"Sorors remember part of our mission is to study and help alleviate the problem concerning girls and women, teen pregnacy and single parenthood is one of those issues and so we should be mindful that looking down on teen parents and single moms does not help alleviate the problem."
I am inspired by your story, Soror ChAKAlate, but I don't think by glorifying teen pregnancy and single parenthood we are helping to alleviate it, either. And I think we glorify it when we accept single moms on the undergrad level, regardless of age, and have sorors (and other greek women) parade their kids around at step shows, service events, etc. What are we saying to young girls when we do this? That "hey it's okay to get pregnant, becuase I did it and still got in to a sorority"? Where is the encouragement to not get pregnant and not have to be challenged by the additional responsibility? Not everyone can/will do as you and blutheatrics have done, so I don't think it's wise to hold up these examples, however inspiration and impressive they are. I still want to know: what are we saying to kids when we ourselves don't follow what we tell them (delay sex and pregnancy to get an education, etc.)?
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