Teen motherhood is usually a hardship, and I wouldn't recommend that any teenage girls (at least in the sort of society with which I have experience) get pregnant -- but teen moms can still be great parents and members of society.
I've created Teen Mamas Inc (currently in the process of incorporating as a non-profit) in order to support and educate teen mothers and pregnant teens who plan on keeping their babies.
Teen Mamas Inc. is absolutely not anti-choice. On the main page, we acknowledge that abortion is a completely valid option. However, deciding to keep the baby is a valid part of choice as well, and the girls who make that choice deserve knowledge and opportunities instead of isolation and shame.
Visit us at www.teenmama.org
Please feel free to comment here or contact me through the web site in order to make suggestions. I want this to be an amazing resource for teen mothers. I'm working on getting some local parenting classes running soon in association with the site.
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this is great. my friend and i are going to start a non profit in Chicago for this once we're done with our degrees.
Ooh, it's exciting to hear of others having similar ideas in mind on this topic.
http://www.parenthesis-info.org/
for Chicagoland parenting help
Oh! Thanks for the link. I like to add links to various resources on the Teen Mama site.
Best of luck with the project.
Just wanted to congratulate you on taking on a very important and awesome project.
In the shuffle of it all, I think teen mothers sometimes lose their voice, and place in society. Perhaps this will raise issues of school and childcare, and other issues that we've often overlooked as a society for teen mothers.