“We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.”
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If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.
If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.
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.