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Teen Pregnancy Questions (Answer on your own paper):<br />

1. In your opinion, what are the causes/contributing factors <strong>of</strong> teen pregnancy?<br />

2. While many teen pregnancies are unintended, some are deliberate. Some reasons are listed<br />

below. Choose four to explain:<br />

• “mother” or “father” status<br />

• rebellion<br />

• unrealistic expectations about parenthood<br />

• desire to maintain the dating relationship<br />

• loneliness<br />

• popular culture <strong>and</strong> acceptance (removal <strong>of</strong> stigma, disapproval <strong>of</strong> society)<br />

3. What statistics <strong>and</strong> facts about teen pregnancy do you think are the most interesting, amazing, or<br />

alarming? Explain.<br />

4. Many experts say teen pregnancy costs the U.S. billions per year. How?<br />

5. Which teens, in your opinion, do NOT get pregnant or have babies? Why?<br />

6. Many experts say that teen pregnancy has contributed to what they call the “feminization <strong>of</strong><br />

poverty.” What do they mean by this? Why is this true?<br />

7. What do you think is the best way to further reduce the teen pregnancy rate in the USA?<br />

Adolescence Unit 20

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