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Learn From My Mistakes! 5 Things Someone Should Have Told Me About Parenting While Going To School

As my time in school comes to a close, I'm reflecting on the lessons I've learned over the past two and a half years. This definitely won't be the last post on the subject. Check it out below: [imagebrowser id=4] … [Continue reading...]

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My Life As A Grad Student Told Through Gifs

When I see 17-year-old childless undergraduates coming: When I have to be partnered with them for a project: When I run out of my snack only 10 minutes into class: What I'm really doing on my laptop during class (well, only sometimes ;) When someone asks me to explain my blog during class: When I get an A on one of my papers:   … [Continue reading...]

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{Student Mama} Just Let Me Graduate Already

I've reached that point I think every students hits at some point or another—Am I ever going to graduate and be done with this degree??????? Originally, I wanted to graduate in May 2012. It's a standard two-year program, so why not? Then since it looked like I wouldn't have my thesis done on time, I pushed it to August. Then December 2012. Now my advisor is thinking it's best if I take my … [Continue reading...]

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{YML Voices} Homework And The Married Mom

by Andria Chappell Ok, so now I am in the home stretch of finally finishing my B.S. in Social Psychology. Four more classes to go! Psychology was not my first pick of degree plans. I’m science geek at heart, but I have to make do with what I have and I am determined to make the best of it. Sometimes I sit and think, do I really want to know why societies as individuals do the things that … [Continue reading...]

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{VIDEO} Watch The First “Young Mom Summit”: Student Moms Talk About Juggling School, Work and Family

My goal in 2012 is to do more things that scare me, that push me out of my comfort zone. So that means more video. I prefer the anonymity of the keyboard, I like letting the words on the screen represent me. But as YML continues to grow, I realize I won't be able to hide forever. So two weeks ago, I asked four of my student-parent friends to participate in the first Young Mom Summit. Powered by … [Continue reading...]

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{Ask YML} Motherhood Is Keeping Me From My Dreams

It's been a while since the last "Ask YML" feature, but this young mom reached out to me and I know for a fact that her experience will resonate with a lot of you.  Dear YML,I NEED HELP! I do not know what to do anymore, I have been a single mom for 6 years. I want to go back to school and get a degree in Pharmacy and Naturopathic health, but it is impossible for me to get support raising my … [Continue reading...]

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No, Your School Can’t Kick You Out Because You’re Pregnant

A charter school in northeast Louisiana is under investigation due to its school "pregnancy policy." Not a new policy (the draft I saw said 2006), it basically says that pregnant students at their school have no rights whatsoever: If an administrator or teacher suspects a student is pregnant, a parent conference will be held. The school reserves the right to require any female student to take a … [Continue reading...]

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{SIGN THE PETITION} Stop Discriminating Against Pregnant Students

YML reader and teen parent advocate Natasha Vianna (also one of my good friends) started this petition after reading about the pregnancy policy at Delhi Charter School. (See my take on it here.) Read on for her explanation as to why she put this petition together and how her experiences as a teen mom pushed her to advocate for others:  by Natasha Vianna As a former teen mom, I know how … [Continue reading...]

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