Teen Pregnancy Teenagers between the ages of sixteen and eighteen are at greater risk of becoming pregnant than any other age. Kaneesha was the sweet girl who faced many tumultuous turns in her life, but maintained a positive path. In the movie "Lean on Me", Kaneesha is in the auditorium crying and the principal, Mr. Clark, comes in and notices that she is crying, so he goes to her. Principal Mr.Clark and Kaneesha have a great relationship to the point that she told him that she got pregnant and didn't know what to do. Ever since her mother told her she didn't want her, and her boyfriend told her the baby she was pregnant with wasn't his, Kaneesha stood strong and was a supporter of Mr. Clark. The causes of teenage pregnancy are peer pressure, many times these teenagers let their friends influence their decision to have sex even when they do not fully understand the consequences associated with the act. Teens have sex to appear cool and sophisticated, but in some cases the end result is an unplanned teen pregnancy. The Kaiser Family Foundation says more than 29 percent of pregnant teens reported feeling pressured to have sex, and 33 percent of pregnant teens said they felt they were not ready for a sexual relationship but proceeded anyway because they feared the ridiculous or the ridiculous. rejection. Teen pregnancy statistics report that a total of 329,797 children were born to women between the ages of 15 and 19, for a live birth rate of 31.3 per 1,000 women in this age range. America appears to have the highest rate of teen births compared to other industrialized states. Many teenagers, especially boys, feel pressured to be sexually active before they are even ready to take this step. A survey shows that one in three boys aged 7 to 15 have felt peer pressure to have sex at some point or many parents have busy lives that prevent them from providing the guidance and support they need. their young teens need to make good decisions about issues like sex, according to the site Parentdish. When a teen doesn't feel like she can talk about sex with her parents, either because they forbid sexual talk or because they aren't around, she will most likely turn to friends for guidance on whether or not to have sex, resulting in misinformation and possible teenage pregnancy. According to a March 2011 survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, children living with a single parent are four times more likely to live in poverty than children living in two-parent families. This information is more accurate when considering single-parent homes consisting of a mother and her children, rather than a father and his children. This is largely due to the fact that in many cases the father is the breadwinner and breadwinner, although this is not indicative of all single-mother or single-father families. According to this survey, two-parent families represent only 12% of the poverty-stricken population, while single-mother families represent 44% of the poverty-stricken population.