1. A Baby... Maybe?
Why are American high schools giving dolls out to their teenage students?
The answer is simple. They It sounds easy, doesn't it? In fact they are so clever that
are worried about teenage However, these are special they also record the response
pregnancy. The number of computerized dolls. of the person who picks them
teenage girls who get up, so it is possible to hear if
pregnant in the USA is They contain computer the person is angry or not.
increasing rapidly. programs which cause them
to cry at random intervals. Most schools say that the
Many teenagers do not teenagers enjoy having the
realize what it is like to have They cry during the day and dolls though they are
a baby until they have one. the night (as loudly as a real normally extremely happy
They admit that they baby). when they can return them.
thought babies were easy
to care for. The only way to stop them After they had had the dolls
crying is to hold them for for three days, most of the
Schools want teenagers to twenty minutes. This is as long students said they wanted to
THINK before they have as the time you need to feed wait a long time to have
children. They cry during the a real baby. children.
day and the night.
These dolls also record how
They are giving these dolls many minutes they cry
to both boys and girls who before someone picks them
have to look after them for up.
three days.