Teen parenting [electronic resource] / Laurie Willis, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (96 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map. - Issues that concern you Gale eBooks . - Issues that concern you. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

9780737764611 (electronic book)


Teenage parents.
Teenage pregnancy.

HQ759.64 / .T417 2012

306.85/6