Teen pregnancy and parenting
Subtitle: social and ethical issues
By: edited by James Wong and David Checkland.
Contributors: Checkland, David, 1951-; Wong, James, 1955-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Teenage mothers -- Canada; Teenage parents -- Canada; Teenage mothers -- Canada -- Case studies; Teenage mothers -- Services for -- Canada; Mères adolescentes -- Canada; Parents adolescents -- Canada; Mères adolescentes -- Canada -- Cas, Études de; Mères adolescentes, Services aux -- Canada
Genres: Case studies.; Cas, Études de.
Description: "Teen pregnancy and parenting are widely considered to be a social problem. These original essays, arising from a conference at Ryerson Polytechnic University, explore the many factors affecting how Canadian society responds to, and creates, the phenomenon of teen parenting. The contributors bring expertise from diverse disciplines, including education, social work, sociology, history, and philosophy, to address matters of social policy on the issue."--BOOK JACKET.

"The study's new findings, the interdisciplinary approach, and the Canadian focus make this unique gathering of facts and ideas an essential resource for students of sociology, health and women's studies, philosophy, urban youth culture, and public policy."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / James Wong and David Checkland; title: Teen parenting and Canadians' values / Suzanne Peters; title: What do we know about unmarried mothers? / Susan Clark; title: Day-to-day ethical issues in the care of young parents and their children / Miriam Kaufman; title: 'On my own': a new discourse of dependence and independence from teen mothers / Linda Davies, Margaret McKinnon, and Prue Rains; title: A critical feminist perspective on teen pregnancy and parenthood / Deirdre M. Kelly; title: Teenage pregnancy : social construction? / Ian Hacking; title: How should we live? Some reflections on procreation / Kathryn Pyne Addelson; title: The construction of teen parenting and the decline of adoption / Lea Caragata; title: Changing high-risk policies and programs to reduce high-risk sexual behaviours / Maureen Jessop Orton; title: A round-table discussion of teen parenting as a social and ethical issue; title: On choice, responsibility, and entitlement; title: David Checkland and James Wong.