Teen Sexuality 1.02

Ways teens show their sexuality: Attitude

Ways teens show their sexuality: Ways of walking and moving

Ways teens show their sexuality: Speech

Ways teens show their sexuality: Dress

Aspects of teen sexuality Physical Hormonal Changes in appearance

Aspects of teen sexuality Intellectual Changes in sense of responsibility Changes in priorities

Aspects of teen sexuality Emotional Mood Swings Emotional Ups and Downs

Aspects of teen sexuality Social Attractions to new friends Changing family relationships Greater independence Desire to spend more time with friends Questioning parental authority Effects of media on teen sexuality

Teen pregnancy

Responsible decisions about abstinence versus sexual activity Potential consequences of sexual activity Pregnancy Health risks Impact on educational choices Financial problems Emotional and social stress

Teen pregnancy Risks: Poor Eating Habits To Mother: Deprive the mother of adequate nutrition, may lead to pregnancy-induced hypertension (High Blood Pressure) What will the mothers body do? To Baby: Deprive the fetus of adequate nutrition

Teen pregnancy Risks: Skeletal structure not fully developed To Mother: More likely to experience problems with spine and pelvic bones during pregnancy and birth To Baby: Danger to baby during delivery

Teen pregnancy Risks: High blood pressure To Mother: Effects on kidney, heart, and blood circulation; may lead to convulsions or death; higher for teens under 15 than adults To Baby: Greater risk of premature delivery, stillbirth, miscarriage

Teen pregnancy Risks: Failure to go to the doctor To Mother: Greater health risks What are some of the health risks? To Baby:

Teen pregnancy Risks: Exposure to harmful substances

Teen pregnancy Risks: Exposure to harmful substances To Mother: Can lead to increased heart rate, blood pressure, and rapid breathing; reduces the flow of blood To Baby: Can lead to miscarriage/stillbirth, low birth weight, growth defects, intestinal abnormalities, hyperactivity, uncontrollable trembling, learning problems, and addiction

Teen pregnancy Risks: Exposure to harmful substances

Teen pregnancy Risks: Sexually transmitted disease To Mother: STDs contribute to diseases---e.g., gonorrhea may contribute to arthritis, heart disease, infertility, and eye infections To Baby: May contribute to miscarriage, stillbirth, severe eye infections or baby born with disease, endangering good health

Teen pregnancy Risks: Sexually transmitted disease Baby with Syphilis

Teen pregnancy Risks: Sexually transmitted disease Gonorrhea Herpes

Teen pregnancy Risks: Birth defects To Mother: Social, emotional, financial risks, employment and educational concerns To Baby: Struggles to survive and face challenges of life

Teen pregnancy Risks: Rubella German Measles To Mother: Low-grade fever, rash, and swollen lymph glands in the neck To Baby: Can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, or serious congenital defects. If baby survives, he/she may have vision, hearing, or heart problems

Teen pregnancy Risks: Low birth weight To Mother: None To Baby: Babies are 20 times more likely to die in their first year of birth, experience bleeding in brain, intestinal problems, and under developed lungs leading to breathing problems.

Teen pregnancy Risks: Low birth weight

Teen pregnancy Risks: Infant mortality rate To Mother: Can lead to physiological or emotional problems To Baby: Infant mortality rate for all mothers is 7 Infant mortality rate is 13 for teen mothers

Teen pregnancy Risks: Getting pregnant again too soon To Mother: Affects healthy development and stresses body even more than first pregnancy. To Baby: Affects healthy development

Teen pregnancy Risks: Social and emotional changes To Mother: Difficult choices about giving birth, becoming a parent, keeping the baby; teen marriages are more likely to end in divorce than marriages later in life; feeling of isolation from friends; feel insecure about parenting roles, impatient and irritable To Baby: Can lead to abuse and neglect of infant

Teen pregnancy Risks: Education and career To Mother: 70% never graduate from high school; low- paying jobs To Baby: Grow up in poverty