Routledge Advances in Health and Social Teen Pregnancy and Parenting: Rethinking the Myths and Misperceptions, (Paperback)

<p>Whether glamorised or stigmatised, teenage parenthood is all too often used to stand for a host of social problems, and empirical research results ignored. Identifying core controversies surrounding teen pregnancy and parenting, this book resolves misperceptions using findings from large-scale, longitudinal, and qualitative research studies from the US and other Western countries. </p> <p>Summarising the evidence and integrating it with a systems perspective, the authors explore ten prevalent myths about teenage parents, including: </p> <ul> <ul> <p></p></ul> <li>Teen pregnancy is associated with other behavior problems. </li> <ul> <p></p> <p></p></ul> <li>Children of teen parents will experience cognitive delay, adjustment problems, and will themselves become teen parents. </li> <ul> <p></p> <p></p></ul> <li>Better outcomes are achieved when teen mothers live with their own mothers.</li> <ul> <p></p> <p></p></ul> <li>Teen pregnancy costs tax payers lots of money. </li> <ul> <p></p> <p></p></ul> <li>Abstinence education is the best way to prevent teen pregnancy. </li> <ul> <p></p></ul></ul><i> </i><p><i>Teen Pregnancy and Parenting</i> ends by highlighting the prevention and intervention implications for families, practitioners, and policymakers. It will be of interest to academics and advanced students from a range of disciplines and professions including psychology, public policy, nursing, social work and sociology.</p>

• Routledge Advances in Health and Social Teen Pregnancy and Parenting: Rethinking the Myths and Misperceptions, (Paperback)
• Author: Routledge
• ISBN: 9781138283466
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2016-11-07
• Page Count: 240