Radio Show

Middle School Pregnant Teens

Host Intro: OTHER STORIES IN THIS SERIES:

Teen Journalists Reflect on Teen Pregnancy - 3:45

Teen Journalist Prepare Questions about Teen Parenting - 4:00

Teen Journalists Meet Teen Moms--Part 1 - 6:00

Teen Journalists Meet Teen Moms--Part 2 - 6:30

Teen Parenting and Pregnancy Call-In Show - 1 hour

Thanks to Casey Middle School Journalism Teacher Lee Lazar, Casey School Psychologist Carla Friedli, and KGNU's Shelley Schlender for their assistance with these stories, to the Youth Opportunities Board for grant funds, and to KGNU Boulder-Denver for broadcasting and helping this series be possible.
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MAYRA AND YAIRE (FROM THEIR INTERVIEWS):  “You never really think of a middle schooler being pregnant.

But these girls were 14, and they were pregnant.

TEAM MEMBER:  I’m Yaire from Casey Middle School.  Being a teen mom increases the risk that she’ll drop out of school.  

TEAM MEMBER 2:  A teen mom’s child is more likely to become a teen mom.

TEAM MEMBER 3:. .  . or go to jail

TEAM MEMBER 4. . .  or live in poverty.  But it doesn't have to be that way.

TEAM MEMBER 1:  Join us next Thursday Morning, May 13th, for a call-in show about teen pregnancy.   We’ll talk with teen moms.  We’ll talk about programs that help teen moms.  

TEAM MEMBER 2:  That’s A Call-in Show on Teen Pregnancy.

TEAM MEMBER 3:  Thursday, May 13th, at 8:35