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Riding in Cars with Boys In the movie Riding in Cars with Boys, actress Drew Barrymore, portrays a young teenage girl, in the 1960’s, named Beverly D’Onofrio who, after a harsh rejection by a football player at a party, meets a boy named Ray Hasek, played by Steve Zahn and begins to grow a certain attachment to him. Later she ends up becoming pregnant by him and has to forgo her teenage years and dreams in order to take care of her soon to be baby boy. As the film developed, there were certain concepts that can relate to Human Growth and Developmet: pregnancy, early marriage, single parenting, drug addiction and parental separation. Pregnancy The number of teen pregnancy in the United States has increase drastically and unfortunately it has become a habit. The biggest question would be why do they get pregnant at an early age? A study made by the Health Communication Research Laboratory (HCRL) said “Teens become pregnant because they neglect to make decisions that are best for themselves and for their futures and in some sense lack self-respect” (1997). This is clearly seen in the film when Beverly, a not so popular girl, is rejected by a football player and a boy named Ray, who later becomes her husband, comes to her