Comments on: A peek inside Youville Centre

By: Zoom!

Zoom! — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:40:04 +0000

Excellent, thank you so much Julie! I don’t have a personal contact, so the main line’s the way to go.

By: coffeewithjulie

coffeewithjulie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:27:36 +0000

Zoom – Youville will be receiving those helpful learn-to-read Tag systems! If you have a contact there, pls email me directly. Otherwise, I’ll just call their main line and find the right person for the hand-off. Julie

By: zoom!

zoom! — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:01:46 +0000

Thanks Julie, I’ll do that!

By: coffeewithjulie

coffeewithjulie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:56:58 +0000

Hi Zoom – do you think the Youville Centre could benefit from a toy donation? I have LeapFrog learning toys available for donation on my blog — simply leave the name of the organization and they can be considered for the donation. Thanks for sharing the stories of these young women. Julie

By: zoom!

zoom! — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:12:55 +0000

Nat, I know, motherhood changes EVERYTHING. It’s a huge adjustment.

Felonius, thank you. He’s still my favourite creation, and always will be.

Julia, maybe I’m being naive, but I’d be surprised if very many babies came into being these days because of ignorance. I tend to think that girls these days have a lot more information than we did – and we knew where babies came from. They’ve got the internet and everything. I think kids might not have as much access to birth control as they need, or they might take chances because they underestimate the risk of pregnancy. But yes, I agree with you, ideally they would have complete access to information and to birth control at whatever age they want or need it.

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:40:13 +0000

I think the whole concept and execution of the Youville Centre is great and I am glad we have it. But shouldn’t as much energy be put into an ounce of prevention centre, where teen girls are taught how not to get pregnant in the first place? I am not talking about the teens who wanted to have a baby. I am talking about those did not intend to get pregnant, those who just wanted some love and affection and it turned into a baby. Not everybody who wants to have sex wants a baby too. I think we need be a lot more open and honest in what we tell our kids about sex and how it leads to babies. And I think we also need to be more honest in taking to them about their feelings about wanting sex and not avoid the truth that sex is great and it feels really good too. Especially when your hormones are raging in the first post-puberty years. Of course, I haven’t been to high school in a really long time so maybe they do talk that way these days. But I doubt it.

By: felonius bunk

felonius bunk — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:59:22 +0000

it’s interesting to compare your alleged disaster with fictional creation (allowing your subjective dismissal of any possible literary merit) with your literal creation (son), whom you sculpted quite wonderfully into an actual person – but you were so much better prepared for writing!

By: Nat

Nat — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:12:02 +0000

I think it’s really very important to share these sorts of stories. The money raised through United Way helps real people in need.

Like the rest of you, there is no way I could have handled having a baby as a teen. Heck, I could barely handle The Boy when I had him at 30. Glad these girls have somewhere they can turn to for help.