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“Rape, incest, sexual abuse by family
member…(1:30)XXXthis is good, and then the next thing is the sexual thing.
Even then, given control over the situation I’m not sure how much control a
12, 13, 14, 15 year old has in terms of the emotional level to which they
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“I was in a state of panic. I just…(0:15)XXXOf all
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“Well, I think if an adolescent…(0:12)XXXthey
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“Good, good education…(0:10)XXXcan turn a life
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“Everything in her life changes. You don’t even
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THEME MUSIC (UP AND UNDER @0:03)
On today’s program, “Kids Having Kids: The Psychological
Effects of Pregnancy on Teenage Women,” we will be covering the reasons
teenage women become pregnant, how their lives change after getting
pregnant, who they should talk to, how to talk to the family, options they
have during and after their pregnancies, and finally forms of abuse that
can develop between teenage mothers and their children. Guests on today’s program include a
pregnant teen from Homewood-Flossmoor High School who will be referred to
as “Tara”; a teen with a child from Homewood-Flossmoor High School who will
be referred to as “Ashley”; Evelyn Lerman, author of “Teen Moms: The Pain
and the Promise”; Terry Comerford, a social counselor from
Homewood-Flossmoor High School; Dr. Von Mansfield, Principal of
Homewood-Flossmoor High School; Dr. Laura Murray, Superintendent of
Homewood-Flossmoor High School; Jennifer Hoff, Child Development teacher at
Homewood-Flossmoor High School; and Shannon Kane, a counselor from Aunt
Martha’s which is an agency devoted to assisting abused and troubled women.
THEME MUSIC (OUT)
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Teenage women become pregnant for a variety of
reasons. Evelyn Lerman talks about
how neglect can be a factor for a teen to have sex.
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“It has a lot to do with self image. No hope,
very little hope for the future…(0:12)XXXbut kids who have nothing to
simulate their day. Just picture what the bleakness of that kind of life
must be.”
“Usually they don’t…(0:19)XXXor sometimes they think
if they become pregnant the male will stay with them.”
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Teenage women who are neglected are three times
as likely to neglect their own children.
Half of all teenage women are depressed prior to becoming
pregnant. Shannon Kane, Evelyn
Lerman, and Jennifer Hoff discuss how some teens feel when they are
depressed
and want
to start a relationship with a guy.
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“I think sometimes teenagers get to that point
when they hit and it’s so low…(0:18)XXXsometimes it’s just that when you
meet that someone, and even if he’s left out, you feel like you have
something or somebody who’s going to love you back.”
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“If you’re down and nothing looks good to you,
maybe you don’t care…(0:44)XXXbut until it comes out in the open in some reasonable
way, I think that the fact that it’s a hidden relationship takes a lot of
the joy away from it.”
“Basically when they’re looking for as if there
is nothing right in the world that maybe by having sex…(0:14)XXXthat baby
can solve all your problems because you’ll have someone to love and that
baby will love you, and then you won’t be depressed anymore.”
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Tara talks about how she felt before getting
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“I had no reason to have a bad
self-esteem…(0:49)XXXI didn’t like to be thinking about no boys or
something like that, it just was never my style”
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Tara explains how her views towards herself
changed once she became pregnant
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“I realized that I had a lot more going for
me…(0:28)XXXI know I will eventually succeed in whatever I accomplish.”
Superintendent Dr. Laura Murray shares an idea for a
school support group that would help teens with difficult situations in
their lives.
“I think one of the things we’ve prodded
ourselves on as a school is if there is…(0:23)XXXor death of a parent, or
divorce situation. I think if there were enough pregnant girls that wanted
to deal with that situation, we would form a support group for them”
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Twenty-five percent of all teens feel pressured
into having sex. Jennifer Hoff
explains how peer pressure can influence teens to have sex.
“I guess the old saying of everybody’s doing
it…(0:15)XXXwe don’t think about the moment just kind of what will happen
to come”
Tara and Ashley discuss why they had sex.
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“Peer pressure, I was really, really
confused…(0:20)XXXI was feeling by myself so I had to do something I
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“Being a teen trying to experience things, just
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Teens who do not have a healthy relationship with
their guardian are more likely to be pressured into having sex.
“Well, I think parents that have a big interest
in their kids…(0:40)XXXyou kind of get them hooked by that fact that you’re
as much of a part of their lives as the peers”
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“If you have a strong parent in the
home…(0:38)XXXif teens knew you were in a similar situation and it is hard.
