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Teens Should Be Allowed To Have Babies
Teens should be allowed to have babies because it makes them mature faster. Sometimes teen mothers do not get support from the baby father. They often have to drop out of school pick up and work to be able to support them and the child. In an article in People magazine a teenage girl name Ambria Branch gave birth to her first child in the eighth grade. A few years later she goes on to take college courses and a night job at Amber`s childcare center. Ambria made a statement about how much “She can't imagine life without Amber: "I love everything about her” even though she had given up a lot of her own childhood herself she still loves her daughter with everything in her. Sixteen year-old Katy Macdonald got pregnant in the 11th grad she was a straight A- students took AP class and wanted to be a doctor. After finding out about the baby she dropped out of AP and started attending school half- time so that she can work. She saved all of her paycheck and put them in a bank account for the baby. “I’ve had to grow up almost overnight," Katy says because although she is not an adult she has to make adult choses for her and her child. Sometimes times the girls have to stop everything they are going or have dreams of to take care of their motherly duties. A lot of times they are single mothers and do not get help from the fathers or their families. As mothers they have to stop what they are doing and pick up jobs so that they can provide for their child. When a teen have to become a teen parent they mature a lot faster than

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