teenage parents

A fifteen-year-old girl who is pregnant decides she wants to keep her baby, not realizing how much harder it will be than caring for her beloved Daisy Doll.

Provides pregnant teens with information on abortion, adoption, prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum care, and newborn care. Includes sources of help and directories of additional resources.

Contains eleven essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to teen parenting.

Four stories of teen parents accompanied by exercises providing practice for the reader in writing checks and in meeting the real challenges of living within a tight budget.

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.

Discusses life as a teenage parent, the costs to society, future goals of public policy on the topic, alternatives to becoming a teenage parent, and programs to help teens make the transition to parenthood.

High school senior Jeff Browning is upset when he learns that his girlfriend is pregnant, and determined not to let a baby ruin his plans to go to college on a debate scholarship, but his feelings change after the baby is born.

Contains twenty-four articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to teen pregnancy and parenting, addressing questions about whether sex education reduces teenage pregnancy, if popular culture contributes to teen pregnancy, the challenges faced by teenage parents, and whether parental consent should be required.

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.