Question

The rate of teenage pregnancy in the united states has risen sharply in the twentieth century, despite the increased availability of contraceptives. suggest how parents, teachers, religious leaders, government officials, and teenagers themselves could help remedy this situation. include at least one concrete suggestion for each group.

Answer 1

The concrete suggestions for each group would be:

- Parents
Be more open to the children in having sexual-related talk since an early age, and try to be more understanding on children's sexual development.

- Teachers
Conducted proper amount of sex-education in the curriculum

- Religious leaders
Give proper advice to the teenagers on how to direct their sexual tendencies, do not just blatantly ask them to suppress it.

- Government officials
Funding several campaign or ads to educate citizens regarding negative effect of teen pregnancy

- Teenagers
Be responsible. In the end, we have the majority control of our body and we're also the one that experience the end result of our actions.