" Founded in 2003, Doulas Supporting Teens (DST)—a program of the Collective—was created to address the needs of pregnant and parenting teens in the Lane County area, with a focus on education and support throughout the first year of parenting."
This is a great article. Teen pregnancy, though not an illness, IS epidemic proportion here in the US. Most teen never intend on becoming pregnant, never intend on using welfare let alone be apart of the system. Child abuse cases of children abused by parents who are teens is on the rise. What can we do as a community to ensure we taking care of our pregnant and parenting teens in ways other than $$?
Its starts in pregnancy! Teaching, growing and nurturing these girls into women who know their bodies, who they will be as a mother, to love and nurture thier babies and give them the skills do what they are being asked to do earlier than society intends...
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