Compared with earlier times in their lives, many adolescents are ...

[iveyjurea]

Compared with earlier times in their lives, many adolescents are
 
  happier than they were as children.
  more carefree than they were as children.
  less self-confident than they were as children.
  more focused than they were as children.

Question 2

According to international statistics, teenagers in the United States have many more births than teenagers in any other developed nation. The reason for this troubling statistic is that
 
  more contraception is available to teenagers in other countries.
  teenagers in the United States have more sex than those in other countries.
  teenagers in the United States use less contraception than those in other
  countries.
  teenagers in other countries are taught sex education from an earlier age.

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Answer to Question 1

less self-confident than they were as children.

Answer to Question 2

teenagers in the United States use less contraception than those in other
countries.

[iveyjurea]

Great answer, keep it coming

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