Research

Madison Cox Danehower 1st

December 4th, 2012

Should High Schools’ Provide

Daycares For Students With

Kids?

Why I Chose My Topic I chose this to be my topic because

I noticed how many teen pregnancies there were in my school. I really love working with kids and so I figured this topic would be a great opportunity to research teenagers and reasons as to why they are having children.

Research I Found Over the years, more and more teens

are faced with the challenge of having a baby while in school.

According to Child & Family News, “Teen mothers are 50% less likely to finish high school and only 1/3 receives their high school diplomas”(Cox).

Research I Found

Most high school programs are completely free for those who qualify, unlike traditional daycares.

Not having to pay for daycare, helps keep kids in school and worry free from having to work.

The chances of moving ahead in the workforce is less likely to happen when the person does not have a high school diploma or a type of college degree.

Research I Found About 820,000 teens in the United

States become pregnant each year.

That means 34% of teenagers have at least one pregnancy before they turn 20.

Close to 25% of teen mothers have a second child within two years of their first birth.

Research I Found More and more schools are beginning to

realize that in school daycares are a necessity.

Teenagers cannot afford to pay for daycare, especially when most of them do not have jobs.

More than 400,000 babies are born to teenage moms each year, according to Guttmacher Institute Study.

Obstacles I Faced Finding articles to find information

about my topic was a major obstacle. I could not find many articles that had new information. Most articles I found had all of the same information as the last ones.

Successes I’ve had I had an amazing teacher that

helped me find information that I could put into my research paper.

Writing comes very easily to me so putting my paper together wasn’t hard at all.

Link Between Research & Product

My research paper was about whether or not high schools should provide a daycare for the students with kids.

My product was volunteering at a high school with a daycare.

They are related because I volunteered at the daycare at the school and it showed that having it there was a huge help for the teachers at South Johnston.

My Product

What I Learned About Myself

I learned that I want to continue learning more about children and that I would love to start a career working with them. I don’t necessarily want to work in the daycare setting anymore but I do know that I want to work with kids.

Thank you Thank you for your time, do you have

any questions?