At first my thoughts went to what aesthetic form it will take. Something interactive but could it be an iPad app, phone app, website? Another aspect I need to examine is what information I will be conducting. I have two books that I'm reading right now. Based on my senior presentation they said it would be a good idea to find 2 r 3 really great resources and limit my information to them.
I am also taking an environmental science class this semester that I believe will help my research as well. My teacher has also agreed to let me interview him at any time. I'm starting to come up with questions that I can ask him. Like: If you were depict 5 ways overpopulation was to effect us what would they be?
After talking with Kidwell, I have narrowed down my topic and beyond just "overpopulation". Something that makes me angry is when I sign on Facebook to find out another girl from my high school is pregnant. These are not the girls who went to college, or are married. Some of them probably have no contact with the father any more, living with their parents, and working either at a low income job or no job. I believe that the person who suffers from this is the child. From shows like teen mom and 16 and pregnant, you can watch how the care of the child moves from the mother to the grandparents. Even in these shows their purpose was good initially but as the ratings went up, it has become a soap opera of watching the mom yell and fight with the father or the grandparent. No longer is it about the struggles they have with young parenting, but how out of control they can get. This is a serious issue. Not that you have to be a genius to be a good parent, but being educated, having a steady job and hopefully be with someone that supports you having that child will build a better environment for that child to grow up in.
On the opposite spectrum I have a sister who just turned 30 this year. There are women who are been married, with good paying jobs, and are struggling to become pregnant. They would do anything to have a child of their own. So to make a baby they will turn and spend thousands of dollars to just have one child. It almost seems like they are being punished because of their age. Even to adopt a child it costs almost more money and is a very stressful process. In theory though they are doing the right thing by going to school, having a supportive spouse, they are creating an environment for their child that will be more likely to be happy.
To me this is a huge problem because more people who wait to have children might not have children and they are the type who should be populating our nation. Not the teenager on TV screaming at her mom that she wants to smoke pot. As entertainment America is glorifying bring a child into the world knowing they are not prepared. There is no way to be the up most prepared for being a parent. The odds for something to go wrong are going to be there. But shows such as Knocked Up, Private Practice, show children having kids who are not prepared.
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