Tag: teen moms

• What’s in a Name?

  Sep 23

  I once read an article advocating a minimum age requirement for getting a tattoo by comparing body art to a drunken climb up a water tower with a can of… more ›

• FloCrit: Wraparound Services for Teen Families

  May 2

  When I started teaching high school science in Oklahoma in 2007 at the age of 55, I knew almost nothing about teaching. I’d taught Freshman Composition at a local college… more ›

• A Head Start…or a Step Back?

  Apr 26

  Just a couple of blocks from the campus for teen moms where I used to teach in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was an older elementary school that had been renovated to… more ›

• Choose Change: You never know where it’ll take you

  Mar 14

  Last year, I finished a memoir about my eight-year career as a science teacher to teen moms, called Subject to Change. My story emphasizes the human capacity for and willingness… more ›

• Power Behind the Young Parent Collective: Kate Westaby

  Mar 7

  Kate Westaby was 17 and a senior in high school when she discovered she was going to be a mom. Although it was discouraging, Kate was determined to graduate and… more ›

• Support for Single Moms: Arms of Hope

  Jan 24

  Several years ago, a women’s retreat I attended chose to benefit a charity through the donation of essential supplies. The Refuge Ranch in Bastrop, Texas, just southeast of Austin, provided… more ›

• Supporting Teen Moms in CA: Fristers

  Jan 17

  This week continues my commitment to celebrate organizations that support teen moms. While I’m deeply concerned for these young women’s welfare and that of their children, I know there are… more ›

• Sixteen and Pregnant … Roadblocks Ahead

  Dec 6

  “My dad told me having this baby was my punishment for having sex,” a student in my biology class once told me. I was startled for a moment but finally… more ›