When you think about teen pregnancy, you probably think there's nothing positive you could say about it. In fact, there's one important thing people can get from teen pregnancy: better education about sex and pregnancy. There are many things that contribute to this problem, shows like Sixteen and Pregnant and Teen Mom are glamorizing teen pregnancy, which is actually a big problem and the blame should be placed on parents and the media. Peer pressure from friends can play a role in the problem is that if a child hangs out with a group of sexually active people, 9 times out of 10 that child is too. Approximately 2/3 of all programs, excluding sports and news, and 83% of the music and films watched by adolescents include sexual content (Marrone11-4) Poverty and lack of academic success contribute, there is growing evidence that Poor academic success and poor parenting lead to teenage pregnancy. Children of teenage mothers usually have poor health, lower grades, and lower scores on cognitive tests (Witte 137-54). Most children born from an unplanned pregnancy are born to unmarried women. Children raised in single-parent families face greater challenges; they are more likely to be poor, drop out of school, have a lower grade point average and poor school attendance (Brown 11-4). Other causes of teen pregnancy may be due to the “rebellious teen phase” and girls feeling like they are not getting enough attention and thinking that getting pregnant is the only way to feel important (Kirby 89-94). Most teenage girls are asked to drop out of school in the later stages of pregnancy because they don't do it to "encourage" other girls. High schools are starting to try to educate the girls in their care, not only do they want to teach them about sex, they want to teach them what to do if ... middle of paper ......ions on Two Decades of Research on adolescent sexual behavior and pregnancy. "The Journal of School Health 69.3 (1999): 89-94. ProQuest.Web. November 7, 2013. Sisson, Gretchen. "Finding a Way to Offer Something More: Reframing Teen Pregnancy Prevention." Sexuality Research & Social Policy 9.1 (2012): 57-69. November 12, 2013. Teen Pregnancy Statistics: Overall Trends, Trends by Race and Ethnicity, and State-by-State Information . Walsh-Childers, Kim. “Sexual Health Coverage: Women, Men, Adolescents, and Other Specialties…” Columbia Journalism Review, May/June 1997: Supp Issues Researcher.Web. 7 November 2013. Witte, Kim Teen pregnancy through persuasive communications: Facts, myths, and hard truths." Journal of Community Health 22.2 (1997): 137-54. ProQuest.Web. October 30. 2013