PORTFOLIO: Teenage motherhood, France: Teenagemotherhood_15_DAV2011_1301_D01_15

Laurine is an only child and lives with her father in the town of Fourmies. Her mother abandoned her at the age of two. She was 14 weeks pregnant by the time she realized it. It was too late to terminate the pregnancy and she wanted to keep the baby and not give him up for adoption. She was supported by her father throughout the pregnancy, and also by her godmother who went with her to all the appointments at the maternity clinic. The father of the child, her boyfriend at the time, refused to acknowledge paternity. She and her son Thiméo now live with her father in a public housing apartment in FourmiesI’m still only a kid.Laurine is about to turn 18 and would like to complete her schooling to get her CAP certificate qualifying for employment in sales. She would also like to get a driving license and find an apartment for herself and her son.Thiméo was born on September 22, 2014. Laurine and her son live with her father in a public housing apartment in Fourmies.

Laurine is an only child and lives with her father in the town of Fourmies. Her mother abandoned her at the age of two. She was 14 weeks pregnant by the time she realized it. It was too late to terminate the pregnancy and she wanted to keep the baby and not give him up for adoption. She was supported by her father throughout the pregnancy, and also by her godmother who went with her to all the appointments at the maternity clinic. The father of the child, her boyfriend at the time, refused to acknowledge paternity. She and her son Thiméo now live with her father in a public housing apartment in FourmiesI’m still only a kid. 

Laurine is about to turn 18 and would like to complete her schooling to get her CAP certificate qualifying for employment in sales. She would also like to get a driving license and find an apartment for herself and her son. 

Thiméo was born on September 22, 2014. Laurine and her son live with her father in a public housing apartment in Fourmies.