I - SEARCH In Class Blogging

The reason I was interested in the topic I chose, The Media, Family, & The Rise in Teenge Pregnancy, is because it is an issue that I deal with a lot at home. In my hometown, many girls my age have children. I can count 13 girls off hand that were/ should have been in my graduating class, that are now pregnant or teenage mothers.

Just 4 short months after I graduated highschool, my very best friend told me that she was pregnant. I now, am a godmother to a beautiful baby boy because of my best friend. I have never looked down on her because of her choices, but it is so much easier to look down on others around me, that I may not know on a personal level when they become pregnant.o

This passed summer, I found out yet again, I would be losing one of my friends to the rise in teenage pregnancy. Both girls that I know came from decently well off families, with guidance and structure to their years of growing up.

I chose this topic because I would like to know, or at least have an idea of the possible "root" of this "problem". I believe that many older people look down on my generation because of our "lack of morals" and they believe that we are setting ourselves up for a major fall. I would like to know how much the media may have an effect on a young girls' thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and overall standards. I would also like to look at the family as an institution. Is it the families' fault that these girls are becoming pregnant? No, they are not physically putting these girls in these situations, but perhaps because of the lack of communication and guidance, our older generations are to blame. Maybe the ignorance that is being passed on is setting us up for the fall.

I will be interviewing now pregnant teens, and teenage mothers to see their opinions on the matter and if perhaps their fate would have been changed if the media would have been less present and family support had been more present.