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When boys become parents : adolescent fatherhood in America / Mark S. Kiselica.
LIBRA HQ756.7 .K58 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kiselica, Mark S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage fathers--Counseling of--United States.
- Teenage fathers.
- Teenage fathers--Services for--United States.
- Teenage fathers--United States--Life skills guides.
- Unmarried fathers--United States.
- Unmarried fathers.
- Teenage fathers--Services for.
- Teenage fathers--Counseling of.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Life skills guides.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 263 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- The looming crisis America must confront
- The sexual worlds of American teenagers from different eras and its impact on boys who become fathers
- The characteristics and parenting behaviors of adolescent fathers : stereotypical versus accurate portraits
- The service needs of adolescent fathers : addressing hardships and societal neglect
- Helping teenage fathers : the process of engaging young fathers and assisting them with the transition to parenthood
- Model programs and useful resources : comprehensive service projects, organizations, web sites, movies, and young-adult books pertaining to teenage fathers
- Policy considerations : what America must do to prevent early fatherhood and help teenage boys who are fathers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813543584
- 9780813543581
- OCLC:
- 182662607
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