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In Mrs. Murray’s teen living class at SJHS, students were given flour sack babies to carry around and take care of. Teen living students took care of the flour sack babies from December 10th through the 14th. Ricky Moala and Andrew Lewis, ninth graders in Mrs. Murray's class, said, “The purpose of it is to show that it is hard to be a teen parent if teen pregnancy happens.” According to Mrs. Murray, while students are in class, they can set their baby on their desk, by their desk, or in a designated nursing area.
Each baby weighs 10 pounds. If a student gets assigned twins, each baby weighs five pounds. According to Andrew Lewis, each student has a daily log of what they have to do each day. Also, they have to wake up in the middle of the night to email Mrs. Murray saying they fed the baby, changed the baby, etc. According to Mrs Murray, another major goal for this assignment is to prevent child abuse.
“Students are responsible for the flour sack baby at all times. It is considered a newborn infant and can’t be left unattended,” Mrs. Murray said.