Catherine+Barth

Perspective of: US


Teenagers that have babies at such a young age face a lifetime of economic, health, and educational challenges, that we as society/taxpayers will eventually pay for. It is estimated that for each baby born to a teen mother it will cost the taxpayers close to $21,000/yr to raise that child. We also notice a significant increase in grandparents having to raise a second family, because they don't want their own child to miss out on being "a child." ||
 * Frame Element || Information gathered: ||
 * < Characters || Teenage girls between the ages of 13-19 ||
 * < Setting ||< United States ||
 * < Initiating Event ||< The high rate of number of teenage girls that are pregnant in the US. In the United States, 3 in 10 teen girls are pregnant at least once before they are 20. ||
 * < Internal Response ||< In the past 50 years, in the US, a teenager no longer has a stigma that goes with an unwed pregnancy. Look at our current TV shows such as Teen Mom or and hollywood teen role models becoming pregnant such as Britney Spears and her sister.
 * < Goal ||< To educate our teens about safe sex and unplanned pregnancy; and to also get parents more involved in communicating. ||
 * < Consequence ||< If we can educate our teens about safe sex, we will reduce our teenage pregnancy rate, and inturn save taxpayers money and grandparents the luxury of retiring without having to worry about a "second family" to raise. ||
 * < Resolution ||< Start teaching sex education at a younger age. ||

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