Teen-Age Pregnancy: Fear and Loneliness

I’ve been thinking about the young girl who gave birth in the bathroom at Santiago High School. You see, I was a teen mother too.

I remember how scared I was until I told someone. It’s awful. My school nurse helped me get into the Teen Mother Program in Garden Grove. There, I met almost 50 other girls like me and I wasn’t so afraid and alone anymore.

Some schools districts have programs for us girls, some don’t; I wish they all did. It’s so scary to be alone and pregnant. I cry when I think about that girl. I know she’s not a bad person. Just scared and lonely like I was.

Please send my letter to the girl. She needs love now.

A LUCKY TEEN MOTHER

The Times’ policy is not to run unsigned letters to the editor, but this case is an exception.