LEADER 04619nam 2200733 450 001 9910456232103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-02575-9 010 $a1-4426-8041-5 010 $a9786612025754 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442680418 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001231 035 $a(EBL)3255325 035 $a(OCoLC)923071737 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000311166 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11276330 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000311166 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10328429 035 $a(PQKB)10268953 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600498 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255325 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672000 035 $a(DE-B1597)464914 035 $a(OCoLC)944177559 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442680418 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672000 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257686 035 $a(OCoLC)815766427 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001231 100 $a20160922h19991999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTeen pregnancy and parenting $esocial and ethical issues /$fedited by James Wong and David Checkland 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1999. 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-8070-7 311 $a0-8020-4215-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tCONTRIBUTORS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION: JAMES WONG and DAVID CHECKLAND -- $t1. Teen Parenting and Canadians' Values -- $t2. What Do We Know about Unmarried Mothers? -- $t3. Day-to-Day Ethical Issues in the Care of Young Parents and Their Children -- $t4. 'On My Own': A New Discourse of Dependence and Independence from Teen Mothers -- $t5. A Critical Feminist Perspective on Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood -- $t6. Teenage Pregnancy: Social Construction? -- $t7. How Should We Live? Some Reflections on Procreation -- $t8. The Construction of Teen Parenting and the Decline of Adoption -- $t9. Changing High-Risk Policies and Programs to Reduce High-Risk Sexual Behaviours -- $t10. A Round-Table Discussion of Teen Parenting as a Social and Ethical Issue -- $t11. On Choice, Responsibility, and Entitlement 330 $aThe terms 'teen pregnancy' and 'teenage parenting' are rife with moral accusations and factual ambiguities. Arising from a conference at Ryerson Polytechnical University, these nine original essays delimit and clarify the multifarious facts that affect how Canadian society both responds to, and creates, the phenomenon of the teen parent. The contributors bring expertise from diverse disciplines - sociology, history, and philosophy - to address the pressing question: what should social policy be on the issues of teen pregnancy and parenting? An analysis of data from Nova Scotia discusses the material consequences of adolescent parenting - more poverty, less income, and less home ownership - but also challenges certain assumptions about the extent of such consequences. A discussion of focus-group results reveals that consideration of the socioeconomic barriers facing young single mothers, when given the necessary attention, suggests an often ignored set of issues relevant to judgments about responsibility: the experience of personal growth, the struggle to solve their own problems, and the search for independence. Delving in the ethics of responsibility and untangling the meaning of the term 'social construction' sets the context for policy debates on sophisticated, non-reductive terrain.The study's new findings, the interdisciplinary approach, and the Canadian focus makes this unique gathering of facts and ideas of central importance to students of sociology, health and women's studies, philosophy, urban youth culture, and public policy. 606 $aTeenage mothers$zCanada 606 $aTeenage parents$zCanada 606 $aTeenage mothers$zCanada$vCase studies 606 $aTeenage mothers$xServices for$zCanada 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTeenage mothers 615 0$aTeenage parents 615 0$aTeenage mothers 615 0$aTeenage mothers$xServices for 676 $a306.874/3 702 $aWong$b James$f1955- 702 $aCheckland$b David$f1951- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456232103321 996 $aTeen pregnancy and parenting$92445162 997 $aUNINA