Straight Talk: The Truth about Teen Pregnancy
Catalogue Number: 600505
Producer: Human Relations Media
Subject: Health and Medicine
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2009
Running Time: 16:00
Closed Captions: Yes
Using an entertaining style that seamlessly combines documentary and narrative formats, this video/print curriculum dynamically arms viewers with important information and tools to personally combat the teen pregnancy problem. A multiethnic cast follows several stories: two teens who want to have a baby together; a young couple who don't want to have children until they are married and financially able; two older teens who have already had a baby and are struggling with the commitment of being responsible parents; and a middle-aged teen pregnancy support group leader who learned first-hand the difficulties of being a teen mom. As their stories play out, important facts become clear: only one-third of teen mothers obtain a high school diploma, only one-in-five teen mothers marry their child's father, 25 percent of teen mothers have another baby within two years, and teen parents typically do not have realistic long term goals.
Includes Resource Guide.
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