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    (8) Secretary DeVos, the last lesson a teenage girl needs is that sex will make her untouchable and disgusting. The message that groups, such as Best Choice, sends is damaging to a young teen’s mental health and provides no accurate and useful information to an individual’s growth and development. Especially for any students who have experienced sexual assault, this demeaning message will only worsen any psychological damage that likely already existed. No human should ever be taught that he or she

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    Good health care for pregnant teenager begins with great satisfactory prenatal care, which begins in the first trimester of the pregnancy. Prenatal care is essential for monitoring the growth of the fetus and the health of the mother. Teenage mothers and their babies face a number of health risks, as a result of emotional disorder, poverty, lack of resource, limited access to health care, and low quality of life style living, causing to birth babies born with low birth weight, health issues

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    Each year, more than a half-million U.S. girls in their teens or younger become pregnant. Teenage pregnancy is an important issue for several reasons. For example, there are health risks for the baby and the children born to teenage mothers are more likely to suffer health, social, and emotional problems than children born to older mothers. Teenage mothers are less likely to gain adequate weight during their pregnancy, leading to low birth weight. Low birth weight is associated with several infant

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    Many negative effects come with drinking alcohol. Since teenagers’ brains are not fully developed until they are in their mid 20’s, it is especially dangerous to them. The legal alcohol age should not be eighteen because it harms the teenage brain and body, it has negative (and potentially fatal) effects on school, and it has negative effects on driving. Some may think that teenagers are grown up enough and are mature enough to drink alcoholic beverages at the age of eighteen. However, research

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    love. Throughout the past decade, money has been put into research on the teen brain, and the way it performs its functions during the teenage years of growth. Fortunately to our luck, the world has made many advances in science and technology that we are now able to observe and compare the changes in differences of the adult, children, and teenage brains. Generally in a normal adult brain, many parts of the brain work

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    rate has declined pretty steadily over the past 20 years. In 1991, the teen birth rate in the U.S. was 61.8 births for every 1,000 teenage girls, compared with 29.4 births for every 1,000 females in 2012 that’s pretty good. The U.S. teen birth rate is still higher than that of many other developed countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom. Although the teenage pregnancy numbers are decreasing,

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    completely normal for the average human to do. Where it becomes a bit more complicated is in the teenage demographics. Teenagers tend to try out relationships to see what it really takes to be devoted to someone and to practice relationship skills for the future. These decisions made in adolescence will shape the decisions that will be made in the future. Literature plays a fine role in displaying effects of teenage romance. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet work to build a relationship

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    teenagers leads to risky actions because of the design of the teenage brain. On the flip side, the blueprint of the teenage brain permits teens to pick up new skills by seeking out different adventures. The teenage characters in Romeo and Juliet pose as an accurate representation of typical teenage decision making. Although this is consistent behavior with this age group, based upon scientific findings of adolescent brain growth, brain maturity, and pleasure drive, teenagers like Romeo and Juliet

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    IVF Topic Sentence David Dobbs in the Article “Beautiful Brains” proves the theme that it takes teenage brains longer to mature due to the recent change in impulsivity and adolescent behaviors. Point The author begins his article with a story of how his own son, as a teenager, spent time in the police barracks: the author’s son, despite being “reasonable” and understanding (after the fact), was cited for reckless driving--something that is the antithesis of being “reasonable.” Setup When describing

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    the difficulties many teens parents face while having a child? Many people believe that teen parents don 't have many problems and babies are easy to take care of, but that is not the case at all. 3 in 10 teenage girls will face many of these challenges because that is the percentage of teenage girls who get pregnant (Slocum). My essay will talk about all of the issues teen parents face from having a child. The problems that I will be talking about that they face include health issues, getting an

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