Why don’t you argue why it is important for parents to be concerned about the vast increase in childhood obesity and diabetes. Should be easy to talk about the effects of diabetes on adults and why it is an even bigger concern for children. I’ve seen lots of things on t.v. about it.

How about the US vs. the Canadian health care system? In Canada, everyone has public insurance – which means on the one hand that you never get in the situation that you need a doctor but can’t afford to go, but, otoh, there are long waiting lists, especially for specialists.

You could research both online (there’s plenty of material) and list their pros and cons, then pick the one you think is better and make that your thesis – “The X healh care system is better than the Y health care system” – and use all your pro/con research to back it up.

The effects of child abuse on developing mental health issues as adults.

I did a paper on Euthanasia. It is a highly debatable subject.

How about the new health care plans that are being implemented by congress?

the issue of smuggling drugs from Canada and online?