Doctors who do not give birth control to girls under 16 are not discouraging sex they are discouraging safe sex. Doctors can be out of touch with patients especially the young women. If the doctors took the time to understand girls' needs and prescribe birth control, and explained how to use it correctly then the number of young single mothers and abortions could drop. Birth control isn't about the decision
Smiley’s first Barbie doll came into her home when her now twenty-four year old daughter was three. The author describes how both of her daughters would only wear pink and purple as they went through the “Barbie phase.” Jane Smiley says, “Both of them (her daughters) learned how to put on makeup before kindergarten” (376). What Smiley means by this is that her daughters were advanced in age mentally. Smiley’s daughters were doing things at age five that most girls would only start doing at the beginning of their teenage years. Now that’s growing up without a childhood.
Ethical dilemma: Sarah has been trying to conceive her first child for quite some time and her wish has finally been granted. During her prenatal visit her physician did some blood work and came back with positive results of her child having Down syndrome, and tay-sachs disease. The ethical dilemma is should Sarah bring and intellectually disabled child into this world? Should she trust in god and believe that god has her back? Will the child suffer because of the chromosomal disorder?
Comprehensive Sexual Education vs. Abstinence-Only Sexual Education has become one of America’s most debatable subjects between people. Right wing conservatives argue that schools should only teach abstinence-only programs, while social liberals argue that American schools should teach comprehensive programs that promote abstinence. Abstinence-only programs only discuss the narrow topic of abstaining from sex usually until marriage because it will avoid the risk of pregnancy, STDs, and later on will benefit the sexual bond with one’s ultimate partner. Now abstinence may be the best overall choice but that certainly does not mean teens are going to abstain because of this. The problem with abstinence only programs is that they do not teach
The author assumes that this surgery will correct future complications that Ashley might possibly encounter. However, she did not point out the fact that proceeding with surgery on a child who is already disabled might trigger worse case scenarios since this procedure has never been tested. Gibbs describes how anyone who takes estrogen is at risk for a blood clot and quotes Ashley’s doctor, “’There were very few reports of thrombosis amount the teenage patients, he says, ‘So I suspect the risk is fairly low...’”(742). It is stated that he “suspects”, meaning he’s only “guessing” that the chances of something dangerous happening is unlikely to occur. Gibbs gives an example of the doctor comparing a child to a teenager concluding that if a teenager’s risk of thrombosis is low then a child risk will be even lower.
SOWK 505-FALL 2012 Assignment #1 Dominique Bush October 1, 2012 Tosha Sweets What Makes Teens Tick Many parents go through a time of misunderstanding and deliberate disobedience with their teenage child, however many do not understand the reasons behind the repetitive actions. The article titled, “What Makes Teens Tick” written by Claudia Wallis had many scientific points as to what the teens are affected by during the time of adolescent maturation and growth. A major project that the article focused on was the imaging of teen brains with a focus on several twin brains. Seeing the difference in exposures in addition to the normal development was a great insight to see how different parts of the brain operate. Another topic that is widely discussed and possibly links too many disorders such as ADHD and or Autisms is pruning of the brain.
It was her mistake, so she is going to take on her responsibility, and be a great parent for her unborn child. She said, “If it was my choice i would have got pregnant after college” (Duval). Luckily, her boyfriend, her family and friends were unexpectedly supportive of this major change in Harley’s life. Everyone preached to Harley about how tough it would be with having a baby, she didn’t think anything of it. The only worry in their minds was Harley and her junior year of high school; hoping and expecting she would finish
(3) Some people say that allowing teenagers to get contraceptives without first telling a parent encourages them to become sexually active and that requiring teenagers to tell their parents before they get birth control would stop sexual activity but research says teenagers don’t become sexually active if they can obtain contraceptives. Studies say making contraceptives available to teenagers does not increase sexual activity. (4) Requiring teens to tell a parent before they can obtain contraceptive doesn't reduce their sexual activity it will just put their health and lives at risk, if the child had to have permission from their parents to obtain contraceptives. It would just make them not want to use protection and have sex without it. (5) However taking away teenagers' access to contraceptives doesn't stop them from having sex, it just drives them away.
This is disappointing to me. How are little girls suppose to grow up with any self confidence when something as big as the Miss USA pageant is making them feel like their bodies need to be altered to be beautiful? In our society thick or bigger women are not acceptable. It is skinny, tall, big boobs, and a tan that is in. And if your natural body type is so far from that, well then hurry and change yourself with thousands of dollars in cosmetic surgery.
Cosmetic surgery on teenagers 1. In text 1 Valerie Ulene presents a somewhat subjective view of how a society should react to teens, which are undergoing a plastic surgery. Valerie Ulene has the opinion, that it’s the Media, who have failed. “They’re constantly bombarded with images of beautiful men and women who are held up as the norm” as Valerie Ulene state. Valerie isn’t against plastic surgery in any way, but she doesn’t think that adolescents have the ability to choose if they should have a plastic surgery.