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Originally Posted by aephi alum

I guess it depends on where you live. AFAIK, there were no such programs in the area back then, so a HS student who was pregnant or had a small child was... well, stuck. Besides, I can't imagine carrying the course load I carried during high school and college (not to mention paying for college) while also caring for an infant or small child with no help from my parents (who would have kicked me out of the house, probably).

There aren't any in mine either. If you get pregnant, there's no daycare in schools. Either you get childcare and go to school normally during the day, go to night school, or possibly get approved to go to the online program (but that's reserved for students with severe medical issues that keep them from attending school such as kids with kidney issues that need dialysis everyday).

Originally Posted by aephi alum

But I believe the best option of all is to try to keep teenagers from getting pregnant in the first place. That means teaching them that (a) abstinence is best, (b) if you do choose to have sex, use a condom, and (c) there are a number of other birth control methods out there, but they don't protect against STDs.

AMEN.