I acknowledge that it is there, I definitely think that the teens will understand
what the parent is trying to teach them”
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“If you have an adult you can bounce your thoughts
and feelings from…(0:23)XXXthey can help you with you self-image and self
esteem, and then I think it helps you with peer pressure.”
Terry Comerford talks about another solution to peer
pressure.
“You have to know yourself…(0:23)XXXit is a
tough time, and I think when you talk about peer pressure I would also
include the media. I think the media exposes people to a lot of things”
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The media holds a powerful influence over teens
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“That the media are forever telling young people
just do it…(0:46)XXXwe could probably lick this problem well before it
starts, but they don’t. They’re just looking to make a buck”
“The media has a profound impact…(0:20)XXXfrom
the way women are suppose to dress and act, and the attitude of males
towards women”
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Shannon Kane and Evelyn Lerman discuss how a
relationship between a teen and her significant other can degenerate into
an abusive relationship.
“I think it starts off really, really
subtle…(0:35)XXXit starts to turn physical because you start to argue about
whatever, and I just think these kind of cues, verbal cues that’ll tell you
that this could be leading into something else.”
“I think when there’s uneven power…(0:40)XXXthe
male doesn’t want the girl to see anybody or talk to anybody else and
becomes very possessive. That can turn into abuse.”
Jennifer Hoff and Shannon Kane explain how
verbal abuse in a relationship can put a teen at risk of getting pregnant.
“If you’re always told that you’re bad and no
good then obviously you’re going to think that way…(0:37)XXXor if it
happens that you become pregnant you seek out that pregnancy because you
were told you were no good. Well, then maybe that baby would never tell
you, you were no good, and you’d have that baby to love and that baby would
love you and only you.”
When a partner is definitely
telling...(0:14)XXXI must be worth something because I’m able to do
something right.”
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The teen might not want to leave her companion despite
any abuse.
“They often feel like it’s their fault, or they
feel sorry for the person…(0:16)XXXor they feel they’re the one in the
wrong, and they’re the one that’s going to save this person”
“I think it’s fear, fear of the
unknown…(0:13)XXXgiving up whatever comfort there is in this relationship,
self doubt; it’s my fault. I’ll be better if it stops”
Jennifer Hoff and Evelyn Lerman explain why it’s
crucial for a teen to tell someone that she is being abused.
“A teenager needs help right away…(0:38)XXXclose
figures in their lives need to be involved, not only the teenager being
abused.”
Abuse seriously effects their whole
life...(0:21)...your a bad person. So frequently they can’t tell.”
Shannon Kane and Jennifer Hoff discuss whether they
think teens are at risk of getting pregnant if they have moms who were
pregnant teens themselves.
“Yes, I don’t know how many studies have been
done on that…(0:31)XXXif my mom did it and she’s ok, then if I do it I’ll
be ok. It’s not as bad as everyone makes it seem.”
“I don’t know what the statistic are on it, or
if they would necessarily be more likely, but it depends on how they were
raised…(0:55)XXXIt was ok for her mother to become pregnant as a teenager,
so it would be ok for her so she could work things out just like her
mother, and to some degree maybe she can. I don’t know if it would be more
likely a risk, but it can.”
Sexual abuse by a family member not only puts a
teen at risk of becoming pregnant, but also can psychologically torture
them.
“The girl is suffering from a number of
things…(0:48)XXXso I’d say the psychological part would be devastating and
forever unless some good intervention takes place”
“Definitely, she’d be feeling one, a sense of
guilt…(0:45)XXXshe can’t necessarily turn to her mother. She can’t necessarily turn to the male
figure. I’m sure so many emotions
would be going through her head.”
Shannon Kane explains why a teen would want to get
pregnant in a domestic abuse situation.
“A lot of women think that if I get
pregnant...(0:23)XXXbecomes more visual. So the situation of physical abuse
picks up, and so does the verbal abuse”
The causes of teenage pregnancy are endless, but they
can be avoided if appropriate actions are taken.
When we return, we will talk about the lifestyle
changes for a pregnant teen, who to talk to, how to tell the parents, and
school resources available to help teens.
