Bell Work Please complete the Anticipation Guide on the Podium by deciding whether the statements are true of false. You probably don't know the answers to all of the statements, but use your own opinions to take your best guess. Please be sure to provide an answer for each question.

1._____During the past 20 years, the rate of teen girls having children has increased by about 40% 2._____More than 400,000 teen girls give birth each year in the United States. 3._____Teen births represent 50% of the 4 million births each year. 4._____Teen birth rates in the U.S. are up to 9 times higher than in most other developed countries. 5._____Girls born to teen parents are almost 33% less likely to become teen parents themselves. 6._____Teen childbearing costs U.S. taxpayers about $9 billion each year. 7._____About 50% of teen mothers get a high school diploma by age 22 compared with 45% of teen girls who do not give birth. 8._____About 65% of girls and 53% of boys received formal sex education about both abstinence and birth control.

Artificial Insemination  a method of inducing pregnancy in a woman or other female mammal by injecting sperm into the womb.

In Vitro Fertilization – Fertilization happens outside the body.  fertilization of an ovum by sperm outside the body when normal conception is not achievable because of a woman's low fertility. After five days, this is followed by implantation in the womb.

Ovum Transfer  is a procedure that takes a healthy, fertilized egg cell (ovum) and transplants it into the uterus of another woman. This procedure is non-experimental and has been done successfully for more than 20 years as a remedy for infertility.

Surrogate Mother  Surrogacy is one option for infertile couples. The couple contracts with a healthy woman who volunteers to carry their child to term.  According to the Organization of Parents Through Surrogacy, there have been at least 10,000 and as many as 28,000 surrogate births since 1976.

Teen Pregnancy Unit 1 – The Parenthood Decision

Parents too soon.. Teen parents often called “Children raising children”. Teen years are the time to finish high school, learn workplace skills, attend higher education or the military, plan for a career and explore life’s possibilities. Most teen still need time to develop the skills and qualities they will need to be capable, caring adults, and parents.

Find the fib! Each slide will contain 3 statements One is false and the other two are true Your job is to decide which statement is false!

Example: 1. Teens feel pressures from themselves and others to engage in sexual activity. 2. Most teens do not want to become parents. 3. Most teens are emotionally, physically and financially ready to become parents.

1. Pressures that come from within are called internal pressures. 2. Having a baby will satisfy a teens need for love and acceptance. 3. Misinformation about sex and pregnancy is common with teens.

1. Teens are usually very comfortable talking about sex with an adult. 2. Teens are often two embarrassed to discuss their thoughts and feelings with their partner. 3. Teen years are marked by deep and unpredictable sexual desires. Often teens have not learned to recognize and manage those feelings yet.

1. Outside forces also play a role in teen pregnancy. These influences are known as external pressures. 2. Pressure from peers to engage in sexual activity is not common for teens. 3. Societal pressure comes from songs, movies, television, and advertising filled with sexual imagery.

1. Statistics show that sexually active teens are the minority. 2. Anyone who demands sex as a proof of love is showing a lack of love and respect for the other person. 3. Having sex automatically makes you more mature.

1. Because teens bodies are still developing, pregnancy poses different health risks for them than for adults. 2. The death rate from complications of pregnancy for teens is much lower for teens under 15 than for adult women. 3. If a pregnant teen has poor eating habits, her body competes with the fetus for what limited nutrients are available.

1. If a female’s skeletal structure is not fully developed, she can experience problems with her spine and pelvic bones during pregnancy and birth. 2. Teen mothers always deliver their babies safely and with no difficulty. 3. Regular Prenatal care – medical attention given throughout pregnancy – Improves the chances that both mother and child will come through pregnancy safe and healthy.

1. Pregnancy induced high blood pressure is common in teens, but it is not life threatening. 2. Medical attention given throughout pregnancy improves the chances that both mother and child will come through pregnancy safe and healthy is called Prenatal care. 3. Most teens do not seek medical care/advice until the last three months of pregnancy when it may be too late to correct many problems.

1. Spontaneous loss of the pregnancy before the 20th week is called a miscarriage. 2. Teen mothers are less likely to experience premature birth, in which a baby is born before the 37th week of pregnancy. 3. The normal length of a pregnancy is 40 weeks.

1. Low birth weight is defined as a weight of less than 5 lbs, 8 oz. at birth. 2. The rates of both stillbirth and premature birth are lower for teens than adult women. 3. If an unborn baby dies during pregnancy after the 20th week, the loss is called a stillbirth.

1. Premature babies often have difficulty breathing and regulating body temperature because their internal organs are underdeveloped. 2. Pregnant teens are more likely to give birth to an underweight baby than adult women. 3. Babies born at a low birth weight are 20 times less likely to die in their first year of life than infants born of a normal weight.

1. Having a child dramatically changes education and career goals for teen parents. 2. Mothers are legally responsible for providing financial support until their child is 18, but the father is not. 3. A male who refuses to acknowledge his biological fatherhood is refusing to acknowledge his paternity.

1. A blood or genetic test can be taken to prove paternity of a child. 2. Sons of teen mothers are more likely to spend time in prison as an adult. 3. Children born to teen mothers are less likely to be abused, neglected or abandoned than children born to adult.

Daughters of teen mothers tend to have sex and give birth at a younger age than other girls. Teen pregnancy can affect a teens extended family who must put off their own goals to help their teen with anything from finances to housing to child care. 3. Teen parent never argue with their own parents or grandparents.

1. Teen parents should get married right away. 2. A legal process by which people acquire the rights and responsibilities of parenthood is called adoption. 3.There are three different types of adoption.

1. When birth parents remain anonymous and do not have contact with the child after adoption takes place is called a closed adoption. 2. When birth parents can maintain a close relationship with the child and the adoptive family., this is called and open adoption. 3. a semi open adoption, where the birth parents can monitor progress by receiving pictures and letters through the adoptions agency or a mediator is called a semi – open adoption. In this situation birth parents and adoptive parents know each other by first name and meet face to face.

1. When an adoptive parent is biologically related to the adopted child it is called an in- family adoption. 2. Sources of support for teen parents includes but is not limited to parents and family, school counselors, religious leaders, health care professionals, social service organizations, legal aid societies, & Government programs. 3. Anyone can qualify for government program support regardless of their age, race, or income.

Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund