If only Id known

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If only Id known

• How tired Id be
• How much weight Id put on
• How nice it is to feel the baby kicking
• How I couldnt see my toes
• How my moods would change

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If only Id known

• How little sleep Id get
• How long babies can cry
• How wonderful they can be
• How expensive they can be

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If only Id known

• How much space they need
• What a responsibility they are
• How I dont get time for myself
• How much I love them

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The Government stated in its Social Exclusion
Report 1999

• Young people lack knowledge about what it means
  to be a parent.

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Why do teenage girls have babies?

• Be loved
• Do it better than their parents
• Feel grown up
• Dolly dressing
• Maybe hell stay
• Fear of telling someone
• Religious beliefs
• Friends are all doing it
• Get out of home and school
• Get a home of their own
• To get respect

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Why do young boys become fathers?

• They think they might be able to have sex all the
  time.
• They may have another child but are not allowed
  access
• They take risks because its manly
• They dont understand the consequences
• They lack confidence in negotiating the use of
  contraceptives
• They lack knowledge about contraception

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In the past.

• Larger families
• Babies born at home
• Saw siblings being brought up
• Closer communities

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The Programme

• In schools
• 13-16 year olds
• Both sexes
• Flexible for needs of young people
• Adaptable for local area
• 4,500 pupils
• 50 young parents

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Finding out for themselves

• Games
• Videos
• Exercises
• Discussion
• Youth friendly materials
• Asking questions
• Cross gender work

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Experiencing

• Taking a buggy up and down stairs

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Working it out for themselves

• Adding up the cost of having a baby

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What does it feel like

• 10lb baby

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Boys are half the solution

• Keeping it relevant
• Using cross gender discussion
• Acknowledging their anxieties
• Challenging their beliefs
• Employing fathers to deliver the programme

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Which schools?

• Mixed
• Girls
• Boys
• Special needs
• Pupil Referral Units
• Faith schools

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Teenage Parents

• First experience of employment
• Learn to be reliable
• Gain confidence
• Gain a different perspective on education
• Increased income
• Have a reference for further employment
• Support to go back into education, employment and
  training

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Moving on

• Teacher
• Youth worker
• Staff managers
• Member of local authority teenage pregnancy team
• Social work
• Bookkeeper

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Developing the work

• Local schemes around the UK
• Text messaging
• Working in partnership with the National
  Childbirth Trust
• Celebrity involvement
• Research
• Delivering training
• Grundtvig 2
• Driving Lessons
• Restaurant partnerships