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Rose had always been a responsible young lady. She was community-minded, helping to build houses with Habitat for Humanity, and did her part to recycle paper and plastic to preserve the environment. She was exceptionally compassionate to the elderly, spending half the day on Saturdays delivering “meals on wheels” to homebound senior citizens. She had always been an exceptional student and had recently been chosen to tutor others who were having difficulty grasping algebra and geometry. Rose was selected to be a foreign exchange student and represent her school and community. She planned to go to college, and gathered community service points whenever she could. She had had one steady boyfriend, who excelled in both academics and sports. For Christmas the previous year she had sold crafts at a local craft fair in order to purchase a much-needed clothes dryer for her parents.

Rose had always made good decisions with forethought and planning, which is why it was such a shock when she told her parents she was five months pregnant. Rose planned on having the baby and did not want anyone to attempt to persuade her to end the pregnancy, which is why she waited so long before confiding her news. Her steady boyfriend was not ready for the constraints of marriage, and certainly not for fatherhood, so Rose came into therapy for guidance and support. Her parents accompanied her, wanting to know how this could have happened to such a responsible girl, who knew everything about abstinence, birth control and safe sex. The answer did little to lighten their burden, but it was the only answer there was: “Your daughter is only seventeen, and seventeen-year-olds do not make consistently good decisions.”