Gaby Rodriguez: Teen Mom? “Throughout life, we are put into boxes to categorize how people see and know us. This is how stereotypes originate, because people would rather read labels on the box instead of taking a look and seeing what’s inside.” (Rodriguez 154). In her memoir, The Pregnancy Project, writer Gaby Rodriguez gives details about how she was able to fake her own pregnancy while also hiding the truth from her siblings, boyfriend’s parents, and her entire community.
“Three in ten American teen girls will be pregnant before the age of twenty which averages to around 750,000 teen pregnancies every year.” Out of those teen mothers only around half of those women graduate high school ("11 Facts About Teen Pregnancy") McKenzie. Throughout The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, Taylor or Missy, is faced with becoming a statistic, even after she fought so hard not to be, and the reader sees the highs and lows of being a single mother. Teen pregnancy rates have changed since the 1980’s-when the book was based-to current day, but teen girls are still faced with common problems such as starting a new life, unmarried life, young and inexperienced mothers, contraception, no prenatal care, high school dropouts, and the outcome of their children. “In the United States, the pregnancy rate of teens between the ages of fifteen and nineteen was twenty-six births for every one thousand girls” ("Teenage Pregnancy: Medical Risks and Realities") McKenzie.
Tone/Mood: “ ... I would use her notebooks to reclaim the past and overcome terrors of my own…” (Page 1) The first page really sets a dreadful tone for the entire book. Isabel Allende uses words like “terrors”, “defenseless”, “mourning”, “powerless”, “indecent”, and “disgust”. I feel as though the ending of the book will as somber as the beginning of it.
She talks about all the odd handyman jobs he worked. Hernández talks about her father’s drinking problems and her struggles to understand her father. As she got older Hernandez began to understand her parents and in her father’s case began to try and come to terms with how she was treated and accept and forgive. Hernandez grew up in a home where her parents wanted what was best for her, yet wanted her to conform to her ethnic culture. Her whole life Hernandez was told what she should do and how to be Hispanic.
Marta Rodriguez is a victim of rape and impregnate by Roberto Ramos. Marta wants to get an abortion because she does not want to have the child. She tells Candelario and Chayo, “It’s right because Roberto did this when I did not want it.” (Benitez, 8). Candelario suggest that he will take care of the child, since he and Chayo did not have any children.
Maternity In Love Medicine In the novel “Love Medicine” by Louise Erdrich the mothers seem to defy history and control their families and their lives, the mothers seem to have most influence on the people around them. The mothers in “Love Medicine” are strong tough women, who suffer through seemingly unbearable pain throughout their lives which seems to influence them for the rest of their lives. One of the strongest characters in the novel “Love Medicine” is Marie Lazarre/Kashpaw who comes from a family of thieves, but heads her family with a no nonsense attitude that she has carried with her since early life.
Teen Pregnancy in Hopkinsville Hopkinsville has many youth-related issues. Amongst these issues are many health issues that affect teenagers. A major issue in Hopkinsville, as well as all of Christian County, is the alarming amount of teen pregnancies and births. Teen births are an issue in Hopkinsville that usually occur in women ages thirteen to nineteen.
(paragraph 1) In just 2014 alone there were 249,078 babies born from teen mother from ages 15-19. 35% of those pregnant teens have chosen abortion, less than 1% gave the baby for for adoption, and 15% had a miscarriage. Scarlett’s mom had wanted her to give the baby up for adoption because she was also a teen mother and knew how hard it would be for her. Studies show daughter’s from teen moms are three times more likely to became a teen mom too.
Although, this article talks about trying to help all teens in general there are only focusing on the female’s perspective of things. It ties back to the topic of double standard that we discussed in class and how what may be pass for one gender and be acceptable, will be the other gender’s downfall. Even though, I do like this article because of what they are trying to implement in the high schools now, I have to say I still don’t agree on the outlook on females. Teen pregnancy is seen as a female problem instead of a teenage problem. I know that it’s called teenage pregnancy, but there are no statistics on males, and most often males lives continue as normal.
Starts off with the very pretty miss Connie, loud personality, and was a normal fifteen year-old girl. Connie was the pretty sister, outgoing and beautiful, so it is not surprising when she had caught someone’s eye, but the tragedy of what happened to Connie could have been avoided. Connie is just your average teenage girl, the one who wants to go out with friends rather than clean their room or spend quality time with the family. So it is not out of the norm that she finds herself at a drive-in where the older kids hang out. Spotting the strange man that says “I’m gonna get you baby.”
This makes me call my own actions into question if i ever found out that someone I know is pregnant. I hope that I would not be so rude expressing my thoughts, no matter what my opinions are. Third, society would agree that teen moms are ruining their lives. This viewpoint is presented by Halley’s mom who says, “she will [think it’s a mistake], later. When she’s tied down to a baby and you and all her other friends are going off to college”.
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In 2010, an estimated 60% of teen pregnancies ended in live births, while 30% resulted in abortion (HHS). The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, which is constantly described as a coming of age story, covers an array of topics that high school teenagers
Child birth is a very critical event in a women's life, and for her family as well. Imagine having to give birth to a child inside a lobby or waiting area. It's a horrible thought, but unfortunately this is a very real scenario that many underprivileged women in this world have to face. I have witnessed, first-hand, pregnant women giving birth in waiting areas while waiting to be attended by a physician. While I was working as a surveillance officer at Paropakar Maternity Hospital, a central government hospital for obstetrics and gynecology, I had the opportunity to see with my own eyes the dire state of maternal health conditions in my country.
Teen pregnancy is a communal problem, a family problem, and a personal problem all rolled into one. It frequently goes hand in hand with premarital sex. Problems come when the news needs to breach each parent’s party. After which, these impressions simply serve no purpose but to put them off, and deduce to mere nuisance to them when the truth of their situation slowly sinks in. How do they provide for the child if their parents cut them short financially?
