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DREAMS DEFERRED
When Langston Hughes wrote his famous poem “A Dream Deferred,” in which he posed the question “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” he may not have been referring to teen moms—but he could have been. When it comes to the family dynamic of teenage parenthood, there are many dreams that remain unrealized; the dreams of both the parents and the children.