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To the pp who commented on child care embedded in the quote:

There's a difference between having kids without a partner and without a high school degree beginning in the 10th grade (which is oftentimes the case for female heads of households in poverty and subsidized housing) and those who delay childbearing until they've married and have jobs. Your DCUM struggle with childcare costs isn't the same as those living in poverty.

Some people stop at one child. Others delay having a second until the first starts kindergarten. These are strategies of responsible adults. [/quote]
But a 10th grader isn't an adult. Your tone comes across as if you are blaming the kids who have children young (maybe you're not)...but it neglects the fact that they are basically given misinformation about their reproductive systems in school and pretty much no recourse if they do something irresponsible in a moment of passion (pretty much the definition of being a teenager). Around the world, access to reproductive and women's health is the key to pulling people out of poverty...yet we have completely backward education policies in our country that keep this basic information away from our kids.[/quote]

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