Teen pregnancys
Date Submitted: 11/12/2004 07:41:34
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Health & Beauty
Length: 3 pages (942 words)
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Health & Beauty
Length: 3 pages (942 words)
What's one problem we deal with today? I'm not talking about drugs and alcohol. Not suicide but it can lead to suicide. Teen pregnancy. Out of the top 10 discipline problems teen pregnancy is the third. That means most of the kids that are having sex just want to fit in. Or want to be "cool". That's kind of is saying that most of those kids are having problems (who isn't). Before and after the baby …
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…crazy.
Annie E. Casey Foundation says Teenage pregnancy poses a substantial financial burden to society, estimated at $7 billion annually in lost tax revenues, public assistance, child health care, foster care, and involvement with the criminal justice system (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 1998).
About 7.2 percent of students nationwide say they are having sex before the age of 13. Also 42.5 percent are having sex before they reach the tenth grade. And 60.9 percent are having sex in the twelfth grade.
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