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    Bristol as Role Model

    Posted Friday, April 10, 2009 2:27 PM | By Emily Yoffe
    Jess, I actually prefer Bristol Palin as a poster girl for teen motherhood to the young woman in the New York Times you link to. If you're a teenage girl and you'd followed Bristol's saga, it might actually make you realize that getting pregnant in high school would pretty much ruin your life: the embarrassing attempt to tell your parents; the pressure to marry your boyfriend; the breakup with your boyfriend because he's an immature jerk; your boyfriend telling everyone about you; you having to spend all your time babysitting for your brother and your own kid—only it's not babysitting if it's your own kid. This New York Times piece, with its mostly happy narration and beatific photographs of mother and child sends the message that while teenage motherhood is hard, it's also doable and fulfilling, and the reward of an adorable child who loves you is enormous. 
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