If you did not know Sean, he would appear to be like what I thought was any ¡§typical¡ freshman in college. Unfortunately, until now I never realized how ¡§typical¡ Sean is. His golden brown hair is lightly buzzed and frames his clear blue eyes and defined jaw. He is tall and in amazing shape, spending hours at the gym at a time. Sean is an extremely talented baseball player whose dream in life is to one-day play baseball in the major leagues. However, knowing how hard it is to make it as a major league pitcher, he is a business major at a local community college.
             He is the baby. His brother and sister used to tease him that he never had any true responsibility until now. He is outgoing, friendly, and can talk your ear off. It seems like nothing can stop him from achieving his goals¡K except for one thing. Sean is not average. At age eighteen, he is a father.
             According to statistics, teen pregnancy is an epidemic plaguing our society. A recent report given by the National Center for Health Statistics concluded: ¡§The United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and births in the western industrialized world. Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least $7 billion annually. More than 4 out of 10 young women become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20- nearly one million a year. ¡K Teen mothers are less likely to complete high school, (only one-third receive a high school diploma) and more likely to end up on welfare (nearly 80 percent of unmarried teen mothers end up on welfare).¡
             Countless methods of combating this problem, such as Planned Parenthood and education in schools have recently been implemented. However, the majority of these methods have been aimed towards women. Dr. Jane B. Lancaster, a professor of anthropology says, ¡§researchers have traditionally been concerned with the parental behavior of middle-class adult mothers¡K.¡ It was onl...