Adolescent Parenthood

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Adolescents and the Extended Family

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Wages of Sin: Adolescent Mothers in Nineteenth-Century Fiction

      • Patricia Meyer Spacks

      Pages 3-20

   3. Adolescent Decision-Making Toward Motherhood

      • Max Sugar

      Pages 21-33

   4. From (Re) Discovery to Ownership of the Vagina—A Contribution to the Explanation of Nonuse of Contraceptives in the Female Adolescent

      • Moisy Shopper

      Pages 35-54

   5. The Psychodynamics of Teenage Pregnancy and Motherhood

      • Susan M. Fisher

      Pages 55-63

   6. Boys Who Make Babies

      • James M. Herzog

      Pages 65-73

   7. The Role of Ethnic Factors in Adolescent Pregnancy and Motherhood

      • Carlos Salguero

      Pages 75-98

3. The Infant—Developmental Risks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Infants of Adolescent Mothers: Research Perspectives

      • Max Sugar

      Pages 101-118

   3. Object Ties and Interaction of the Infant and Adolescent Mother

      • Jo Ann B. Fineman, Marguerite A. Smith

      Pages 119-137

4. Some Current Programs for Adolescent Parenthood

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Preparing Adolescents in Child Bearing: Before and After Pregnancy

      • Nicholas Anastasiow

      Pages 141-158

   3. Reproductive Health Care for Teens

      • Peggy B. Smith

      Pages 159-179

   4. A Mental Health Program for Adolescent Parents

      • Carlos Salguero, Nancy Schlesinger, Edilma Yearwood

      Pages 181-194

5. Implications for Programs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. Funding for Pregnant Adolescents: A Legislative History

      • Kathleen Rudd Scharf

      Pages 197-215

   3. The Family Context of Adolescent Parenting

      • Theodora Ooms

      Pages 217-227

6. Back Matter

   Pages 229-237

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The definition of the risks of adolescent childbearing has received considerable investigative attention during the last decade. We have gradually moved away from simplistically studying young maternal age as the sole determinant of biologie and psychosocial outcome, even though we recognize it is one of several factors which warrant consideration. We now recognize that if adolescents receive adequate and consistent pre­ natal care, they and their infants should do nearly as weIl as adult women and their infants of similar backgrounds. Thus, the major morbidities for adolescent mothers, adolescent fathers, and their infants are psychosocial: lack of educational and voca­ tional futures, failed marriages, and dependence on government aid for support. The adequacy of the parenting of adolescent mothers and fathers and the long-term developmental and physical outcomes of their children are largely unstudied. This book, edited by Dr. Max Sugar, a recognized authority on adolescence, focuses on the important topic of adolescent parenthood. The authors of this timely contribution approach the topic of adolescent parenthood in a unique fashion, utilizing a combination of several approaches: consideration of fictional characters in history , astute and carefully conceptual­ ized clinical observations, reviews of the literature, and their own investigation. lt will be through the use of such a creative approach that we shall define the important quest ions which should be addressed about adolescents as parents and the outcome for their children.

• age
• attention
• care
• child
• development
• dynamics
• education
• fat
• health
• health care
• outcome
• pregnancy
• psychodynamics
• research
• women

• Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, USA

  Max Sugar

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