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Teen Pregnancy and Parenting: Social and Ethical Issues
  
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Teen Pregnancy and Parenting: Social and Ethical Issues (Hardcover)

by James Wong (Editor), David Checkland (Editor)
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  • Hardcover: 190 pages
  • Publisher: University of Toronto Press (18 Dec 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0802042155
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802042156
  • Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 15.5 x 2 cm
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  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,847,782 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The terms "teen pregnancy" and "teenage parenting" are rife with moral accusations and factual ambiguities. Arising from a conference at Ryerson Polytechnic University, these nine original essays delimit and clarify the multifarious factors 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 shifts public response from one of moral condemnation and blame to compassion and understanding.

The discourse of teenage mothers, when given the necessary attention, suggests an often ignored set of issues relevant to judgements about responsibility: the experience of personal growth, the struggle to solve their own problems, and the search for independence. Delving into 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 studies, philosophy, urban youth culture, and public policy.

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