Nature & Nurture: Teen Mothers
June 19, 2006 by kate baggott
Filed under Finances, Mental Health
I grew up in a part of working-class Southern Ontario during a time of huge economic turmoil. In other words it was typical, modern post-industrial Western Civilisation in transition.
When I was in grade 10, three girls in our grade (it was a big school) got pregnant and kept their babies. Some lived at home with their parents until they were 16 before moving out, others left home immediately, some stayed with their parents for much longer. All three of them stayed in school while heavily pregnant and returned once the babies were born. There were many people who said that …read more
