“I Knew That I Could Do This”: Excerpt from THREE QUEERDOS AND A BABY
December 21st, 2022 | by Nina Packebush
Having a baby at seventeen ruins any chance you can ever be anyone’s idea of an ideal mom
Browsing the "teen muthas" Tag
Graffiti Mom: MOMZ1
November 7th, 2022 | by Lisa Hanson
In his teen years before he moved out, I was often up in the night or would jerk awake with the image of him falling, unable to return to sleep again
My Brain on Bedrest
September 15th, 2022 | by India Garms
This is where I finally got to cash in on my “Person-with-a-Uterus-Who-Wishes-to-Do-Away-With-It” Punch Card: I had already given birth (at 16, no less), I was married, I was 30. Tic-tac-toe, three in a row
Leave the Flags at Half-Staff
June 8th, 2022 | by Jen Bryant
Now that the weather is getting warmer, my son and I have been going for walks in the evening. After
“The Lack of Support Never Ends”: Notes on Nicole Lynn Lewis’s PREGNANT GIRL: A STORY OF TEEN MOTHERHOOD, COLLEGE, AND CREATING A BETTER FUTURE FOR YOUNG FAMILIES (Beacon, 2021)
November 15th, 2021 | by Katherine Arnoldi
First, let me be clear: I love this book. I want you to read it right now and then I
The Faces of Young Motherhood
April 26th, 2018 | by Jen Bryant
“The same story can be told a thousand times, but that doesn’t mean that it’s true.” This simple, powerful idea
Chasing Respectability
October 3rd, 2017 | by Jen Bryant
Recently, my sixteen year old son and I went out to dinner at a local pizza place. Homework-free evenings are