An issue on teen pregnancy

I feel that teen pregnancy has become more common than it should be. Teens are willing to endure the pleasures of consuming a child, but are they ready to endure the consequences? Are they really ready to become a full time parent? Will they succeed and move on to greater things after the birth of their child? “Does sexy TV lead to teen pregnancy?” asks Entertainment Weekly journalist, Gary Susman. Education should be the number one factor to preventing teen pregnancy
Entertainment Weekly asks the question, “Does sexy TV lead to teen pregnancy” (Gary Susman)? The article alone is targeting the teens and parents of teens that are talking about the situations that are to come. The article by Gary Susman, in summary, says that television shows has become more sexual and may be a factor to the problem of teen pregnancies. The purpose of the article is to ask people why is there so many teens getting pregnant. Although the television shows have gotten “sexier”, the teen pregnancy rates have gone down in the past seventeen years. So obviously, sexy television shows are not the problem.
In my opinion, it is the up bringing of the child rather than the shows that they look at. A teen begins to have curiosities about having sex and will explore. If a parent elaborates the correct way to handle that specific situation when it occurs, then the teen will think it through before acting on it. When the parent is involved with the teen and communicates on a regular basis, it is easier for the teen to talk to their parent when the opportunity comes and when they feel like they are being pressured to have sex. Peer pressure can cause a teen to act on situations with out thinking or consoling some who might give them advice that can help them in this type of situation.
Education is the number one factor to preventing teen pregnancy and to better things if the teen is pregnant. “Teenagers who have babies are more likely not to finish high school and have their future plans interrupted” (www.pregnantteenhelp.org). With the knowledge of teen pregnancy prevention, a teen can avoid going through the situation of not being able to accomplish as much as they want. Even if a teen has a child, they should try to continue their education, so that they can provide for their child and give the child the things that they, themselves, could not get as a child.
In conclusion, teen pregnancy rates have lowered in the past couple of years and hopefully will continue to decline. The more education you have about sex, as a teen, the better off you are. You would think before having sex and would realize that it is not always the way you think it is. Life is not easy, but once you have a child it becomes even more complicated to achieve the things you once wanted to be, or do, as a child. I would encourage any teen, especially the African-American, to try their hardest to further their education not only about sex but about things that they want to be able to accomplish in life before having children.

Work cited
Susman,Gary. "Does sexy TV lead to teen prgnancy?". Entertainment Weekly. 4 Nov 2008. http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/11/teen-sex-tv-stu.html
http://www.pregnantteenhelp.org/articles8.html