Hi Kati, it would be hard to be young and have to take care of a baby. You know, I grew up not attractive and I sort of think it was a blessing. I came from a poor and uneducated family and now I have a Masters degree, married a wonderful educated man and live a really nice life. How was that related to what I looked like? I feel that if I would have been attractive a lot of boys would have been interested in me and because of that I don't think I would have gotten to where I am today. How could that be? If a lot of boys would have been interested in me it would have made my life more interesting and I probably wouldn't have escaped the small, isolated town that I grew up in. I probably would have gotten married early and not gotten anywhere in life like I eventually did.

The kids who are "it" in high school frequently top out close to there. The nerds and quiet kids in school are the ones who go way beyond that and go greater distances as adults.

It might be a blessing................