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Teenage pregnancy. (1970)

1970 · Short film · 16 min

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The discovery that a teenager is pregnant brings emotional upheaval to every member of the family. The family doctor provides a source of advice and comfort. From the Family Life Education and Human Growth series Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Shows that a teenage daughter's pregnancy brings emotional and psychological upheavel to the entire family.

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★★★★ · Easy Remedy · JayKay49 · 2017-09-20

Do what my buddy's sister and parents did: Have Mom walk around with a pillow under her dress for a few months, and make like the pregnant daughter went off to Sweden as an exchange student thing for the next 6 months (actually, she was sent to "Alma" aka "the home." When the baby comes, it is raised as if it's Mom's baby. And nobody knows nothing. Sister's back, blabs about "school in Sweden", etc. Nobody's embarrassed. My buddy found out 40 years later, that he was not his older sister's brother - no...he was her son. A brief period of anger and a week later he was basically all right. It…

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