In recent years, teenage pregnancy has been called a major problem among teenage girls and can be described as an "epidemic." Is teenage pregnancy directly responsible for many of society’s ills? Increased rates of teen pregnancy directly translate into increased rates of “school failure,” early-onset behavioral problems, substance abuse, child abuse, depression, and delinquency. Many social problems can be directly attributed to the poor choices of adolescent girls. Today's talk shows are flooded with episodes dealing with teen pregnancies. In the United States, the adolescent rate declined in 1993 and 1994. Unfortunately, the number of births has only decreased among older adolescents, aged 18 and 19. The number of babies born to teenage girls under 17 has actually increased, reflecting a growing population of young girls who are what we now euphemistically call "sexually active." The number of girls aged 14 to 17 will increase by more than a million between 1996 and 2005. A growing number of children born to children risk repeating the devastating cycles of almost everything: early pregnancies, school failures, childbirth problems. early behavior, drug addiction. abuse, child abuse, depression and crime. Has anyone ever heard of a child being happy because he doesn't know his father? Being the child of a single mother is a handicap, regardless of that mother's wealth, maturity or social status. Growing up as the child of a single parent is linked to lower levels of academic achievement (having to repeat a grade in school or getting lower grades and grades in class); increased levels of depression; stress and aggression; a reduction in certain indicated for physical health; higher incidences of need for mental health professional services; and other emotional and behavioral problems. All of these effects are linked to living in poverty, poor achievement, susceptibility to suicide, likelihood of committing crimes and being arrested, and other problems. When children grow up, some tend to live in the society in which their parents grew up, thus obtaining their social framework, culture, way of thinking. If troubled children had babies as teenagers, then their child will grow up in the same difficult path as their parents, it's like a cycle. Parents still only teach them what they know, and if they were taught to fly, fight or whatever their lifestyle is, their child will grow up to have middle of paper..... ...violence sexual relations, sexual relations or delay thereof, contraception, protected sex and personal responsibility. Most important of all, young women must learn to fight together to benefit from in-depth programs that will help them learn physical and verbal self-defense, to protect themselves. their right to set sexual boundaries and give them the space to develop a self-esteem that goes beyond their sexual worth towards men. Strong girls, who have something to do with their lives and who care about themselves, their bodies and their communities, are better able to fend off sexual exploitation and avoid unwanted pregnancies. Bibliography1. Ferguson, J. Susan. “Mapping the reading of the social landscape in sociology. » “The new tattoo subculture.” By: Anne M. Velliquette and Jeff B. Murray. 1999, 2nd edition. 56-67. “Adolescent wasteland.” » By: Donna Gaines. 7-20.2. Eitzen, D. Stanley and Zinn, Baca Maxine. "In