Daunted by childcare costs, Kamaria Noble wasn’t certain she’d be able to graduate from Chicago Public Schools as a teen mom. Then, she found Simpson Academy.
Simpson student Chaniyah Conley takes off the shoes of her 2-year-old daughter, Raelynn Herron, during an Empowerment Experience event on April 24, 2024, at Simpson Academy for Young Women in Chicago. The event was meant to empower students who are mothers or are expecting a child. Daunted by child care costs, Kamaria Noble initially wasn’t certain she’d be able to graduate high school following the birth of her son.
That’s not for lack of trying, according to experts who note that having a child tends to compel teen moms to strive hard to finish school. Afound their efforts are often “foiled” by the lack of child care and supportive environment that students said Simpson provides. “Sometimes I felt kind of forced into things. I would ask questions, but it wasn’t clear, wasn’t thorough,” Noble said of health care providers’ responses. After learning about the disproportionately“Once you become a teen mom, you don’t receive that much love. You don’t receive that much care or attention – people just kind of push you to the side – and at Simpson it’s the total opposite,” said Noble.
Hair stylist Janine Sylvain works on the hair of student Sadaria Douglas during an Empowerment Experience event on April 24, 2024, at Simpson Academy for Young Women in Chicago. The event was meant to empower students who are mothers or are expecting a child. Her 2-year-old daughter doesn’t always share Conley’s enthusiasm. “She doesn’t like waking up in the mornings. But her mood changes when we get to school,” Conley said.“Sometimes it is hard handling a baby. But after you get to know them, it gets easier. The love that you share with them — it’s a lot,” said rising junior Rosario Catinac, whose son is a year and a half.
The support extended to teen moms — or not — is pivotal to mother and child, said Wittenberg, the psychiatrist and researcher. Teen moms tend to come from disadvantaged backgrounds and over the long term, do better than their peers, he said. “They turn their lives around as a result of having babies. … But they don’t end up doing as well as they could and some moms fail because of stigma, who might otherwise have succeeded if they had been supported,” Wittenberg said.
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