HOW?! and WHY?! are children having babies?

By Teresa Janz

As we focus on the bright side of life, we often forget that everything has two sides. One side  is generally less desirable than the other. This book is a challenge to briefly exam the darker side of what can be the lives of women and especially children. Can you relate to any of these situations?  I bet you can. What did you do about it then and now? Have your beliefs or responses changed any since then?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Release date: May 2, 2023
• ISBN: 9781977264596

Teresa Janz

As a survivor, a former teacher and career Registered Nurse in Critical Care, I’ve had occasion to acquaint myself with the darker side of humanity. My goal is to serve as a voice for those who have not yet found theirs.

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HOW?! and WHY?! are children having babies?

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to all those survivors of childhood sexual violence who are just now finding their voices.

DISCLAIMER

The situations described in this book are an amalgamation of situations encountered from over thirty-five years of experience in health care with 99 percent spent in the specialty of critical care. They do not refer to any one particular person or situation. Any names, times, dates, or places referred to in this book are purely fictitious and a product of the author’s imagination.

References to the Church does not relate to any specific belief system or denomination. It is being used in the most general sense to refer to any and all religious bodies of thought when considered as a single entity that significantly influences the human population.

Contents

You made your bed, now you can lie in it

A hug and a promise of protection

We only did it once

Just spreading his wild oats

Not my kids!

Conclusion

Endnotes

CHAPTER 1

"You made your bed,

now you can lie in it"

A horrendous noise suddenly interrupted Kelly’s blissful sleep. In a moment of chaotic confusion, her foghorn alarm clock catapulted her into the real world. Ugh, it was 4:00 a.m. and time to jump back onto the hamster wheel of life. She started the usual morning routine by embracing full consciousness, adorning herself with the so flattering scrubs that she had worn for years, grabbing a bagel and a strong cup of coffee, and bolting out the door. Another possible twelve-hour day loomed ahead of her. Actually, it would be a twelve-hour day only if she was lucky. Every day was a new adventure. No two were the same.

Kelly had been an obstetric/pediatric nurse for many, many years. At times, she felt as if she had seen it all. Even though young children’s issues tended to be more respiratory in nature, there were other issues that could be much more complicated. In times like those, age, gender, education, culture, socioeconomics, religion, and systemic factors came together to create the perfect storm. Add to this misogyny, chauvinism, hate, and racism, and you had a tsunami of a problem. The result was and is a collection of damaged and traumatized individuals. Sometimes the ground was or is littered with the corpses of women and children in particular. The victims were and are often treated as collateral damage as a result of life and living.

After punching in, Kelly proceeded to her work station. Getting report was always the first order of business. The patient assignments were made for the shift. For Kelly, today would prove to be a major challenge of her skills both professionally and personally. She had been assigned a ten-year-old child who had become pregnant as a result of