Problem
Drawing on your reading from Maria Kefalas's "Promises I Can Keep" answer the following questions in an essay format:
1. Describe the lives of many of the girls in the study before they became pregnant. Did having children change the lives for many of these young mothers. If so, how?
2. Many conservative pundits and politicians cite the "war on marriage" and wage expensive and intensive campaigns to renew heterosexual marriage. Is it true that the poor have given up on the idea of marriage? What factors have contributed to the decline or postponement of marriage in poor, urban communities?
3. Discuss the role of economic inequality in the choices made by Jen and her peers.