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| February 11, 2008: DC Child Fatality Review Committee |
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Testimony given by Joyce A. Fourth Clemons Teen pregnancy is at the root of many problems we face as a community and as a city. Children of teen parents generally fare badly: 70 percent of teen mothers typically do not graduate from high school and child support is a responsibility many teen fathers cannot meet. Research also demonstrates that children of adolescent mothers are more than twice as likely to be abused and neglected; more likely to have learning disabilities; more likely to be unprepared for school with vocabulary and attention deficits; and about five percent of them will end up in foster care. Children of teen parents are more likely to become teen parents themselves. Sons born to teen mothers have a higher incarceration rate that is three times more likely than the sons born to mothers who delayed childbearing until their early twenties.
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