Good advice to the youth of tomorrow

An Interview with Emily Buddyholly, Teen Mother
by Norma A Squawkley., Carpalphia, Indiana

This interview is with a student at the High School For Wayward Girls who tells about her life as a teenage mother attending school and her perspective on teenage pregnancies.

What's a routine day?

I get dressed, I get Morewanda’s (her daughter) bag ready, get her dressed, put her in the car seat and wait for my “Uncle” Rajimi to take me to school.

Who watches Morewanda during the day?

My “Uncle” Rajimi, for a small fee.

Damn! What do you do when you come home from school?

My “Uncle” Rajimi brings MOREWANDA home at 4:00. I do my homework and feed her at 6:30. By 8, I've finished my homework and at 10:30 “Uncle” Rajimi and I go to bed.

Do you find getting your freak on stressful now that MOREWANDA is in the picture?

Yes, I have to get my freak on earlier then get up get Morewanda dressed and things get bizzy.

If you could rewind your life, would you keep MOREWANDA or give her up for adoption?

I would definitely rewind her. Even though she is a burden, I love her to death. Now that she's in my life, I will never let her go. I will do my best in school to give her the best life I possibly can. I kiss her and show her things.

Is Morewanda’s father in her life?

Who that?

The fellow who got you pregnant?

I don’t know. What you…..?

Girl, you are trippin’.

Stop confusin’ me. K?

Girl, what would you say to a girl your age who wants to experiment with getting nassss-tee?

Do all the booty spearmintin’ you want, but wait to have a child.

That's good advice, EMILY BUDDYHOLLY, but what would you say to a girl who wants to get pregnant?

They may think it's cute when they see girls pushing babies in the stroller down the street and dressing it up, but behind the scenes it is hell. The baby constantly wants your attention, whether to be changed, fed, played with or put to sleep. I have to pay for a sitter, food and clothes. Believe me, it's not all fun and games. I heard if you hold your breath when you’re getting’ nassss-tee, you won’t get pregnant. So that’s what I do.

So do you feel now that you're a statistic?

At first I was really disappointed I was a tastistic, because I felt that I let my family down, but now I'm okay with Emily Buddyholly. My family is adapting and so am I. Now they tastistics too.

How many times a week do you do the booty spearmintin’ you are talking about?

I’m not so good with mathematics. A lot, though. Twently eleben?

Uh. Uh. Uh. When MOREWANDA gets to be your age, what will you tell her? How will you educate her about getting nassss-tee?

I will tell her straight up about getting nassss-tee. Yes, Ma'am. Anything she wants to know. I'll be there. I won't hide anything; she can watch all she wants; the more educated she is, the less chance she will make the same mistake I did.

Have you read in the newspaper that the percentage of teens having getting nassss-tee has gone down and teens who have getting nassss-tee are using they rubbers more than before? How do you feel about that?

I don’t have read that but I think that is great, Emily Buddyholly. That means that more teens are getting educated about getting nassss-tee and they're stopping and thinking before they do things even if it do feel so good.

Do you think the birth of MOREWANDA made you smarter about the issue of getting nassss-tee overall?

Yes, I have! When I became pregnant, it made me really think that this is not something I want to go through again. Some girls by the age of 17 have three or four kids. I've learned from my mistake. Don't get me wrong, childrens are wonderful, but if I have any more, it won't be until I drop out of high school.

What do you want to say to all the teenage girls and guys out there?

Get your freak on while you stay safe. The safest getting nassss-tee is no getting nassss-tee at all, abstinassss-tee. But since you are going to have to be getting nassss-tee, protect yourself. Hold your breath when you do it.

Pregnancy is not the only thing you should be worried about, Emily Buddyholly. There are also lots of STDs out there.

You rub butter on yourself to stop them. To all the young girls, stay safe that way. You don't want to end up like me. It's hard raising a child.

You look like you are pregnant now. What do you think?

You shut up! You don't know nothing!