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Welcome back to “Kids Having Kids: The
Psychological Effects of Pregnancy on Teenage Women” on WHFH 88.5 FM
Flossmoor. A Teen’s lifestyle changes
once she becomes pregnant. Shannon
Kane and Terry Comerford talk about some of these changes.
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“Everything in her life changes. You don’t even go
to the bathroom the same way…(0:23)XXXto the way that you get up and eat,
to the way that you go to sleep. I mean it’s the basic things that we take
for granted. It’s all changing for the mom.”
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“Their friends change like they don’t want to be
around them…(0:23)XXXmost adolescents like to be out there doing things,
and not just staying around”
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Tara explains how her life changed once she
became pregnant.
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“I didn’t go out as much when I found out I was
pregnant…(0:26)XXXThey were limiting everything I did so I couldn’t do all
the things I used to do.”
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Despite the unpleasant lifestyle changes that pregnancy
has to offer, some of the changes can improve a teen’s life
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“I think sometimes when people are already…(0:22)XXXsomehow
they just get in their minds that I’m going to change my life.”
“Sometimes having a baby causes you to reassess
your life…(0:24)XXXsometimes kids that are out there experimenting or doing
different things by themselves change because they want it to be a better
life for their child”
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“Once you get into having a baby…(0:29)XXXnow
your mind is I got to get organized. So not only do you get organized in taking
care of the baby, but you get organized in a lot of things.”
“They’re not distracted by dating, drinking, or
doing drugs…(0:36)XXXthe type of education might get them working where
they hadn’t been working before”
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Once a teen finds out about her pregnancy, it is
important that she notifies someone as soon as possible
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Shannon Kane discusses why it is important for a
teen to notify someone about their pregnancy as soon as possible.
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“You hear these stories about teenagers who went
through their pregnancy…(0:55)XXXso care needs to be taken for that baby,
and for you in order to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby at the
end of that nine months.”
“It is very vital that prenatal care is done as
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soon as possible…(0:49)XXXthe baby will get what
it needs, but the mom will be walking around pretty unhealthy and such
damages like teeth and hair happens.”
“Well, I think it’s important
because…(0:27)XXXand also she needs family support. She’s just not going to
get through all of this without it.”
“Well, I think if an adolescent…(0:12)XXXthey
only have so many choices, and if they start talking about it earlier it
gives them more time to make the best decision for them”
Before telling the parents, a teen should talk
to someone she trusts first.
“They need to try and go over…(0:18)XXXcause this is
going to be quite a shock to the parents, and I think they should go in as
prepared as possible.”
“Well I think if they tell someone else
first…(0:22)XXXfamily friend or something can kind of help them and broach
the subject first with their parents.”
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Shannon Kane, Evelyn Lerman, and Jennifer Hoff
discuss whom they think a teen should talk to first.
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“The person she has the closet relationship
first…(0:15)XXXthey should decide on who else, but definitely notify a
parent as soon as they can”
“Well, she’s got to tell someone she trusts…(0:43)XXXsomebody
who’s there to help, a mentor, and then to the parents if at all possible.”
“I definitely think they should tell their
parents...(0:43)...or someone that would truly, actively listen to them.”
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Tara and Ashley discuss how the fathers of their
children reacted to the news of their pregnancies.
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“He was happy, he was a little…(0:07)XXXhe
wasn’t as surprised as I was. I was more in shock than he was.”
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“He wanted him, I didn’t…(0:03)XXXhe helps me whenever
I need anything.”
The father of the child won’t always agree to
help the pregnant teen. Many men leave their companion once she becomes
pregnant.
“A lot of our clients aren’t usually with their
males after they find out they’re pregnant…(0:33)XXXyou get into this thing
where you think nobody wants you.”
Jennifer Hoff and Evelyn Lerman talk about what a teen
is left with after being deserted by her companion
“Well, definitely one, fear of what’s to
come…(0:36)XXXthat can bring out a lot of stress which can do harm not only
to herself, but the developing baby inside her.”
“Well, they feel rejected...(0:11)XXXsome get
sick physically and emotionally”
Shannon Kane and Evelyn Lerman continue with a
way a teen can overcome this emotional stress.
“Find a mentor. Somebody who is an
adult…(0:25)XXXthere are other answers we can do something about it. So, I
think the best thing to do is find an adult mentor who might be able to
help.”
“If there’s a support system...(0:28)XXXthen
truly anything can happen including suicide.”
