Presents a script for a 1-act play about a 17-year-old girl whose mother neglects her and her alcoholic absentee father. Relates how the protagonist, Tara, becomes pregnant by a classmate who she barely knows, and plans to leave home to raise her child alone after graduating high school. (PA)

A project completed the final draft of a script for a video that would present the realities of teen parenthood. The video was intended to show the social and economic problems teen parents encounter, the potential problems single parents must face, and the expectations of parenthood. Steps in the writing process included the following: interviews…