Second Time Around

How did her second child affect her progress?

      Precious second child affected her progress in many ways. Since the birth of her first child Precious was still stuck in the environment of abuse and didn’t have a window of opportunity that she has with the second child. In the beginning of the book she was pregnant with Abdul it was just another setup for failure, but the Principle Mrs. Lichtenstein used her second pregnancy as a way to punisher her by kicking out of public school and gave her the opportunity to start in a program Each One Teach One, that would benefit Precious’s situation. Abdul was a blessing in disguise not only did she get transferred to a program for her needs but she met people that she could relate too which opened her eyes to see that she isn’t the only one with an abusive background. She was now was able to accept her past for what it is and she now knows she can make something for herself and Abdul’s future. With her second child arriving Precious was more ambition wanting to learn the ABC’s, being able to read and write.

     Not only did Precious progress in school but she was breaking the cycle of abuse! She wanted to be a loving mother to Abdul something that her mother wasn’t was never for her. Her whole childhood she learned from example by only her environment at home by her mother, but now that she was in Halfway House, incest support group and Each One Teach One, she had new role models to learn how to react/act to others. Precious’s second child is what gave her that PUSH to change and not become another statistic.