I put it in the closet, somewhere where I couldn't hear it. Carmel students Shina Oakes and Bryanna Galbearth also glimpsed the realities of being teen parents through the dolls. These negative experiences are just what Eileen Spangler, director of the Intercept program, is looking for. They are very strongly attracted to the idea of having the baby. And they don't like it.
Newton say the babies provide an invaluable lesson for teens caught between childhood and adulthood.
The result, teachers say, is kids are highly sexualized at younger ages. Decades ago, pregnancies at a middle school would have been unheard of. Gorman has had six since 1996. Their ability to connect actions to consequences is not in place. One way to show consequences is to put the computerized baby dolls in classrooms, Newton and Ingelido say.