“It's about time we make the well-being of our young people more important than ideology and politics. As a country, we benefit from investing in their future by investing in teen pregnancy prevention.”
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I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.
The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750, 000 girls per year.
While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were themselves children of teenage parents and have never experienced appropriate parenting.
My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.
