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Mayor Bloomberg, stop shaming teen parents

Whatever choices women make at work and in life, those choices are easier if they delay child-bearing.

Whatever choices women make at work and in life, those choices are easier if they delay child-bearing. Having a kid while you are a still a teenager can seriously curtail your options. Which is why it is good news that American teen-pregnancy rates are at historic lows! The rate of teen pregnancy has been falling since 1991 and dropped again dramatically in the last four years.

So, I must ask, why in the world, as the crisis is abating and fewer teens are facing the challenges of early child-rearing would the city of New York spend $400,000 on a campaign to publicly shame teen parents? That's why this week's letter goes to the man who signed off on that campaign.

Credit: NYC Human Resources Administration
Credit: NYC Human Resources Administration