This document explores three topics: teens and older women's pregnancies, the effects of absent fathers, and issues around youth in education. For the first topic, the document notes trends showing decreasing teen pregnancy rates but increasing rates of pregnancy among women in their 30s and 40s. The second topic discusses research finding that children with absent fathers are more likely to feel less close to their father and try drugs. They may also be affected by potential legal liability of fathers. The third topic examines statistics on young people not in education, employment or training, and challenges in obtaining employment for school leavers. Interviews are planned on each of the three topics to gain additional perspectives.

1. By Monae

2. 
Exploring topics (mind map)

3. 
Teens to older women's
pregnancies
Topic 1

4. 
Teens to older women's pregnancies
What will the audience learn?
• That most people don’t think about
the action when their in the situation
• Elder woman are having children
because it isn’t seen as old as people
ae living much longer
The debate:
• Are teen pregnancies becoming
more acceptable now
• Is okay for a teen to have an abortion
rather than women?
• Is 40’s and over the new fashion to
have a child at

5. 
Teens to older womens pregnancies (extra
research)
• The teen pregnancy rate in
England and Wales has
reached its lowest since 1969.
• Pregnancies in under-16s also
went down - by 6.8%
• But the pregnancy rate overall
increased, as more women in
their 30s and 40s are now
having babies.
• The sharpest rise occurred
among women aged 40 and
over, rising by 5.2% to nearly
30,000.
• This rate has now more than
doubled since 1990.
• Experts say the trends might
be driven by the economic
recession.
• In tough financial times,
family may be valued more
highly and, as parents could
be out of work, they may
have more time to spend on
children.
• But others, like women in
their early 20s, may delay
having a family due to
financial concerns caused by
the recession.

6. 
The affect on having
absent fathers
Topic 2

7. 
The affect on having absent fathers
What will the audience learn?
• If there are much affects
• Are the households very different
• If there would be a difference having
your father around
• If single parent sufficient benefits
The debate:
• Are children better educated
with a full family
• If the children more unstable
• If the boys are more affected
than the girls

8. 
Absent fathers or not (extra research)
Research suggested that most children living with their fathers felt very
close to him, and that boys were more likely than girls to feel that way.
Of those young people not currently living with their father, almost half
said they still felt very close to him.
A total of 39% of 15-year-olds who said they did not feel close to their father
admitted to having tried cannabis, compared to 24% of those who said they
had a close father -child relationship.
Fathers could be held legally
liable for their children's behaviour
until they are 18 - even if they are
divorced or separated.
David Cameron and Nick Clegg
are considering the proposals by a
government advisory body
following its report into social
issues caused by absent fathers.

9. 
Youth in education
Topic 3

10. 
Youth in education
The debate:
• Where will top grades get you
• Is it harder for girls to stay in school
than boys? why?
• Because some children are not well
educated does it mean it will lead to
gang crime, drugs etc
• Will there be enough jobs
What will the audience learn?
• What support are young people
getting
• What can be improved
• Can you get sufficient jobs with
average grades
• Has there been a change in statistics
with people staying in school
• If there is a specific ethnicity that does
well

11.  Almost 1 million young people are not in school, work or
training, according to official figures 2011 (latest update).
 One in six 16- to 24-year-olds was a "neet" (not in
education, employment or training) in the last three months of
2011.
 The figures show there has been a big drop in the employment rate
for school-leavers.
 Tony Dolphin, chief economist with the Institute for Public Policy
Research, said: "What they have done is hesitate in taking on new
workers. Older people who are in jobs are keeping them – young
people looking for jobs are not getting them."
 The figures show that 958,000 young people aged 16-24 were
considered to be neet in the fourth quarter of 2011
Youth in education (extra research)
Inspiring poem –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-eVF_G_p-Y

12. 
Interviews
Interview 1 Interview 2 Interview 3
Name: Jane
Gender: Female
Profession: Student
(17)
Voted: Teen to
women pregnancies
Name: My mum
Gender: Female
Profession: Head
of year/ social
worker
Voted: Youth in
education
Name: Ms McKenna
Gender: Female
Profession: Teacher
Voted: Absent
fathers

13. 
Interviews
Interview 4 Interview 5 Interview 6
Name: Jameila
Gender: Female
Profession: Student
Voted: Teen to
women pregnancies
Name: Ms Patel
Gender: Female
Profession: Teacher
Voted: Absent
fathers
Name: Ms Eastern
Gender: Female
Profession:
Voted: Absent
fathers

14. 
Interviews
Interview 8Interview 7
Name: Terry
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Voted: Absent
fathers
Name: Joseph
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Voted: Absent
fathers

15. 
Interviews
Name: John
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Voted: Absent
fathers
Name: Dad
Gender: Male
Age: Private
Voted: Youth in
education
Interview 9 Interview 10

16. 
Questionnaire evaluation
Youth in education
Teens & Women
preganacy
Affects of absent
fathers
Evaluation

17. 
Favourite topic Why
I don’t have a favourite but the
research that I found interesting
was ‘Teens to older women’s
pregnancies’
• there were interesting facts I found
out during the research
•There are a lot of pregnant woman
young and old
• it would be interesting to find out
if their more likely accidental or not
My favourite topic and why I feel it is the
strongest