Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood. Highlights Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood remain significant issues among policy makers, service providers and members of the American public alike. Although the birthrate among adolescents has declined since peaking in the late 1950s, there have been changes in adolescents' sexual behavior, incidence of...
Adoption and Adoptive Families: A Bibliography
National Organizations Offering Information and Support to Adoptive Families and Prospective Adopters Adoption Council of Canada, P.O. Box 8442, Station T, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 3H8. Phone 613-235-1566. This network collects and disseminates information about adoption throughout Canada,...
Mary Beth Style Moves on to Direct Practice in Child Welfare It is with mixed feelings that I am writing to announce my formal retirement as an NCFA employee because of the birth of my first child in March. I have been privileged to work for an organization which is so dedicated to the defense and preservation of adoption so that children, pregnant women,...
Dealing with the Social Stigmas of Unplanned Pregnancy It is hard enough to deal with an unplanned pregnancy without having to worry about public opinion. However, social stigmas and unplanned pregnancy seem to go hand-in-hand. Everyone seems to have an opinion on the situation and it can be tiring to worry about who is whispering behind your back....
Yes, These are the Stigmas that Haunt Us February 11, 2008, 11:41 am
Just in case you think it's a bunch of hullabaloo that unwed mothers (and fathers) are made to feel negatively about their situations, take a look at this mess coming out of Colorado. That's right. You read that right. A lawmaker called unmarried, pregnant teenagers (and the fathers) "sluts."...
Foster Teen Moms: Household Responsibilities October 30, 2007, 9:11 pm
They find themselves having to grow up overnight and becoming a parent while their peers are still experiencing their teen years. This is part of being a teen parent. They have so much growing up to do in a short time and so much to learn.
Learning household responsibilities is a very...
A Movie Reminds Us: Adults Get Pregnant, Too June 29, 2009, 7:28 am
With movies like Juno and television shows The Secret Life of the American Teenager throwing pregnant teens at us left and right, I was pleased to see a movie like Away We Go . Why? It shows us something important, something that those arguing about how every unplanned pregnancy should result...