In Lubbock, Texas, some neighborhoods have teen pregnancy rates that are 10 times higher than the national average. A local news station interviewed some local teen dads to get their perspective on what it's like to be a teenaged parent.

"T, like many other dads, balances fatherhood with work - a challenge he says he had no idea was so difficult. 'If you're having a kid right now and you're very young, get ready to stay up, all through the night,' T said. 'It's frustrating but you gotta stick in there, you gotta hang in there. You gotta know that you put yourself in that position, so take care of it,' T added."

Though T, whose full name is Travore, is still with his baby's mother, he's the exception. Eight out of 10 teenage dads don't stick around. All the teen parents interviewed agreed that if they knew then what they know now, they would have done things differently - either using protection when having sex or waiting to have sex until they were older. Source: NewsChannel 11 - Lubbock, TX

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