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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Moreover, since the students in the room are often at different stages of pregnancy and parenthood, discussion has to be fluid. "Some people think it's impossible," says student mother Karen. "It's not impossible. It's hard but it's not like lifting up a truck and carrying it down a street. It's mostly hard at first...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Teens and Their Tots | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...While mothers are the majority in the program, Bard notes that if the fathers are still in the school, they do significant outreach to get him to attend as well. While Rachel hadn't heard of the program before, Karen had. "I just knew about the program. It is part of the school," she says...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Teens and Their Tots | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...under two years, nine months are accepted. While there is no fee for APP teens, there are four slots for school department staff, who pay monthly tuition. Breakfast and lunch are served; infant formulas are provided. "I have trouble picking day cares. Here I could see him a lot," Karen explains about her 8-month-old son. Karen, like Rachel, comes to the day care for her lunch period...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Teens and Their Tots | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...mentoring program was added. It had a "goal-oriented purpose," says Bard. "It's become known that one-on-one mentoring with an older person is good for teens at risk." Karen's mentor, an area graduate student training to be a social worker, is the only person outside of school who really helps...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Teens and Their Tots | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...things together and go out to the movies. She helps me with Christian," she says. "I've only had a babysitter four times," Karen adds...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Teens and Their Tots | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

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