New York Plans School for Expectant Teen Parents

They could always Http://www.onlinedistancelearningguide.info take courses at home.

When did churches start supporting premarital sex?

OMG-this just gets dumber and dumber -- a school for pregnant teens -- how about teaching them not to get knocked up, or even better, sterilize them all and be done with it.

And just how many baby mamas can one boy send to that school?

I agree about the church connection. Isn't that unconstitutional? And the whole premarital sex approval by the church is nothing new. It's all about how they now prioritize sin, where some are worse than others. Although, I thought forbidding sex outside of marriage was one of top ten (commandments, that is).

Anyway..I don't know that I disagree with having a school that will help young mothers stay in school and learn better parenting skills, etc. I just hope that with this change, they also take a serious look at their sex education program in the other schools because it's obvious whatever they are doing isn't working if the pregnancy rate is so high that they need an entire school to accommodate the new teen moms there.

there will be pros and cons about this idea. pre-sex counseling is helpful -- but not after you become pregnant.

on the one hand, it is not good to isolate a person because they are different from their peers. on the other hand a pregnant teen
has a different reality regarding responsibility for her rest of her life.

she needs a good support system to help her manage the decisions she is making for herself and her child -- at a very young, inexperienced and immature age.

@tara, a church running a school is not, and never has been unconstitutional. It's not even unconstitutional for public schools if you want to get technical. There's a myth going around that "separation of church and state" is in the constitution. Whether or not it is, I do believe that religion needs to stay out of mandatory public school courses. This school is optional and probably a private entity.

Second, Christians (true Christians that know their faith) do not condemn someone for their sins. If these girls make a mistake, a church should be willing to help them. Non-Christians have such a screwed up view of Christianity thanks to the media and the usually extremists that pop up in EVERY religion and secularism.

Oh that's CRAP!!!!! I had my son when I was 16, today I am married, have 5 great kids and am in law school. I decided to go to law school after a car accident made it impossible for me to continue nursing, which I have done for 11 years. Just because a teen makes a mistake does not make it to late for them. If you get a speeding ticket do we need to revoke your privilage to drive for ever and label you as a dangerous driver for the rest of your life?!?!?!?

I wouldn't be bragging about about having kids at 16. It's irresponsible on the part of the 2 kids that are creating the baby and it rubs off on the upbringing by the parents of the teens. There's no need for it. And no, driving and speeding tickets are not the same thing. Not even close. The speeding ticket isn't paid for from out of my taxes. Nor does it ruin other people's lives in the process. They should be building schools to TEACH the kids about how NOT to get pregnant. That would be putting tax dollars more to use.

Emma, you are some kind of arrogant work! Bet if YOU have kids, they cringe when you come into to room, and if they are not alcoholics or druggies by 16, they will run away from school to get away for the critical parent pretending to be a mother. You might be able to have babies, but you clearly are a LONG WAY from being ready or constituted to RAISE healthy minded kids.

Go away. You are IGNORANT.

She is not bragging Emma, just stating a fact. I am sure her children do not think their lives are ruined. They sound very lucky to have her for a mom. No one brags about having children as a teen, in fact we discourage it. Just because I had my son when I was fifteen does not mean everyone can do what I did. Although I did go to college and get a degree by twenty six, I realize not everyone can do that. Still, teens have been getting pregnant since the beginning of time and always will. We are never going to eradicate teen pregnancies so we need to help those who do get pregnant have successful lives. My son does not think his life was ruined, he tells me every day how lucky he was to have me for a mom. There are certainly many parents who weren't teen moms who can not raise a son who attended one of the top colleges in the nation, goes on to get a masters, and is headed to med school next fall. I did and I was a teen mom so I know my son would never think of his life as ruined. With a little assistance some of these teen moms can do just as well.

When I went to HS, back in 1977, we already had a seperate program for pregnant girls. It was a nice, upscale suburb of Denver, CO. (All white at that time, by the way). The program was called OOPs...Other Opportunites for Pregnant Students.
Although, I did not attend this, I was a pregnant 16 year old and tried to help my friends learn about birth control. I gave my son up for adoption....I was too young to raise a child. Today we have a great relationship!

Kim.....

Learn how to spell while you are in law school.

MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY!

Wayne...your stent in Vietnam is honorable...but MANY served, and 50,000 died....and 90 % were drafter...as I suspect YOU were...so do not use your service to the nation to get attention or respect. Those that deserve respect for serving their nation NEVER use their service on the internet boards....but the REMFs always do, as well as a lot of Section 8 dischargees ...and my BET IS...non of the VETS were ever PREGNANT at 16 in high school, although a BUNCH of them MADE a lot of girls pregnant in High School and ducked to the military when drafted....and spent a lot of time hooched up in Saigon as well.

Give NONE of us your pontification. Many of us were in the wars.