Teen Mothers

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Take the cup to the toilet

to pee, then bring it back.

"TEEN MOTHERS"

LUANA, AGE 15,

- Was it planned?

- Yeah.

Planned?

You wanted it?

Are your parents alive?

Only my mother,

my father passed away.

DR. ELISABETH ROEDER,

OBSTETRICIAN:

What did he die of?

He was a drug dealer,

he died 13 years ago.

- What was he?

- Drug dealer.

Oh, drug dealer, I see.

Was he murdered?

Do you live with your mother?

Brothers and sisters?

- Four sisters.

- Sisters!

We're five girls.

Are you the oldest,

or the middle one?

The oldest.

How old is the youngest?

Five.

Like it?

Fun, isn't it?

I like this one best.

This baby suit.

There are trousers,

blouses and baby suits...

I like this one too.

A friend of my mother's

gave them to me.

Her daughter is 2 months old

and she gave them to me.

They're in this dream world,

but I told them, it 's not a doll...

ANTONIZIA, LUANA'S MOTHER

it 's reality.

I had her when I was 23,

look how old she'll be...

when she has her first child?

What does she know

about being a mother?

His mother even asked me:

"Are you having an abortion?"

A 15 year-old girl having an abortion,

it 's absurd!

But regrettably that 's what

his mother suggested to me.

I told her she's lucky

I'm a church goer, and even...

if I weren't I'd never do that,

but you're lucky...

I'm a church goer or I'd kick

you out the way you deserve.

I hope it 's a boy.

I always wanted a boy.

EVELIN, AGE 13,

It 's great living here...

EVELIN'S MOTHER

in spite of the violence.

But what are we supposed to do?

I can't afford to go somewhere else,

we have to live here...

putting our lives at risk,

at every moment.

But Rocinha has been

a good place to live...

a lot of peace.

Look at the view.

I still can't believe she's pregnant,

I lie awake...

thinking how I wish

this hadn't happened...

hoping for a better future

for my daughter...

to finish school,

find a decent job...

go to university one day,

but she stopped studying...

she doesn't feel like it.

Her father was very strict

about letting her go out...

but she kept bugging him,

asking her stepmother...

and they ended up letting her go

with her friends to funk parties.

And there are all sorts there,

none of them any good.

I met him at a party on 1st Street.

And since he lives...

up here, we started seeing

each other, chatting.

And that 's how it started,

he kept asking me out.

He gave me this, when he used

to work for the drug dealers.

These letters are made out of gold,

it 's got my name.

Most of the girls only like them

because they're criminals...

and have guns,

guns and money.

I didn't like him like that...

it was love at first sight

and I liked him.

I felt I had to be with him,

he's so cute, I don't know...

he's just really cool.

That was it.

But he got out, thank god, and now

he's looking for a regular job.

The drug dealers

didn't want him to quit...

they told him that

if he quit they'd kill him.

So I went there with him,

and he talked to the guy...

who said okay,

and let him get out.

I used to like hanging out

on the street with my friends...

playing with dolls.

We met here in the neighbourhood,

on the street...

I started noticing her and

approached her straight away...

EDILENE, AGE 14, 7 MONTHS PREGNAN I took away her virginity...

so this whole thing

was only with me.

ALEX, AGE 21

I'm very gentle with him

and he is with me.

We dated for 6 months, then split

up and afterwards I got pregnant.

I'm only staying here

till the baby comes.

Because he's got another

woman who's pregnant.

I've never been a father before,

this is the first time...

and twice.

It 's not just me in the wrong,

she's wrong too, you know why?

Because she loved me,

she still does...

and she was playing hard to get,

not coming back to me...

because of all

her friends' gossiping.

I said:
"Edilene, come back

to me because I love you."

I did everything to get her back,

but she wouldn't, didn't want to.

I hounded her and she

wouldn't come back. So I started...

working and got another girlfriend

in order to try to forget her.

So after a little, while she said

her period was late...

and she was pregnant.

Then the other girl also...

got pregnant,

but still I came back to Edilene.

I dreamed of studying,

of finishing my studies...

and joining the navy.

JOICE, AGE 16, 6 MONTHS PREGNAN Only that 's no longer possible.

Because they won't

take married women...

or if you have a child.

I've liked him ever since

he came to live here.

He asked my father

if we could go out.

But after all this happened,

me getting pregnant...

the other girl also got pregnant.

And then we split up,

but I'm trying to forget him.

I don't know whether it 's

because of the way we split up...

but it sure hurts.

Young kids today, they have

a kid and walk out on it...

JOICE'S FATHER

have anotherand walk out on that.

The father and mother have

to keep it and somehow get by.

If no one punishes them,

they'll never stop.

They'll keep doing the same

nonsense and fooling around.

I was talking to a judge who

told me it 's a serious matter.

It 's a serious matter because

she's a minor and he's an adult.

And the law says whether

it was by consent or not...

it was attempted sexual

assault, you see?

I have an appointment.

This is your baby's face, see?

The mouth and nose.

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