nsmitted diseases, pregnancy, male/female relationships, love, dating, and marriage. Teen pregnancy rates are more likely to decrease, as more people become educated about pre-marital sex and its consequences (Jacobs). Teenage mothers often raise children who never learn how to live productive lifestyles. Lonely confused children who live in poverty-stricken areas often resort to drugs and crime as outlets. These outlets lead to dead-end jobs, jail, and sometimes early death for single parent children. Many of these children end up having kids of their own at an early age; therefore carrying on the vicious cycle of poverty, poor education, joblessness, and lack of hope for the future....
