When Boys Become Parents : Adolescent Fatherhood in America /
Kiselica, Mark S.
When Boys Become Parents : Adolescent Fatherhood in America / Mark S. Kiselica. - 1 online resource (296 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Author’s Note -- 1. The Looming Crisis America Must Confront -- 2. The Sexual Worlds of American Teenagers from Different Eras and Their Impact on Boys Who Become Fathers -- 3. The Characteristics and Parenting Behaviors of Adolescent Fathers: Stereotypical versus Accurate Portraits -- 4. The Service Needs of Adolescent Fathers: Addressing Hardships and Societal Neglect -- 5. Helping Teenage Fathers: The Process of Engaging Young Fathers and Assisting Them with the Transition to Parenthood -- 6. Model Programs and Useful Resources: Comprehensive Service Projects, Organizations, Web Sites, Movies, and Young-Adult Books Pertaining to Teenage Fathers -- 7. Policy Considerations: What America Must Do to Prevent Early Fatherhood and Help Teenage Boys Who Are Fathers -- Notes -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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After school specials about teenage pregnancy abound. Whether in television or in society, the focus tends toward young girls coping with all of the emotional and physical burdens of pregnancy but rarely is the perspective of the teenage fathers portrayed. In this informative book, Mark S. Kiselica draws on his many years of counseling teenage fathers to offer a compassionate look at the difficult life circumstances and the complicated hardships these young men experience. He dispels many of the myths surrounding teenage fatherhood and shows that, contrary to popular belief, these young men are often emotionally and physically involved in relationships with their partner and their child. But without support and guidance from adults, these relationships often deteriorate in the first year of the child-'s life. Kiselica offers advice for how professionals and policy makers can assist these young men and improve services for them. When Boys Become Parents provides a moving portrait of teenage fathers to any reader who wants to understand and help these young men to become more competent and loving parents during their journey to adulthood.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813543581 9780813545790
10.36019/9780813545790 doi
Teenage fathers--Counseling of--United States.
Teenage fathers--Counseling of--United States.
Teenage fathers--Life skills guides--United States.
Teenage fathers--Services for--United States.
Teenage fathers--Services for--United States.
Teenage fathers--United States--Life skills guides.
Unmarried fathers--United States--United States.
Unmarried fathers--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
When Boys Become Parents : Adolescent Fatherhood in America / Mark S. Kiselica. - 1 online resource (296 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Author’s Note -- 1. The Looming Crisis America Must Confront -- 2. The Sexual Worlds of American Teenagers from Different Eras and Their Impact on Boys Who Become Fathers -- 3. The Characteristics and Parenting Behaviors of Adolescent Fathers: Stereotypical versus Accurate Portraits -- 4. The Service Needs of Adolescent Fathers: Addressing Hardships and Societal Neglect -- 5. Helping Teenage Fathers: The Process of Engaging Young Fathers and Assisting Them with the Transition to Parenthood -- 6. Model Programs and Useful Resources: Comprehensive Service Projects, Organizations, Web Sites, Movies, and Young-Adult Books Pertaining to Teenage Fathers -- 7. Policy Considerations: What America Must Do to Prevent Early Fatherhood and Help Teenage Boys Who Are Fathers -- Notes -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
After school specials about teenage pregnancy abound. Whether in television or in society, the focus tends toward young girls coping with all of the emotional and physical burdens of pregnancy but rarely is the perspective of the teenage fathers portrayed. In this informative book, Mark S. Kiselica draws on his many years of counseling teenage fathers to offer a compassionate look at the difficult life circumstances and the complicated hardships these young men experience. He dispels many of the myths surrounding teenage fatherhood and shows that, contrary to popular belief, these young men are often emotionally and physically involved in relationships with their partner and their child. But without support and guidance from adults, these relationships often deteriorate in the first year of the child-'s life. Kiselica offers advice for how professionals and policy makers can assist these young men and improve services for them. When Boys Become Parents provides a moving portrait of teenage fathers to any reader who wants to understand and help these young men to become more competent and loving parents during their journey to adulthood.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813543581 9780813545790
10.36019/9780813545790 doi
Teenage fathers--Counseling of--United States.
Teenage fathers--Counseling of--United States.
Teenage fathers--Life skills guides--United States.
Teenage fathers--Services for--United States.
Teenage fathers--Services for--United States.
Teenage fathers--United States--Life skills guides.
Unmarried fathers--United States--United States.
Unmarried fathers--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.