATION, AS THEY
WILL SOONER OR LATER DROP OUT OF SCHOOL.
THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS THAT TEEN
PREGNANCY OCCURS AND I WOULD LOVE TO FIND
THOSE REASONS AND FIND WAYS T PREVENT TEEN
PREGNANCY.

3. What Are The Risks of Teenage Pregnancy?
 Teen Mothers are less likely to complete High School
 More than likely to become welfare recipients
 Low Birth Weight and Premature Babies
 Social Problems and Disadvantages
 Puts themselves at Risk for contracting an STD
 Risks raising child as a single parent

4. What Are The Causes of Teenage Pregnancy
 Fear of communicating sexual activity to parents
 Peer Pressure
 Using sex as an escape from a current negative
situation
 Child molestation
 Lack of attention from parents
 Lack of knowledge of sex and contraceptives

5. Preventing Teen Pregnancy
 Promoting Abstinence
 Providing Sex Education (In Schools)
 Advocating Youth Development
 Advise both parents to openly communicate with
their children about sex
 Explain the risks of unprotected sex and teen
pregnancy
 Advise both parents to be active in their children’s
lives

6. Teenage Pregnancy
A LT H O U G H E V E R Y S E X P R E V E N T I O N P R O G R A M
M AY N O T B E A S E F F E C T I V E T O R E A C H E V E R Y
T E E N , I T S T I L L I S A G R E AT P R O G R A M T O
H AV E , A S I T D O E S R E A C H M A N Y T E E N S A N D
D O E S R E D U C E T E E N P R E G N A N C Y. A S S TAT E D
P R E V I O U S LY, T H E R E A R E M A N Y T H I N G S T H AT
CONTRIBUTE TO A TEEN ENGAGING IN SEXUAL
ACTIVITIES HOWEVER, IT IS OUR PLACE TO
E D U C AT E O U R Y O U T H A N D I N S T I L L I N T H E M
D I F F E R E N T M O R A L S A N D VA L U E S , A N D L E A D
T H E M T H E C O R R E C T WAY. T H E R AT E S O F
TEENAGE PREGNANCY HAS DROPPED SOME, BUT
T H E R E I S D E F I N I T E LY M O R E T H AT C A N B E D O N E
TO HELP DEVELOP OUR YOUTH.