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First, to GShuster: I totally agree and would like to add that "walking the street" seems to suggest another thought about the possible new neighbors that's extremely unfair.

Working as A GED instructor in Providence for four years with teen mothers I found them to be good people, as good as they knew how to be to their children, but needing some support and new views outside their windows as they learn to live with a child, just like any young mother. True, they may be young women with experiences and backgrounds very different from ours, and I'm hearing some of you say that you'll be uncomfortable and unsure of what that will be like.

You people in that neighborhood have something really good to offer to others by the examples you display in your own lives, something that might be of value to others without you doing anything except what you already do every day - live. Do you believe your values are important? Can they be threatened if you feel secure inside yourselves? Can 4 or even 6 new neighbors be that much to fear, especially with the levels of staffing and supervision and expectations of following certain rules that they will have?

I hear you when you worry about what else "they" might bring in. But I have worked in many types of group homes, too, and even the most difficult ones (which house court-placed children) had very little impact on their neighbors. I really think that if you put forward the best in yourselves, you will be able to minimize and also work out whatever you might think could come your way.

Last comment: Angry about irresponsible parents, and money spent on "someone else's problems?" These girls' parents are water under the bridge now, but why blame or deny the children for their parents' ways? Please give yourselves and these girls an opportunity.

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