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Why Teen Pregnancy Is a Poverty Problem - 19 views

uspoverty.change.org/...pregnancy_is_a_poverty_problem

shared by Haines M on 12 Jan 11 - No Cached
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  • Haines M on 12 Jan 11
     
    This article explains how poverty and teen pregnancy are related.
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  • Grover M on 13 Jan 11
     
    That is really shocking! I've never thought that poverty would be related to teen pregancy, but now that I read this it makes so much sense. It's so sad, but it's also promising, because if we can beat poverty, then that can significantly help teen pregnancy.
  • Korn A on 13 Jan 11
     
    Wowwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you would never think that teen pregnancy and poverty were related!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Sun K on 13 Jan 11
     
    wow. i agree with avery-you don't really relate poverty and teen pregnancy
  • Dendiu S on 13 Jan 11
     
    i don't think that we could beat teen pregnancy. you really can't tell someone to stop you know. but poverty could be beaten easily then again there both decisions. or well teen pregnancy is.
  • Dendiu S on 13 Jan 11
     
    or maybe i read the comment wrong.
  • Cochran J on 13 Jan 11
     
    i agree with suzi, this aritcle seems a lil over strong though. i dont like the point of view its coming from
  • Haines M on 13 Jan 11
     
    ya, you can't really control how many teens get pregnant, but poverty can lead to teen pregnancy (and vice versa).
  • Giesman G on 13 Jan 11
     
    its really sadening that if the mother has not earned a high school diploma or equivalency degree, the child will grow up in poverty 64 percent of the time. i think that this problem needs to be adressed so that we can stop this vicious cycle.
  • Chapman M on 13 Jan 11
     
    i didnt think that teen pregnancy could be related to poverty.
  • Shockley L on 14 Jan 11
     
    I never linked poverty and teen pregnancy to poverty, but after reading thing article, it all makes sence. I also think that it would be really tough to be a teen mom in general, but then on top of that living in poverty. I cant image how hard and stressful that would be on a family.
  • Demmler A on 14 Jan 11
     
    i think its sad that a child born to an unmarried teen mother has a 27 percent chance of growing up in poverty. i mean, how would you feel if that was your mom who made that decision. ?
  • Pavlechko M on 14 Jan 11
     
    WOAH!!! theres 2.2 billon children in the world and theres 1 billion in poverty:(
  • Smith M on 14 Jan 11
     
    Its sad that just some dumb mistakes made by teenagers can change there lives forever. and part of beeing a teenager is makeing duimb mistakes, so you can learn and become expirenced adult. But all you can say is "abstinance" I beliveve that the gov't needs to work even harder to prevent it, and really spend some time and money to fight this growing problem.
  • Korn G on 14 Jan 11
     
    Its so sad, if a baby is born to a poor mom they are more likely to live in poverty when their older
  • Brown B on 14 Jan 11
     
    I never thought teenage pregnancy would ever be related to poverty. I was amazed at how the numbers of poverty in a state was closely followed by the numbers of teen pregnancy in that area. I would never what to have a kid when I am like 16. But living poverty at the same time must be so hard. It was so shocking how the teen's kid would must likely grow up to be like their parents were. Which is so sad.
  • Mendez V on 14 Jan 11
     
    I thought that this article was interesting because i never would have thought that that getting pregnant would be a cause of poverty.
  • Oberly K on 14 Jan 11
     
    It doesn't really suprise me that teen pregnancy is linked to poverty. Most teenage mothers can't pay for all the costs of a baby.
  • Smyth C on 14 Jan 11
     
    It sad but clearly obvious that teen pregnacy is a vicious cycle. Born to a teen mother, children are likely to grow up in poverty, making it likely that they will get pregnant in their teenage years.
  • Cooperman H on 14 Jan 11
     
    This article was very shocking for me. "The report's rankings of states by teen pregnancy rates looks eerily similar to the U.S. Census rankings of states by poverty rates." That line really just took my breath away, because I seriously had no idea that teen pregnancy could be linked to poverty in any way. It just hurt my heart seeing the way that poverty can really have that much of an effect on people.
  • Reed E on 14 Jan 11
     
    I agree with Kelsey, its not surprsing at all. Yestarday i went to the food pantry and Mr.Maddox noticed a can of maybe formula and said that pint of baby formula lasts two days and costs $15. its crazy how much a child costs and especially for a teen whose not prepared finacually and mentally
  • Matson K on 14 Jan 11
     
    I liked how this article gave another example of what can cause many people to be in poverty because of. I think its really sad how many young girls throw their life away and have to end up being homeless or in poverty.
  • Pawluk M on 14 Jan 11
     
    I think it's sad how 27% of children with teen moms grow up in poverty. They deserve a better life than that even though they can't control who their mom is.
  • Strauss V on 14 Jan 11
     
    I think this site should open peoples eyes. .When i think of causes of poverty this never came to mind. This is a big cause of people who are in poverty. I also feel bad because if you are in poverty you cant provide your kid with the right essentials. And its says that about 27% of kids grow up living in poverty because their mothers were living in poverty too. Dont have sex kids. thanks. (:
Magnuson A

teenage homelessnes - 4 views

www.dosomething.org/...d-11-effects-teen-homelessness

homeless teenages facts

shared by Magnuson A on 12 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Magnuson A on 12 Jan 11
     
    This article talks about 11 effects of homelessness on teenagers. Some of them were incredible shocking. Like the statistic that 1 in four homeless youth have traded sex for survival needs. It was also sad that one in 260 homeless youths is murdered
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  • Martin L on 12 Jan 11
     
    oh my god thats so freaking sad that they need to have sex for food. :(
  • Boudreault K on 12 Jan 11
     
    I really like this because most articles that people have are talking about what poverty is. This one went even further, and was really describing the effects of poverty on teens. Thanks for sharing, very interesting!
  • Phillips L on 12 Jan 11
     
    The fact alone that people have to sell sex is awful. Having to sell sex for FOOD is a whole different state of morbidness. It's really sad that this is how people live their life.
  • Haines M on 12 Jan 11
     
    I thought it was so sad that adolescents are so desprate that one in four teens have traded sex for survival needs!!!
  • Kruzan A on 12 Jan 11
     
    Wow that was really scary, i can't believe that people would do that just to have food. I just want to help them. I can't believe that they would even be in a situation where they would have to do that.
Korn A

Stop Child Poverty: Actions Against Poverty - 2 views

www.stopchildpoverty.org/...daytoday

child poverty stop

shared by Korn A on 11 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Korn A on 11 Jan 11
     
    This article gives info on how to end child poverty. I think it is incredibly useful to know what teenagers can do stop child poverty. Teens think that they can't do anything to help but they can in so many ways
  • Buchbinder A on 11 Jan 11
     
    I really liked how there was a variety of ways to take action that are realistic.
  • Allen C on 12 Jan 11
     
    There are more ways to help than I thought. I think organizing a dinner would be a great idea, we might be able to do it here at Phoenix!
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