Teen Parenting Outline Source 1

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	"Teen Pregnancy"
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	POV
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	Adoption
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC	Adoption Media
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	Not stated
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	31 January 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: <http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://www.teenpregnancy.com/

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

The article states that "teen pregnancy is one of the most difficult experiences a young person might ever face" and that it sometimes leads to emotional crisises or "feelings of shame and fear"(POV).

Teens believe that "no one can help" or sometimes teens are too "embarrassed to look for help"(POV).

One important point that they go over is that "denial will not take away the pregnancy" but in fact in can take away from the time that you "could have invested in parental care and counseling"(POV).

The article made sure that teens knew that they had "options, and making a choice may be simple or difficult"(POV).

The article didnt sugarcoat the facts and it even said that "1 in 4 teens is pregnant by the age of 18"(POV).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

POV simply lays out the facts about teen pregnancies and they even go through the choices that you have. They have frequently asked questions which shows that they get asked the same questions over and over by teen parents. There was no biased opinion in this article, it just stated that you had options and that you could choose for yourself. They also said that teen parents should do their research before they make a decision, and that the decisions might be hard to make.

Credibility of Source: 
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 

POV does a good job about not showing a clear bias in this situation. The site is funded by adoption media which shows that they believe that the teen parents should give up their children. It does not however show a negative feel about it, if it was funded by abortion media then that would be different.

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 

This site is truly informative, they really cant gain anything from promoting this site because they are dealing with human lives. The site is linked up with many positive sources for adoption. They are just trying to make life easier not only on the teen parents but also couples that are struggling to have children themselves. 

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

Honestly i do not see a bias because they are just getting the word out there about adoption and they arent forcing these teen parents to put their children up there. It might seem harsh due to the fact that they arent sugar coating the facts but i do believe that they are doing their job about informing teen parents of their options. 

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 

The site does quote planned parenthood which gives it more of a feels to put your children up for adoption, however the only reason they quoted planned parenthood was to out up facts.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 

I am going to use this source to show that teens do not understand the severity of being a teen parents because the FAQs have questions about raising a child on their own or even staying healthy. I think that this sight is here to help the many teen parents that did not know what they got themselves into. 

Senior Project Proposal

Proposed Topic in the form of an  Essential Question:

Do teenagers understand the severity of having a child at such a young age? 

Rationale for Choice

What about this topic appeals to you? Why did you choose it?

This topic appeals to me because of all the media that surrounds this controversial topic, such as the shows teen mom and sixteen and pregnant. I believe that these shows do not do a very good job showing the fact that having a child is such a hard task. They do show the struggles however teens believe that if they get pregnant and get on the show that they can get paid and not have to worry about working. These shows are just a glorified way to show teen pregnancy.

What do you already know about this subject?

I know that there was a spike in teen pregnancy's after the shows were released, and that there are many teen pregnancies not only in the US but everywhere in the world. 

What are you hoping to learn about the subject?

I am really hoping to get an insight from teen parents to see if they actually knew how hard it was going to be a parent. Also if they thought that they are too young to be parents, and if they could tell other teens to be more careful and to use more protection that they would get the message across.

What are you most interested in regarding the topic?

I am most interested to see if teens get offended when you tell them that they are too young to be parents and that just because they have kids doesnt meant that they are adults.

                                                                                                                                                

What potential risks or challenges do you foresee for your project?

I see a risk in asking teen parents whether or not they think that they were careless and if they think they are too young. I also see a challenge of finding teen parents that are willing to talk to me on this subject.