Great comic strip by Jerry Craft called “Teenage Pregnancy” I read it because my English teacher had us research different genres about our topics. So I came upon this comic strip and found it fascinating being that it seemed to realistic, starting with the fact that it has to do with adolescents and how immature they are because they seem to think that having a child is all fun and games! “News flash” it is not and I am speaking first hand with a bit of experience now being that my son can be a handful. The comic is well illustrated lots of detail in his drawings and his main character Yusuf who is sixteen is put through a life changing experience all with one full day with baby Kory. You see baby Kory’s mom is so drained from caring for baby Kory night and day that Yusuf’s mother decides to help her out but at the same chance uses the opportunity to teach her son Yusuf a lesson since he had been talking about having a baby around. As Kory’s mom sleeps on their couch Yusuf takes charge and does great for like an hour then realizes that Kory is a full time job, crying, feeding him, changing him, and playing with him! Yusuf was so drained out by the next morning that he admits to his mother that a child is too much of a responsibility for him, and that he was ready to wait a few more years before becoming a father. Despite the fact that it took Yusuf an actual interaction with a child for him to learn his lesson I still feel that may be one of the strongest ways that an adolescent would learn! Which is why I feel schools should do more to prevent teenage pregnancies; high schools should have a parenting course that informs them of disease caused from sexual intercourse, have mechanical babies programmed to cry, pee, and react to people that they can take home while it records their progress, and information about birth control and abstinence. If this was made mandatory I bet it would make a huge difference in the current rates of teenage pregnancy! If you all would like to see this comic strip on your own its on http://mamasboyz.com/comics/pregnancy.html.