By age 21, 3/4 young women in foster care will have experienced a pregnancy 1/2 will be custodial parents to at least one child. ... In addition to developing a plan for the upcoming birth, the conference also covers how to prevent subsequent pregnancies. ... The federal government long ago recognized the societal costs of teen pregnancy, and since 1981 has funded a number of programs aimed at reducing the number of teens getting pregnant. ... That began to change in 2009 when Congress created two new programs, the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program and the Personal Responsibility Educati...

• Word Count: 2915
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They feel by placing a price on the woman's pregnancy and enforcing it with a contract, the parties involved are simply commodifying something that should remain priceless and an unique experience. ...

• Word Count: 3494
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When the doctor finally confirmed my pregnancy I was 16 weeks and 5 days along. ... I have argued through extensive literary research showing the various effects adolescence pregnancy has on a teen mom's interpersonal relationships with everyone she surrounds both herself and her child with. ... It is said to have reduced the pregnancy rate of teens since it aired. ...

• Word Count: 2751
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

During Clara's pregnancy both girls were sent away to a convent to have the child. ... There is little mention in the book regarding Ida's peer interactions during this time period, but Ida took initiative when she was older and played well with Clara before Clara's pregnancy. ... The betrayal was the pregnancy of Clara by Lecon. ...

• Word Count: 3938
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Even though there are many different cultures and ethnic groups in the world, many of those people may face the same problems. According to the book Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social Action, a social problem is be defined as "a social condition that has negative consequences for individ...

• Word Count: 3329
• Approx Pages: 13

As bad as it sounds, seeing as this is a paper for AP Government, politics have not and do not concern me. Ever since I became of age where I could identify what the president's job was, I never really saw the difference between all the political parties. Since I've never really payed attention, I'v...

• Word Count: 2511
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Family and Gender What is the definition of a family? Is it a "Mother- and "Father-, the father being the breadwinner and the mother staying home doing the cooking, cleaning and raising the children. Is it a same sexed couple with children, or it a single parent raising the ...

• Word Count: 2566
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

MY LIFE STORY By Margaret Christia Newberry Herbert My Mother, Margaret Lular Bass Newberry, told me this following things as I grew up. I asked her questions about my grandmother, as I never saw any of my grandparents. My grandfather John Bass, was the overseer of a large plantation in South...

• Word Count: 5522
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School