Examines the emotional consequences of foster care, focusing on the experiences of three generations of one inner-city family with the child welfare system.
Presents a guide for teenage parents on the first month of a newborn baby's life, providing information on breastfeeding, keeping the baby comfortable, dealing with tiredness, and more.
Fourteen-year-old LaVaughn, trying to earn the money for college, takes a job caring for the two children of Jolly, a single teenage mom, and must find the courage to make the right decision for all of them after Jolly is fired.
This book discusses the experience of becoming a teenage parent, exploring such areas as physical and emotional changes in the mother, basic child care, discipline, caregivers, and financial planning.
Discusses adoption as an option for pregnant young women who do not have the resources to parent well, exploring how such a solution could affect the birthmother, the child, and the father.
Discusses practical aspects of becoming a teenage mother, including what to do, how to do it, where to go for help, and what should be known about such topics as budgeting and baby care.
