{"product_id":"teen-pregnancy-and-parenting","title":"Teen Pregnancy and Parenting","description":"Whether glamorised or stigmatised, teenage parenthood is all too often used to stand for a host of social problems, and empirical research results ignored. Identifying core controversies surrounding teen pregnancy and parenting, this book resolves misperceptions using findings from large-scale, longitudinal, and qualitative research studies from the US and other Western countries. Summarising the evidence and integrating it with a systems perspective, the authors explore ten prevalent myths about teenage parents, including: \u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Teen pregnancy is associated with other behavior problems. \u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Children of teen parents will experience cognitive delay, adjustment problems, and will themselves become teen parents. \u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Better outcomes are achieved when teen mothers live with their own mothers.\u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Teen pregnancy costs tax payers lots of money. \u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Abstinence education is the best way to prevent teen pregnancy. \u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003eTeen Pregnancy and Parenting ends by highlighting the prevention and intervention implications for families, practitioners, and policymakers. It will be of interest to academics and advanced students from a range of disciplines and professions including psychology, public policy, nursing, social work and sociology.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44556017795310,"sku":"9780415644327","price":252.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415644327.jpg?v=1703537295","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/teen-pregnancy-and-parenting","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}