Very few teenage mothers will marry their partners, which will result in a large number of single parent homes headed by teenagers. ... Teenage Fathers: Adolescent fathers may have problems providing financially for their children or unable to give support. ... However, teen mothers are more likely to live in poverty than women who delay childbearing; and nearly half of unmarried teens receive welfare at some time within two years of giving birth (Lowenthal, 1997). ... For most teens finding jobs to benefit from are limited because of the age limits. Teens can be living with their paren...

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The doctor gives you the results and says that you are pregnant. ... The fact that people are still scratching their heads over what to do about this is amazing to me because it is a huge issue that doesn't have just one answer. ... The task of balancing their education and a baby proved impossible for these teens. ... All in all, while controversial, I think that giving birth control to high school students is a good idea. ... While teens should wait to have sex, the fact of the matter is that many of them don't. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Teens also watch more television and listen to more music developing their own unique personalities. ... Every year 3 million teens-about 1 in 4 sexually experienced teens-acquire an STD (Guttmacher, 1998). ... If she chooses to have the baby, she will have to decide whether to keep it herself or give it up for adoption. ... If teens want to go out and have sex, then so be it. ... Some teenagers already have it squared away in their heads that they are g...

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• Grade Level: High School

They were bringing up children when they were barley coming out of their teens. ... In "Divine Revolution" Vaclav Havel writes, "Humankind today is well aware of the spectrum of threats looming over its head. ... He uses this essay to give us a revelation to wake up and save our planet from the destruction we are placing upon ourselves. ... Many leaders now and today's abuse the power giving to them by the people. ... In short, it appears to me that it would be better to start from the head rather than the tail. ...

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First, I would like to give a brief summary of SB 528. ... By passing SB 528, California is giving the foster care youth that fall into this "pregnant while in foster care" schema a real chance of making a better life for them and their children.... The placement process for teens and their children does not work. ... President Obama's proposal would for the first time focus federal funding specifically on preventing foster teens from getting pregnant. ... The federal government long ago recognized the societal costs of teen pregnancy, and since 1981 has funded a number of prog...

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(Cnn.com, Teens) Unfortunately, stories like these are becoming all too common. ... " "This new law will help save lives by giving often young desperate mothers an opportunity to place their child in a safe place," Pataki said." ... For nine months you bury your head in the sand, you hope to wake up and see the problem resolved. ... Many of them don't want to bother with or don't know how to go about giving the baby up for adoption and then just end up dumping them. ...

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• Grade Level: High School