Do adolescents take "Baby Think It Over" seriously?

Adolescence, Spring, 2004 by Jerrold E. Barnett, Cynthia S. Hurst

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Cynthia S. Hurst, St. Francis Hospital and Health Services, Life's Walk, Inc.

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