Look at these pictures ... you can see four babies that seem more than unhappy. You may ask yourself what had happened to them. Now read the quotes that belong to the pictures.
"Got a job? I cost thousands of dollars each year."
"Dad, you'll be paying to support me for the next 20 years."
"Honestly Mom ... chances are he won't stay with you. What happens to me?"
"I'm twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen."Now, what do you think?
These pictures are made by a company called "NYC Human Resources Administration" and it's a teenage pregnancy prevention. It says that teenage pregnancies make many diffculties and should be avoided. Apparently will the kids suffer from having young parents, the chances are higher that the kid won't graduate form high school and the kid will kost thousands of dollars.
When the NYC Human Resources Administration unveiled its teen pregnancy prevention campain many activists demanded that they cancel their campaig and issue a public apology but neither had happened.
That's why I'd like to write a letter to them and write down my opinion about this. Here we go:
Ladies and Gentlemen,
we read in English class the book 'Slam'. Maybe you've heard of it but if you didn't, it's about the topic teenage pregnancy. Attending to this we saw your campain about teenage pregnancy prevention.
It shocked me.
I think it's cruel to claim something like that.
At some points you're right. Kids are expensive. You have to make sure that they have something to eat and drink, that they have a safe place to sleep and live, that they get a good school education and many other things. You need lots of time for your kid and give him the love he needs. Especially for teenage parents it's hard to take care of their kids.
On the other hand your campain forgets many things about teenage pregnacies. It's right that kids are expensive but most of the parents would support their teenage kids with their kids, they would give them money and take care of their grandchild while the teenagers go to school.
There are many problems and maybe it should be better not having a kid when you're so young but you can solve most of the problems somehow.
You could improve your ads by making it less cruel. It's one thing when you say that teenage pregnancy should be avoided but it's another thing when you say only the negative. Please notice that it's a wonderful thing seeing a kid grow up and being able to play with your kids.
Teenage pregnancy isn't the world thing in the world and maybe you should concentrate on more important things than the fault of teenagers.
Your sincerely
Elena
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