1. Teen Sexuality
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2. Ways teens show their sexuality:
Attitude

3. Ways teens show their sexuality:
Ways of walking and moving

4. Ways teens show their sexuality:
Speech

5. Ways teens show their sexuality:
Dress

6. Aspects of teen sexuality
Physical
Hormonal
Changes in appearance

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

8. Aspects of teen sexuality
Emotional
Mood Swings
Emotional Ups and Downs

9. 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

10. Teen pregnancy

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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

16. Teen pregnancy Risks: Exposure to harmful substances

17. 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

18. Teen pregnancy Risks: Exposure to harmful substances

19. 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

20. Teen pregnancy Risks: Sexually transmitted disease
Baby with Syphilis

21. Teen pregnancy Risks: Sexually transmitted disease
Gonorrhea Herpes

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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.

25. Teen pregnancy Risks: Low birth weight

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

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