Tara explains how long it took her to tell her
parents and what their reactions were.
“I found out when I was…(0:10)XXXso about three
months.”
“My mom, she was, she was devastated…(0:21)XXXmy
dad, he stopped talking to me for a while so he didn’t take it very well.”
Ashley continues with how long it took her to
tell her parents, and what their reactions were.
“It took me…(0:01)XXXthree months”
“My mother wanted me to have an
abortion…(0:07)XXXbut I understood where she was coming from because she
didn’t want me to ruin my life.”
Another person present when the teen tells her
parents can help the teen and the parents with the difficult news.
“I think sometimes if someone else is present…(0:29)XXXbut
if there’s someone else present it might help the explosive kind of
reaction that the parent has or might have in the beginning.”
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Even with the support of family behind a pregnant
teen, the trauma of being pregnant can pose a serious burden. Principal Dr. Von Mansfield discusses
the resources available at Homewood-Flossmoor High School that can help a
pregnant teen.
“I think at any high school, you need to have certain
resources in place for students to take advantage of…(0:35)XXXcertainly we
have social workers and also a school psychologist that would be available
if a student needed to speak to someone about that situation”
A teen’s world is flipped upside down once she becomes pregnant, but
with support, her journey won’t be as bumpy.
When we return, we will explore the options a
teen has during and after her pregnancy, and the types of abuse that can
develop between a teen mom and her child.
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Welcome back to “Kids Having Kids: The
Psychological Effects of Pregnancy on Teenage Women” on WHFH 88.5 FM
Flossmoor. When a teen becomes pregnant,
one of the options she has is to have an abortion. Terry Comerford and
Shannon Kane talk about why abortion would be a tough choice for a teen.
“The choices the kids have are very, very
difficult…(0:33)XXXthey’ll resent the baby if they had it, their parents
would be disappointed, or it would totally change their future.”
“Those things those scars…(0:23)XXXyou don’t
know how to deal with them because it’s one of those hush, hush things”
Religion can impact a teen’s choice in having an
abortion or not.
“Abortion is one of those things…(0:44)XXXstay
until baby is born, than you figure out what you want to do.”
An abortion can leave a teen with intense
emotional feelings.
“It varies from person to person...(0:27)XXXwalk
away and they’re fine, and other people have more of a profound loss of
feeling about it.”
“They would be feeling a sense
of...(0:34)XXXthat sense of security in some way, and a sense of ok with
the decision they made.”
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Once a teen mom delivers her child she has the option
of giving her child up for adoption. Terry Comerford explains why adoption
would be a difficult choice for a teen.
“Well, the plus for some of them who choose
this…(0:30)XXXit’s very difficult to carry a baby for nine months, and give
it up.”
Serious psychological problems can form for
the teen once she gives her baby up for adoption.
“They’re always concerned that the child will hate
them…(0:22)XXXhere I am I had a baby and I couldn’t even keep her. So I
think psychologically that’s really tough on a kid.”
Evelyn Lerman assess the importance for a teen mom
receiving education on parenting
“Good, good education, good sex
education…(0:10)XXXcan turn a life around after teen pregnancy”
Evelyn Lerman continues by talking about the Florida
High School where she works that helps pregnant teens and teen moms.
“It’s a public Sarasota high school, and it has 110
students I think…(1:32)XXXa large number of them go on to junior college or
college, and become a professional.”
Jennifer Hoff describes the Child Development class
she teaches.
“Child development deals with basically the pre
natal point all the way up until school age which is about five years
old…(0:24)XXXand theories involved so that’s definitely a psychological
aspect with theories and where they’re coming from on the concepts of
raising children and child rearing.”
“That sense of regret...(0:49)XXXresources help
them and let out those feelings and express those feelings.”
Laura Murray describes one of the programs offered in
child development.
“One of the programs we currently have is in our
family consumer sciences program in child development…(0:32)XXXbut it
really makes a student know what constant attention a baby needs.”
Von Mansfield and Jennifer Hoff talk about the
importance of this type of class.
“Dr. Murray talked about a number of programs we
have here where students actually work with a doll that’s a simulated baby
that has all those needs that a real baby would have…(0:38)XXXwhile they’re
trying to work on their own dreams and aspirations would be one of those
very informative and effective possibilities for kids to explore.”
