teenage mothers

Examines the emotional consequences of foster care, focusing on the experiences of three generations of one inner-city family with the child welfare system.

Provides information for the teenage single mother including support systems, parenting tips, and child development.

Photographs and text give the young reader important facts about being sexually active, becoming pregnant, and having and raising a baby, as well as alternatives such as abortion or adoption.

Fifteen-year-old Hannah is forced to face some hard facts about her life when she becomes pregnant and her rich, popular boyfriend claims he is not responsible.

Caught in a web of lies and believing that her father does not love her, fifteen-year-old Hannah hides her pregnancy from her parents, leaves her newborn baby on a church's steps, and tries to kill herself.

Offers guidelines to families experiencing the dilemma of adolescent pregnancy and parenthood.

After sixteen-year-old Jules loses her boyfriend she experiences complications from the pregnancy that drove him away and suddenly, some of the people closest to her are behaving as if her baby is not real.

At sixteen, Sara is pregnant, alone, and desperate, so she arranges an open adoption with George and Eva, an older couple longing for a child, but after the baby is born, Sara's unmistakable link with the child forces Eva to make a drastic decision with devastating consequences.

Offers single and young mothers guidance and inspiration to help them achieve their dreams, despite the challenges of raising a child.