How to Balance School and a Child



Balancing a child and school could be extremely overwhelming. You will constantly be behind on work or maybe close to not even finishing it. You will have long night and early mornings for about 3 years and for anyone that could be stressful. Like I said before some teenagers may not have help from their parents so when it comes time to come to school teens usually drop out. Statistics have proven that about 70 percent of teenagers drop out of high school due to an unplanned pregnancy. 70% is more than half!!! So you see we have to make a difference.

            From personal experience I can tell you there is a way out. Every county has their social services department. In your social services department you are able to go to the child care services department. The person at the front desk will take you and your child’s information such as social security cards and birth certificates to prove that you are the legal guardian. Once you sign all the paper and documents that are needed you will then meet your child care advisor. You advisor will explain to you all the possible ways you can receive a voucher. A voucher is a document saying that you are given free daycare from the government. The only possible ways of receiving a vouchers is if you’re a full time student with no income, or if you do have income but it is not enough to pay for child care services. Once that information is calculated up you will receive a voucher and review the possible daycares you will like to put your child in.

            If you would like more information you can visit these possible sites according to your county.

·         http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/government/socservices/  (Guilford county)

·         http://www.co.forsyth.nc.us/dss/  (Forsyth County)

·         http://www.co.davidson.nc.us/DSS/  (Davidson county)