Comment about:  Gloucester's Mayor Denies Pregnancy Pact
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June 30, 2008

Awareness of the responsibilities of parenthood comes too late.

In my high school classes, the pregnant moms are all aglow before, but shell-shocked after, the birth of their child. I haven't had a single one of them recommend the experience afterwards. Even so, many of the other girls envy them. I try, within the constraints of district policy, to help the girls find the self-esteem to want more of a future than such early parenthood ensures them, but it is an uphill battle.

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