Teen pregnancy is rising among young girls at high levels and one of the main reasons is because young girls are wanting to have babies. Why do they want to have babies? Well, because they think it is cute and that it doesn't come with that much work. These teen girls are making their selves look stupid by giving up their bodies and lives to unprotected sex to get pregnant by young boys who are most likely not going to stick by their sides once they do get pregnant. Tyra Banks had girls on her show ranging from ages 13-17 at random who are either pregnant with their first, second, or third child or who are wanting and currently trying to get pregnant.
"Studies show that teens who do not participate in afterschool programs are 3 times more likely to have sex." -Tyra Banks. This statement shows that parents should make their children especially young girls be involved in sports or other school related extracurricular activities. It is very important because of the rise of teen pregnancy and std infections traveling around through unprotected sex. I agree with Tyra that parents also need to be actively involved in their kids' lives to help prevent this. Having babies during the teenage years should not be a trend. Having a baby is not something to play around with. When young girls do it, it is a human being brought into the world under extreme, unprepared for circumstances that they should not be brought into. It's like babies having babies.
This goes on to prove how premarital sex is not right even though there are methods of protection. Kids are having sex to fit in or because they think it's cute or because they want to be like their favorite celebrities. Many girls have been trying to have babies ever since Jamie Lynn Spears had hers because many look up to her. They feel like she is a teen mom, so why can't they be? They do not think about the fact that she made a mistake, but she is also rich. So she has the financial means to support and raise a child. This does not make it okay for rich teens to have premarital sex either though. These young girls should think about who they will hurt and affect in the long run. First and foremost they are betraying God and his word, second they are betraying and letting down their parents and friends, and third they are majorly affecting the unborn child's present and future. They are making life harder for the unborn baby even though they are innocent and because they will be brought into conditions less than what they deserve just because of some teen's irresponsible acts.
Tyra establishes her ethos with these interviews and appeals the audiences by using a topic that is very important to the generation x's health as well as our future. Her audiences she is trying to reach are young people who are currently and who are thinking about in the future engaging in unprotected sex as well as the parents of America. Unprotected sex not only leads to babies being born but sexual transmitted infections could be passed along also which can be deadly without proper clinical treatment. Her purpose for producing this episode of her show is to try to change young girls minds on wanting to have babies at such young undeveloped ages and to try to stop this epidemic of teen pregnancy in America.
The following link is the url where the episode can be found. The title of the videos is "Teen Pregnancy Epidemic". There are 7 parts and the first one is listed below.
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