• Pezevenk [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I read this first as less 15 to 19 year olds being born and I was like wow, is it otherwise common in America for women to give birth to teens?

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Honestly the American cultural fascination with high school would make much more sense if people were born as teens over there.

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        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I've also heard the theory that High School is a person's first taste of semi-autonomy and is remembered fondly because high schoolers are yet to feel burdens like work and student loans (in theory).

          But I still don't get why high school is much more of a thing over there than in other parts of the West.

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      4 years ago

      Not as much anymore, but even in the 80s and 90s, about 15% of babies in America were born to teen mothers.