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Teen Mom: Encouraging or Discouraging Teenage Pregnancy? I’m here to argue why the show “Teen Mom,” is negatively influencing today's younger generation. Teenage pregnancy is pregnancy in females under the age of 20. It has become so common in our society today. Younger generations are beginning to label it as “normal” or “acceptable”. This is not an issue that society should take lightly, just because it continues to happen so often. Although many look down on teenage pregnancy, some believe it can be positive. A study done by “Teenage Parenthood”, argues that many teenage mothers are motivated to turn their lives around to provide for their children. The study states that people focus their attention on attacking the mother and father, rather than looking at the pro’s of the situation. I believe that teens should be smarter about the decisions they make, so that special precautions don’t have to be taken by the people around them.
The American Reality television series “16 and Pregnant” aired from June 11, 2009 to July 1, 2014, on MTV. It followed the stories of pregnant teenage girls in high school dealing with the hardships of teenage pregnancy. Each episode featured a different teenage girl, with the episode typically beginning when she is 4 1⁄2 – 8 months into her pregnancy. The episode typically …show more content…

Teenage pregnancy is spiraling out of control, and needs to be taken more seriously. Though the birth rates of teenage pregnancy have dropped in the past years, there are still more than 750,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 19; that still get pregnant in the United States each year. Did you know that 3 in 10 teen girls will get pregnant at least once before the age of 20? Or, that more than 50% of teen mothers never graduate from high school. This is a problem today, and something needs to be done to reduce the amount of times this is likely to

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