CRISTINA PARODI ParentFamily Liaison San Diego County Office of Education 858 5695410 cparodisdcoe.n


1
CRISTINA PARODIParent/Family LiaisonSan Diego
County Office of Education(858)
569-5410cparodi_at_sdcoe.netwww.sdcoe.net/lret2/fam
ily

• Early Pregnancy in Teenage Latinas and its
  academic consequences

2

• Why do teenage Latinas
• want to get pregnant

3

• Lack of sexual education
• Lack of communication with parents at home
• Family tradition
• Lack of academic support
• Low self-esteem

4

• Lack of harmony at home
• History of domestic violence
• Socio-Economic level
• Legal status

5
Consequences of teenage pregnancy

• Statistics 70 - 17 years
• Relations..
• Gang involvement..
• ..
• ..
• ..
• ..

6

• Pregnant Teens ages 15-17 in San Diego County
  (2000-2002)

7
Birth Rate per 1000 girls aged 15-17 in San
Diego County 2002
8
Birth Rates of Latina Teens by Country of Descent
(2002)
9

• How many more Latinas will become teenage moms
  before we recognize there is a problem

10
Exercise In groups compare and contrast your
adolescence experience to todays teenagers
experiences
11
Group exercise create a list of suggestions
andcommitments we can do as parents to avoid
early pregnancy in our young Latinas.
12
Action Plan

• Teach
• Promote
• Inspire and Motivate

13
Together we can help our young Latinas achieve
academic success by fostering appreciation
confidence and self esteem.

• Lets join our efforts to decrease the number of
  pregnancies in our beautiful teenagers.

14

• We can do it by
• Working together
• Home School and Community

15
Bibliography

• The National Latino Research Center (2002)
• www.csusm.edu/nlrc
• Public Policy Institute of California (November
  2007)
• www.ppic.org
• Latina Lista (December 2007)
• www.latinalista.net