The Most Important Nine Months Video
Sam has presented this program to middle school and high school students for many years and it is now available online. He is passionate about giving students the information they need in order to make good decisions about becoming parents and having healthy babies.
This program deals with the causes and prevention of birth defects and mental retardation. It focuses on drug, alcohol, and tobacco abuse and the risks involved with becoming teenaged parents. The leading known cause of mental retardation in the U.S. today is alcohol abuse during pregnancy. The leading cause of all birth defects is “low birth weight babies” and teenage pregnancy is the leading cause of low birth weight.
Chapters:
- Introduction
- Decreasing the Risks
- How the Fetus Forms
- The 2:7 Rule (LBW)
- Causes of LBW
- "My friend said" stories
- Conclusion
