TOO YOUNG TO BE A DAD

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Synopsis

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Credits

Directed by Éva Gárdos

Written by Edithe Swensen

Kathy Baker Susan Freeman
Paul Dano Matt Freeman
Katie Stuart Francesca Howell
Bruce Davison Dan Freeman
Nigel Bennett Dr. Howell
Sherry Miller Juliana Howell
Terra Vanessa Kowalyk Alex Freeman

Synopsis

Matt Freeman is a freshman honor student and an all-around good kid. Everything seems perfect until he gets a fellow student pregnant. "Too Young to Be a Dad" is an emotional tale of teen pregnancy, told from the unique point of view of a young man and his parents.

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"You're beautiful, Pumpkin."

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Dr. Howell: "Homework all done?"
Francesca: "Hours ago."
Dr. Howell: "That's my good girl."

 
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"Well, I noticed her grades had slipped a little."

 
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" Hope, she's not smoking pot. Don't look so crushed - it's not like we didn't indulge a little."

 
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"Francesca's almost five months pregnant. Of course,this means she has to carry the baby to term."

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"None of us had any idea, Julianna."

 
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"Now what we've talked about with Francesca, Matt, is how much a baby needs love and stability. It's a full-time job, 24/7 every day of the year."

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"Now we think it wouldn't be fair to ask you and Francesca to try to provide this, and it wouldn't be fair to the baby either.

 
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" I'm willing to look after all the details. I'll find a private adoption agency, a good solid home."

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"And realistically, if we want to give our kids any chance of a fresh start, we should look for an out of state placement."

 
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" I need your approval here, Matt."

 

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" I don't think that's a good idea."

 
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"Well, I'm not trying to be unkind, Matt, but I don't think you and Francesca have anything to talk about."

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"I think not. Good-bye, Matt."

 
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" I thought we'd agreed that you weren't going to be here."

 
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"The baby is a normal healthy female, 9 on the Apgar scale, 6 pounds twelve ounces, twenty inches."

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"Labor was a little intense. That's to be expected in a fifteen-year-old. Francesca's exhausted."

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"She doesn't want to see you, Matt. I hope you won't take that personally."

 
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"She also chose not to hold the baby. I think this whole thing has hit her a lot harder than she realized."

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Dr. Howell: "The baby will stay in the nursery until she's handed over to her new parents by the hospital."
Matt: "Who are they?"
Dr. Howell: "They're a professional couple. He's an attorney, she's an architect."

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"That's what a closed adoption is, Matt. This is the hard part."

 
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"What's going on?"

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"He signed away his rights to the baby. She's under the guardianship of the adotpion agency now. I frankly think the hospital's going to take a very dim view of this."

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"No, he gave them up."

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"We had an agreement, Mrs. Freeman. Look, I know you love Matt as much as I love Francesca - why put him through this?"

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"He's fifteen years old. It's ridiculous."

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