The video I viewed featuring Shelby Know, I have
noticed how the teens had nothing to do in the city rather than hangout with
friends or even have sex. I live in a small town where I had seen many students
become pregnant because there wasn't much to do in the city rather than do
drugs or have sex. The statement I made in the last sentence was me somewhat
relating to Shelby Know although with so little being in the town I went to
high school; a student can always focus on their studies or join a sport or
even a religious group for example like Shelby know. Teen pregnancy is being
talked and more known in the western civilization than ever to what I have
noticed with television talking about teen pregnancies and even movies being
made to the point where society is somewhat glamorizing being pregnant at a
young age.
I admire Shelby Know with her determination and not
falling within the group of everyone else and doing what everyone else in her
class was doing with having sex and being pregnant or getting an STD’S; she was
being above the influence which says a lot being a teenager. A teenager wants
to find their group, find themselves, as well as being more conscience on their
physical appearance. Erikson's psychosocial theory of identity crisis with the
individual trying to find themselves as a person and letting their environment
take a bigger influence on the individual than before (Fiore, 2011,
pp. 194-195) .
I think that not only does the environment take hold of the person but as well
as the family, and the teenager's own personal belief's which may help carve
whether they will be having sex or even to help carve their future to what the
teenager will be doing with their life.
Overall, I would like to think Shelby Know have made
an impact on student’s life with her abstinence campaign as it will only help
students in the long run because if the town had such a high rate of teen pregnancies
and STD's. Someone willing to help out and the same age as the teens that are
becoming pregnant, meaning the teens can relate overall helping not only the
teen's life but the city as a whole and the city reputation. Shelby Know had
gone against many people even with her beliefs in the movie as her parents
always supporting her but as quoted in the movie “I don't want you being the
face of the club" Shelby knew what she was doing and what she wanted. She
wanted to help the LGBT from getting bullied on a daily basis as well as
acceptance although being gay or lesbian is frowned upon in the Christian
religion. Shelby continued to pursue what she believed in and only wanted what
was best which was lowering of teen pregnancy and STD’s and for bullying on the
LGBT community to stop.
Idle minds are definitely the "devil's workshop" indeed. I often see that a majority of teen pregnancy has to do with a lack of certain aspects in place to occupy these young minds. Also it takes resiliency of the young person to realize that there are better things to do than having sex, doing drugs, or negative behaviors. This is the reason it takes a village to raise a child, often we fall short because we don't take the time out to nurture young people. It is difficult to go against the stats quo of peer pressure but all it takes is one person to stand up for what they believe is right. I will tell the truth to my children about the good, bad, and ugly of premarital sex. If I don't then who will? The same concept applies to their identity, if they don't know who they are as a person then of course they will be confused. I will not allow society to dictate who my kids are, it will be up to the will of God and their own minds that determine that. Until then I will continue to nurture, support, love, and pray for my children like I always do.
ReplyDeleteI 100% agree when you said that having children is being glamorized! And not only with teenage pregnancy, but all pregnancies, even the married adults. Society has given us a false picture of what raising a child really is all about. From reality shows to the glamorous images on tv and in magazines, there are images of the latest baby fashion, baby shower, or gadget, and how these things will make raising a child so easy. We are now just hearing about the sleepless nights, the illnesses, and odd objects being stuck in an orifice, the lies, betrayals, and experiments. Unfortunately, we have to search through the blogs to find this information because it's not posted all over social media. We have all been misinformed, child rearing is nothing like what we see on tv or read about in the magazines. It is hard at every stage. I remember wanting to get my son potty trained so badly, and the minute I did, there was another issue to replace potty training. When you feel like you made an accomplishment, there is always the next thing waiting for you to do, and it never ends. During adolescence, I have often witnessed parents, who are burned out, just give up on their children; they have little support, and is overwhelmed with life, feeling like because they got them in high school, the hard part is over. Again, when one set of problems are done, there are more waiting. I agree with Shelby Knox, the key is education, support, and not giving up on children. Keeping them busy and helping them find their passion like Shelby's parents did seem to be one of many ways to help during this phase of development.
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