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Record Nr.

UNINA9910135123203321

Titolo

Parenting / / David Haugen and Susan Musser, book editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014

ISBN

0-7377-7075-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Teen rights and freedoms

Disciplina

649/.1

Soggetti

Parenting

Children's rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Forward -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Teen parenting : an overview / Elisabeth Ryden Benjamin et al -- A state must produce sufficient evidence to prove parental neglect before revoking custody : Supreme Court's decision / Harry Blackmun -- The safety of a teen parent's child outweighs that parent's right to raise the child : state Superior Court ruling / Carmen Messano -- A teenage mother seeks acceptance in the face of struggles : personal narrative / Edith -- Minor fathers must make child support payments for children they conceive state Supreme Court's ruling / Richard Winn Holmes -- Policies affecting teen fathers? : roles should be revised to include emotional as well as financial support / Judith Rozie-Battle -- A school's national honor society cannot deny membership to a student parent -- US district court ruling / William Odis Bertelsman -- Title IX protects pregnant and parenting students from discrimination in school -- National women's law center -- Teen parents face stigma when they return to school / Renee Volny -- A woman who became a teen mother describes the bullying she endured from high school teachers and staff : personal narrative / Natasha Vianna -- Teen mothers should not drop out of school / Philoron Wright -- Schools can help teen mothers achieve better educations / Kelli Kennedy -- A woman who became a mother at thirteen reflects on the importance of education : personal narrative / Sherita Rooney -- Alternative schools for pregnant teens provide necessary educational support / Jake Halpern -- Alternative schools for



pregnant teens have failed to provide adequate education for their students / Julie Bosman -- High schools should implement parenting classes for all students / Teresa Armstrong -- Government welfare and school assistance programs may be encouraging teen pregnancy / Patrick Welsh.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of young American teens. This volume focuses on how parent's custodial rights can be revoked.