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Viviane Dalles

Vicenzo has a temperature, and Stacy had to wait three hours to see the doctor. She is worried and has called her mother. Hellemmes.

Vicenzo has a temperature, and Stacy had to wait three hours to see the doctor. She is worried and has called her mother. Hellemmes.

Teenage Motherhood
France   www.vivianedalles.com

In 2014, there were five thousand juvenile mothers in France. They dropped out of school to build a new life, caught between the turmoil of their teenage years and the happiness of motherhood. For these mothers, a baby can offer a life, a future. Some are single parents, others are with the father. The young mother is legally entitled to keep the child, even if the father or her family do not wish her to. The attitude of outside onlookers is often one of disapproval.