That becomes an added complication for teen parents struggling to support a child. Jobwise, there's not really anything. The Pulaski County School Board looks at the statistics periodically, and school nurses and counselors talk about teen pregnancy regularly, but many believe more needs to be done. We have no plan in regard to pregnancy. We deal with it, then in August it happens all over.
Most experts agree that the way to end teen pregnancy is through community support.
While some health department and school-based programs exist, there isn't a community group working regularly to prevent teen pregnancy in Pulaski. Maybe it's to make the guy think something about them. As in other school systems around the region, Pulaski teens learn about birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and the difficulties of parenting. But somewhere along the way, the message gets clouded. They know where to get it.