Dear Mr. Nadziejko and fellow students,
Today i am asking permission to follow a particular group of people, that group of people would be teenage moms. To me teenage moms range from age thirteen to nineteen years old. In Belleville Illinois about a dozen girls who went to Central Jr. High became pregnant in their teenage years. I believe that teenage moms can be a subcoulture because no matter how old now all teenage moms have a familiar bond,most teenage moms get together and become friends because of the familiar bond. Many places that moms get together are WIC, parks, grocery stores, monkey joes, and chucky cheeses.
I am not sure if they would consider themselves a subcoulture but I am willing to find out how if they could be considered a subcoulture. I am going to do this by talking with some of my friends who also became teen mom like I did, watch the show Teen Mom and discuss with my friends weither they think Teen mom relates to "normal" teen moms whose life is not on blast threw T.V., I will also research websites like itsyoursexlife.com, and other sites that try to help teen moms. I will also go into adoption and see if i can find a mom who gave a child up for adoption, interview with people whose childs fathers haven't been so much help compared to ones who have, and lastly I will talk with a few older women who became teenage mom and talk about the differences back then to now. Anyone could say that teenage moms have their own language but it is as normal as any moms language they say stuff like buh-bye, potty, ba-ba, and poopoo. Anyone can say that but once you become a mom it is not only spoke when you talk to the children but it become part of your speech to friends. I am very fasicinated by this group because I do have a connection with teenage mom since I became a mom at sixteen. I believe that this group is very safe and very much legal. I want to show the struggles of this group , how they overcome the hardest obstacles, and what they are all about. I know a good amount of teenage moms in the belleville area most of them are still teenages others are grown women in their twentys or fourtys, they will let us know how much this subcoulture has changed in the years.
I will be able to view this subcoulture on a weekly basis I am going to observe how they act, dress, work , how much they work, who they have watching their kids, if family helps, what kind of assistance that they get, if they plan to marry or have more children, and if they believe that they are a subcoulture. I would love for this to be approved so I can show why and how teenage moms are a subcoulture.
Always Caitlyn .
13 comments:
Caitlyn,
Teenage mom's I believe will be a good topic, but do you know where besides talking to the mom's you are going to get the information. Have you found good internet sources out there. I think it would be good to bring in different statistics like how is have increased in resent years.
Danielle
this should be an intersting topic. in my class at red bud we only had 87 students and 5 of the girls got pregant before they graduated so i definately think this could be coincidered a subculture. one question is what kind of magizines or websites would you use in your study?
excellent topic. i have many friends who are pregnant now or had a child. there a lot of magazines out there. you should look into baby's r Us. goodluck
Sounds like a good topic. Do you know where you will be getting your information other than teenage moms? I'm sure there are a lot of magazines out there to help with your research.
Denise
Your topic is good. Are you going to talk about other things than just the work aspect of being a teenage mom. You could talk about about how certain things could have led them to become a teenage mom and how they initially coped with the news. Do they enjoy being a mother at a young age or is it something that is more of a burden. I am looking forward to reading about your topic.
Caitlyn, I think your topic could be inspiring to other young people by showing the ups and downs of young parenting. do you know of any groups of this subculture you could talk to?
Talk about the MTV show, "Teen Mom" and any other popular culture portrayal of teen mothers. Is it accurate? Can you give us some stats from an authoritative source? Average age? Race? Numbers on adoptions? Marriages?
Caitlyn, teen mom is a kick ass show. You do have a very interesting subject, my mother was also a teen mom, I could only imagine what they have to go through.
Hey Caitlyn! Good topic! Are there more teenage pregnancies in the Belleville area than there are in other areas of Southern IL? How are teenage moms different now than in the 1960's or earlier when the saying was "they HAD to get married"? Do your parents or sibblings help you babysit? What percentage rate of fathers are even involved now? This will be a good paper?
Caitlyn, I think this is a good topic. I have a connection to teenage moms as well since I became a mom four days after my twentieth birthday. I think something to consider including in your research is how your relationships with other people change. Some people tend to see teenage moms differently. For me, my friendships changed drastically and I hardly communicate with any of my friends that I had before I had my son.
Caitlyn, I think this is a great topic. I also agree with the above comments. What other sources are there? What kind of financial aid can they get? I look forward to reading more.
i think this is a good topic aswell because of all the things you can write about. the questions i think would be interesting expecially if you have a wide range in ages. also if you talk to an older lady who was a teen mom maybe talk to their chid and see how they feel about it. ask if they had a harder time than other kids his or her age.
I agree, recently teenage motherhood has developed into a sub-culture. Television shows have almost turned teenage motherhood into an ideolization. I think you should talk about how the creation of these coorelates with pregnancy numbers. You could also talk about the two diffrent perspectives shown in Teen mom and 16 & Pregnant, and the effect those persepectives have on teens. I.E. Teen Mom shows some of the struggles of teenage motherhood, where 16 & Pregnant shows the rare cases of kids whose parents help them make sure the child is raised right.
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