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Re:Let's End Adolescence by jimbokun on Sunday November 09, 2008 @08:08PM (#358697)
You know, a teenage mother raised a man who was just elected to the most powerful position on Earth.

Anecdotal, yes. But your comment relies on a stereotype. How do we know that teenage mothers do not quickly start maturing from the point they become teenage mothers, relative to their peers? They almost have no choice.

(I say that knowing of some concrete counter-examples to what I just argued. But that's just anecdotes, too.)

Re:Let's End Adolescence by dgabriel on Monday November 10, 2008 @10:43AM (#359282)
Unfortunately, Obama is an exceptional case, and the research does not back you up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_pregnancy#Impact_on_the...

Re:Let's End Adolescence by diN0bot on Monday November 10, 2008 @11:19PM (#360205)
Furthermore, correlation does not imply causation. There are many factors at play, including the correlation that many teenage mothers are also single mothers.
Re:Let's End Adolescence by thras on Monday November 10, 2008 @11:26AM (#359336)
Actually, her mother was the one who raised him. Barack's mother ditched him with her parents so that she could live with her husband and daughter in Indonesia.
Re:Let's End Adolescence by Alex3917 on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @09:21AM (#360525)
Not until he was in fifth grade.