Every year around 750,000 teenagers, between the ages of 15 and 18, will get pregnant. Why is that such a great dilemma? Back in the day, it seemed socially acceptable to be married at the age of 14. Usually that meant they started having kids when they were between the ages 15-18. They made goo...

If I were my parent then I would be strict. Currently most people probably think that because I am a teenager, I'd like to become a nice parent. That's not exactly what I had in mind. If I were my parent, then I would have to become much stricter than my parents are right now . The...

Teenage Drug Abuse I find drugs to be a readily available source of self destruction for teenagers. Often, teenagers misuse drugs and find themselves in bad situations. Sometimes, the bad situations result in hospital visits and even death. Drugs are a force pushing teenagers into peer pressur...

Society's Hazards Why is it that we wish for better times? Do you remember your parents saying, "Back in the good ol days..."? Have you caught yourself saying, "Man, I remember when..."? The truth is that we all have asked this of o...

Anti-Abortion Abortion is an ethical issue that confronts us as individuals and as a society. It is being debated in American society today and the question is should this practice be permitted? In many cultures and religions, having an abortion is completely forbidden without a doubt. On the ...

High School Dropouts Each day, thousands of teenagers all over the world give up on their school education for so many reasons. They're pregnant, they need a job to help out the families, they've serious family problem, they've school problems, they've a sickness or they'v...

In the stories "I Stand here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen, and "I am Twenty-One" by Mary Robinson both main characters have suffered severe loses that have altered their lives as well as the lives around them. Although their losses are some what different, their emotions and what they feel are quite si...

Today's younger generation is plagued with many difficulties. It seems day by day, children have to adhere to trials without the assistance of a mother or father, simply because they don't have one. Children today need the support and guidance of adults. Whether those adults are marri...

It is true that there are an abundant number of entertainment choices offered to us as college students. But which one do a majority of college students enjoy most often? The commonly preferred choice is watching television. Yes they go out and have a wonderful time doing things there not supposed t...

The Effects Of Divorce On Children Divorce is very common in the United States; in fact one out of every two marriages ends in divorce, which is a fifty percent divorce rate. Many children are raised in single parent homes. The effects of divorce on children are devastatin...

In viewing American Beauty, I feel the film confirms that family values do not resemble the "traditional family" of yesterday. Firstly, in the film, we can see that each of the families involved are dysfunctional. Lester, (the father) is obviously suffering from a ...

On May 14, 1998, I received a phone call from Dr. Smith concerning a sixteen-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield, the son of one of his patients. Dr. Smith provided me with a summary of Holden's condition and made me aware of the fact that he needed professional help. After hearing about th...