| Kara Scott
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05-17-2002 12:42 PM ET (US)
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I chose to answer the question pertaining to teenage childbearing. It is an extremely complicated issue and it is impossible to come to one simple conclusion to solve the problem, therefore I found it difficult to organize my thoughts in an essay format. My emotions played a big part in the way I answered my question. It angers me the way some people stereotype young mothers as wanting children just to get $90 more in welfare. And although I've never known an impoverished mother personally, it still angers me when they are blamed for their situation. There are so many factors that come into play that result in a vicious cycle of poverty, and although it's easy for many to say that these people are lazy, which some of them most certainly are, it is not true that all of them are. Many of them have no other choice, or very limited and poor ones at that.
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