Teen Pregnancy and Parenting : : Social and Ethical Issues / / ed. by David A. Checkland, James Wong.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Addelson, Kathryn Pyne,; Caragata, Lea,; Checkland, David,; Clark, Susan,; Davies, Linda,; Hacking, Ian,; Kaufman, Miriam,; Kelly, Deirdre M.,; Mckinnon, Margaret,; Orton, Maureen Jessop,; Peters, Suzanne,; Rains, Prue,; Wong, James,
• HerausgeberIn: Checkland, David A.,; Wong, James,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (190 p.)

The 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: JAMES WONG and DAVID CHECKLAND -- 1. Teen Parenting and Canadians' Values -- 2. What Do We Know about Unmarried Mothers? -- 3. Day-to-Day Ethical Issues in the Care of Young Parents and Their Children -- 4. 'On My Own': A New Discourse of Dependence and Independence from Teen Mothers -- 5. A Critical Feminist Perspective on Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood -- 6. Teenage Pregnancy: Social Construction? -- 7. How Should We Live? Some Reflections on Procreation -- 8. The Construction of Teen Parenting and the Decline of Adoption -- 9. Changing High-Risk Policies and Programs to Reduce High-Risk Sexual Behaviours -- 10. A Round-Table Discussion of Teen Parenting as a Social and Ethical Issue -- 11. On Choice, Responsibility, and Entitlement