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Haylie Clement
Mr. Hackney
English 101: Rhetoric
16 September 2014
Statement of Scope for the Annotated Bibliography
Throughout the course of a teenagers life, they experience many changes while growing
up. One factor teens deal with significantly sexual activity. Majority of teenagers will be
involved in this activity but all may not be education of the topic in regards to their life and
safety. Studies have shown there needs to be more productive ways to protect and educate these
teenagers. With the increasing number of teenage pregnancies, the most beneficial ways to
create awareness and protection methods for teenagers is parental guidance and better sex
educational programs.
This essay will explore the increasing number of teenage pregnancies and how it has
changed from previous years. I will discuss the importance of education for teenagers on the
topic of sexual activity as well as family involvement. Statistics such as parent oblivion and
uneasiness to the topic will be included. Surveys taken by teenagers about the most influential
form of awareness is a main factor in this essay. The role of the importance in contraceptives for
teenagers to know will be highlighted also.
This selected bibliography includes sources that address parental and sibling
involvement, sex education programs, and growing teenage pregnancy numbers. The article
about sex education by the anonymous authors discuss how the programs are helping teenagers
be more safe and smart about their decisions. The main factors highlighted in the Holland and
Manlove, Ryan, and Franzetta journal is parental involvement and the ability to discuss about the
topic comfortable while the Kowal and Blinn-Pike article is about the role of older sibilings. The
article about sexual and reproductive health will touch on the truth about a parents oblivion to
their childs involvement in sexual activity.

Annotated Bibliography
Anonymous. "Sex Ed Programs Can Actually Work." USA Today; New York (2008): n. pag.

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E-library. Web. 16 Sept. 2014. This informational article about sexual education
programs provides statistical numbers about how being educated on the subject of sex in
beneficial to teenagers. The anonymous author then states how the main focus of the
programs are not mainly abstinence, but different ways to protect teenagers when
engaged in activity. Finally, different examples of teenage behavior are listed such as
emergency contraceptive use and evaluation of the programs.
Hollander, Dore. "A Failure to Communicate." Family Planning Perspectives 30. (1998):155.
E-Library. Web. 16 Sep. 2014. Hollander's statistical article provides information about
the relationship between teenagers and their parents with the topic of sex. For instance,
parents and their children have the greatest barrier from the uneasiness of the subject, as
explained by Hollander. In addition, other situations were surveyed between a group of
individuals to prove the failure of communication.
Kowal, Amanda Kolburn, and Lynn Blinn-Pike. "Sibling Influences on Adolescents' Attitudes
Toward Safe Sex Practices." Family Relations 53 (2004): 377. E-library. Web. 16 Sept.
2014. According to the extensive research of Kowal and Blinn-Pike, the sibilings of a
teenager have a great impact of the knowledge and practice of safe sex. The studies
according to this article show that many younger siblings look up to the older ones for
comparative reasons and advice. The article finishes up parental involvement.
Manlove, Jennifer, Suzanne Ryan, and Kerry Franzetta. "Contraceptive Use and Consistency in
U.S. Teenagers' Most Recent Sexual Relationships." Family Planning Perspectives 36
(2004): 256. E-library. Web. 16 Sept. 2014. In an experimental article, Manlove, Ryan,
and Franzetta find that the increase in teen pregnancy has been due to inconsistency or
negligence of contraceptive use. The three work together to next compile strategies that

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would best stall an increase in teenage pregnancy like discussion in each relationship and
formal sex education. To wrap it up, they highlight on the importance of parental
involvement and discussions with their children about sex to inform them of the dangers
and beneficial protection methods.
"Sexual and Reproductive Health." Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2004): 112. E-library.
Web. 16 Sept. 2014. In this intensive article, the author first starts out by explaining the
statistical evidence of parents being oblivious to the fact a child of theirs would be
sexually active. The author then proceeds to explain the possible diseases most
adolescents are exposed to. To finish up, the importance of a student-parent relationship
is highlighted.