Schooling for Teen Mothers
Yang Bora
I saw a TV program in which teen mothers appeared and told their stories. They said that they had thought of sending their babies to a poorhouse, but finally they decided to bring up their babies on their own with courage.
They made a brave decision because living as a teen mother is very hard in Korea. Unfortunately, most of them dropped out of school. Why can't they help dropping out of school? That's because this social perception is not desirable.
Of course, teen pregnancy is also not desirable. We should refrain from that. However, violating teen mothers' rights to be educated (I think) is the most undesirable action. Not learning will be an obstacle to teens' futures today when intellectual worth is so high. We must not allow teen mothers to live incorrectly and we must teach them the way of living correctly not only for themselves but also their babies.
So, we should enforce the education, establish facilities for teen mothers, and encourage them to study hard.
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