With what these poor kids are exposed to from such young ages, is it any wonder that the teen pregnancy and drop out rate are so high? With mothers like Diamond out there, the cycle just continues. SMDH...
In 2014, almost 250,000 babies were born to women aged 15–19 years, for a birth rate of 24.2 per 1,000 women in this age group. This is another historic low, and a drop of 9% from 2013. Birth rates fell 11% for women aged 15–17 years, and 7% for women aged 18–19 years. While reasons for the declines are not clear, teens seem to be less sexually active, and more of those who are sexually active seem to be using birth control than in previous years.
Between 1990 and 2013, the male status dropout rate declined from 12 to 7 percent, with nearly the entire decline occurring after 2000 (when it was still 12 percent). For females, the rate declined from 12 percent in 1990 to 10 percent in 2000, and then decreased further to 6 percent in 2013. From 1997 through 2012, the status dropout rate was higher for males than for females, but in 2013 the rate for males was not measurably different from the rate for females
Gee...care to actually look up a stat before you quote something as truth?
From the CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/TeenPregnancy/index.htm
From the Dept of Ed: https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=16