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Teen Births: Nearly One-Half To Hispanics

by Magaly Olivero | Jan 25, 2012 12:30pm
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Tony Bacewicz photo Yanisha Claudio, 15, of Hartford, tenderly swaddled three-week-old Jordan, hoping he wouldn’t wake up. “He was crying until four o’clock in the morning,” said the weary Bulkeley High School freshman.

It’s been a tough year for Claudio, whose boyfriend broke up with her after a trip to the emergency room confirmed she was more than five months pregnant. At home for now, Claudio juggles the demands of being a mother and a student with help from a daily tutor, a case worker who visits weekly, and the baby’s grandmother, a former teen mother herself.

“I never thought this would happen to me,” said Claudio. “I don’t know anything about being a mother.”

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