When boys become parents
Subtitle: adolescent fatherhood in America
By: Mark S. Kiselica.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780813543581
Subjects: Teenage fathers -- Counseling of -- United States; Teenage fathers -- Services for -- United States; Teenage fathers -- United States -- Life skills guides; Unmarried fathers -- United States
Genres: Life skills guides.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-257) and index.
Table of contents: title: The looming crisis America must confront; title: The sexual worlds of American teenagers from different eras and its impact on boys who become fathers; title: The characteristics and parenting behaviors of adolescent fathers : stereotypical versus accurate portraits; title: The service needs of adolescent fathers : addressing hardships and societal neglect; title: Helping teenage fathers : the process of engaging young fathers and assisting them with the transition to parenthood; title: Model programs and useful resources : comprehensive service projects, organizations, web sites, movies, and young-adult books pertaining to teenage fathers; title: Policy considerations : what America must do to prevent early fatherhood and help teenage boys who are fathers.