“Well, definitely from the educational stand point
you learn so much from the development…(0:34)XXXso I guess it helps prepare
them and make them aware of different responsibilities, different changes
whether that’d be lifestyle, financial, but also joys that’ll come from
being pregnant.”
Tara talks about the academic pressure of going to a
public high school after finding out she was pregnant.
“It’s hard to concentrate on long, big
assignments…(0:19)XXXI have to get up or walk or something. It’s hard to
concentrate.”
Laura Murray talks about why more pregnant teens
attend public schools.
“I would say fifteen years ago pregnant...(0:16)...I
think society’s views on that have changed quite a bit”
Von Mansfield comments on whether he thinks pregnant
teens can succeed in a public high school.
“After having been a guidance counselor several
years ago, I find those are the students…(0:37)XXXand become more focused
more so as compared to before they got into a situation like that, and also
didn’t realize the amount of energy both physically and mentally to raise a
child.”
Laura Murray describes another way social workers and
counselors can help pregnant teens.
“Our counselors and social workers are trained to
refer outside the school…(0:27)XXXand many times pregnant girls don’t want
to be at school, they’re embarrassed, and we provide homebound tutoring for
pregnant girls that want to stay home.”
Tara talks about going to an agency for counseling and
support that helps pregnant women.
“I went to Aunt Martha’s. I went
there…(0:20)XXXthey’ve just been a real big help
when it comes to taking care of me”
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Inexperienced, stressed out mothers usually take
the stress of having a child out on their own child in abusive ways. The two types of abuse are passive and
active. When a parent uses passive
abuse, she ignores or neglects her child; when she uses active abuse she
hits or slaps her child. Jennifer
Hoff believes both passive and active abuse come from the same source.
“Active and passive, they come from the same source
in that they might be…(0:24)XXXlack of resources to deal with the
responsibilities of parenthood in raising that child. So, whether it’s
active or passive, I think it comes from the same source that kind of
neglect comes from, basically not knowing what to do so maybe not doing
anything.”
Evelyn Lerman and Shannon Kane explain why a
teen mom would resort to passive abuse.
“I think they’re overwhelmed by work, many teen moms
work, go to school, and take care of a baby…(0:45)XXXand doesn’t know much
about it either, anything to keep the baby quite, and maybe some food and
that’s about all she can manage.”
“At times the child is crying any you’re really
tired…(0:26)XXXwell she’s ok and I’m just going to leave the child there.
They’ll be alright, and it becomes one of those passive things where you
just kind of leave the child alone and you should really be around”
They continue on why a teen mom would resort to active abuse.
People who have been raised with abuse…(0:31)XXXmost
abusers become abusers. That’s a statistic for sure. So that’s what
happens, the mother just lashes out at the baby.
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“Some teens may not be as patient…(0:19)XXXmaybe
it goes to a physical level because you’re not able to stop it at the
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Ashley talks about some of the frustration she’s
dealt with and overcome with her child.
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“When you get frustrated when they
cry…(0:09)XXXyou get real frustrated, but as a mother you learn to overcome
those frustrations and stuff like that.”
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“Oh, ten years I plan to be married, in a nice
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baby…(0:18)XXXbe able to put a roof over his head, food in his mouth,
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Hopefully now friends, parents, lovers, and
peers of pregnant teens will have a better understanding of the struggles
teenage women go through during pregnancy.
They should understand the many psychological phases that teens face
throughout their pregnancy including telling someone, seeking support,
getting education, and trying to be accepted by others. They should also know that that they can
help pregnant teens, and other organizations can help them too.
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This program was produced by Sean Powers. The producer would like to thank his
guests on the show: Homewood-Flossmoor High School Students “Tara” and
“Ashley”; author of “Teen Moms: The Pain and the Promise,” Evelyn Lerman; a
social worker from Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Terry Comerford; Principal
of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Dr. Von Mansfield; Superintendent of
Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Dr. Laura Murray; Child Development teacher
at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Jennifer Hoff; and a counselor from Aunt
Martha’s, Shannon Kane. The
producer would also like to thank his crew: Engineer Dan Freberg, Assistant
Engineer Cynthia Perry, Assistant Director Allison Meaks, and I’m your
announcer Alison Lani. He would
also like to wish the best of luck to Tara and her child, and Ashley and her
child. Portions of this program
were prerecorded, and produced in the studios of WHFH at Homewood-Flossmoor
High School.
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