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Title:

Teen parenting [eBook] / Laurie Willis, book editor.

Format:

[eBook] /

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

1 online resource (96 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map.

Subject:

Teenage parents.
Teenage pregnancy.

Other Authors:

Willis, Laurie, editor.
Gale Group.

Notes:

Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Being teen parents is challenging / Melissa Daly -- Being a teen mother is particularly challenging for Latinas / Betty Cortina -- Being a teen father is challenging / Wendy Grossman -- Children of teen parents are disadvantaged / Denise Rinaldo -- Babies of teen fathers are born with greater health challenges / Jane Bainbridge -- Telling the family is a challenge for teen parents / Joanna Gregson -- Teen fathers face social stigmas / Mark S. Kiselica -- Teen parents are helping in school programs to discourage teen pregnancy / Sharon Jayson -- TV teen parenting shows are realistic / Jennifer Grant -- TV teen parenting shows ignore pregnancy prevention / Liz Goodwin.

Summary:

Explores the issues surrounding teen parenting. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.

Series:

Issues that concern you
Gale virtual reference library

ISBN:

0737764619
9780737764611 (electronic book)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)761846253

Locations:

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)