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training so that they can get a good job to support themselves and their children. Teen

mothers need to be taught parenting and life-management skills and also need high quality

and affordable daycare for their children. Schools that provide daycare centers on campus

reduce the incidence of teenagers dropping out of school. These school programs also

decrease the likelihood that the teen mother will have more children. (Berk 189)

Because the government has begun to take action in preventing teen pregnancies,

the rate has continued to decline. The large numbers of young people in America–as well

as the values, health, education, skills they gain–will greatly affect the future of society.

Therefore, increased attention should be given to the well-being of adolescents. Since

greater care is being given to the young people, improvements are already occuring. The

level of education that young people receive is much higher than that of their parents, and

the “expectation that young people should obtain at least some secondary schooling” is

growing. The numbers of women who have a child during their teen years is declining,

and recognizing the impact of childbearing on education, parents and communities are

continuing to discourage sexual activity, marriage, and motherhood at a young age.

(Tunick 13) These recent trends, if continued, will more than likely educate the

adolescent population about the risks and consequences of teenage pregnancy and reduce

the incicence of teen pregnancy and childbirth altogether.

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