Research

I then gatherd a range of articles and information, i highlighted and underline all the infromation that i found relevent. I was shocked by what i had found out. I started this project with the idea of showing the journey that young parents go through and the daily stigma they have to deal with but after researching indepth i realised the issue is alot bigger than this and my idea is starting to develop. I found out that it wasn't just the general public but professionals such as midwifes and doctors were also treating young mothers differently and in some situations had physically abused and verbally abused them. I also found that the fathers of the children are never thought of in the same way as the mother, the mums get called names but the fathers get away with it and in nearly all cases the abuse was all aimed at the mother of the child. I also found that there are a few campaigns out there that are trying to get respect for you mums and one of these is http://prymface.yolasite.com/ which was a website set up and has lots of stories,facts and intresting links to explore.

After doing all this research i am now thinking of making this a wider scale thing and starting to look at professionals in the workplace treating young mothers differently and trying to do a mini campaign to gain respect for young mothers. I think i want to do a big poster with images of young parents and there children and something along the lines of "Respect for Young Mums" but make it more snappy. Then they will either be holding a sign with it or i will digitally place it on. I will also interview the parents and do some animations with them in order to portray the truth and there horrific stories. To top that of i want to do something to show the facts as i have found that the facts that everyone assumes such as "They just want a concil house" and "BENEFITS" are total lies and the facts prove this therefore in some way (possibly a book) i want a true and a false section and then the facts down each side but im still unsure how im going to present this in order for the message to get across easily.

I also find interesting the idea that in the past it was okay to have a baby young and there was none of this stigma around it that there is today so the image at the top really stood out to me as a campaign i could do. It is also ironic that the facts say that there were alot more teenage parents in the past than there are today!