The food pyramid is used when deciding what to eat, and rarely to never do the meals go unbalanced. Another advantage of attending an alternative program is that the students are in touch with many services such as counseling. An on-site health nurse is often available to keep the babies as healthy as possible. Accessibility to other services, such as WIC and financial help, is more easily obtainable through the schools. If a student is in need of housing or clothing, the schools have contacts that can set them up with this kind of help.
Family planning is talked about and offered, too.
Many of the students whom I ve known that have attended these programs have been thankful that they were available. They recognized the programs for the fact that they made it through school with little trouble. The statistic show that only 7 in 10 teenage mothers finish high school, and are less likely to go on to college then their peers. Pregnant or teenage parents who are not finished with school are starting alternative programs which better fit their lifestyle. Inc. PageWise makes no representations about the content published on this site.