Observation: Manigault Park

*What is going on in the fieldsite
The fieldsite is very busy. There are alot of older and younger children playing on the playground while their parents are sitting on the nearby park benches. There are both young and older parents there, and I see a subtle separation between them. A few of the older parents sit on one side of the playground while the younger parents sit on the other side. There are exactly 5 teen mothers and 3 older mothers at the park.

*How do the members of the subculture interact with each other?
There is very limited interaction between the teen mothers in the park. They interact more with their kids moreso than with each other. When they do talk, it is no longer than ten minutes about playdates, work/school, and personal things. When they are not talking, majority of them are reading books by adult authors such as Zane.

Make a list of terminology used at the fieldsite with which you might me unfamiliar.
Certain hand gestures that the parents make to their children


What details, behaviors, surroundings, did you have questions about?
The separation between the older and younger parents
The limited interaction within the group of teen parents


*Find at least one person at your fieldsite you can speak to and ask them a question about something you observed that you didn't understand.
I asked one girl named Jessica about the separation of the older mothers and themselves and she said something about the older mothers looking down on them because they were teen mothers.