This report discusses the development, components, and evaluation of a home-based/group-based intervention program designed to increase the nurturing skills of teenage parents, treat the abusive parenting practices of teen parents, and prevent the initial occurrence of abusive parenting practices in teen mothers identified as high risk for physical and emotional maltreatment or neglect. The Nurturing Parenting Program for Teenage Parents and Their Families was validated by twelve agencies providing parent education to teenage parents throughout the country. A total of 178 teen parents (94%…
From one of America's most beloved funnymen comes a hilarious look at the lighter side of fatherhood. So, what is fatherhood...?* It's pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.* It's helping your children learn English as a second language.* It's asking your son to make up a name rather than tell anyone who he is.* It's knowing that "Everything's okay, Dad!" means "I haven't killed anyone!"It's the book every father will love. It's Bill Cosby at his wittiest, wisest, and warmest. "Bill Cosby makes fatherhood come alive. He takes us on a comedic yet insightful journey through the…
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Journal Article The Teen Father Collaboration, a two-year national research and demonstration project launched in 1983, was designed to determine the most effective ways to assist teenage fathers in contributing to their children's social, emotional and financial well-being. Eight social service agencies from around the country provided nearly 400 young fathers and prospective fathers--most 17 or 18 years of age--with a variety of services, including counseling, educational assistance and job training. Many young fathers wanted to contribute financially to their children's upbringing but had only a limited…
A Visit to the Big House tells the story of the first time Rose and her little brother, Willy, go with their mother to visit their father in prison. It focuses on children's feelings, the love between parents and children, and the difference between right and wrong. The book is the result of a public/private partnership of Families in Crisis, Inc. and the Junior League of Hartford with the Connecticut State Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections provided access to inmates for interviews and sponsored a contest within the prison system to find an illustrator for the book. (…
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Journal Article This study examines the characteristics of 145 fathers in adolescent mother-child relationships previously determined to be ""high-risk'' for child abuse. The hypothesis that the fathers in these high-risk relationships may bring elements to the environment and relationship which exacerbate the existing risk (e.g., occupational, educational, and financial problems) was supported. In addition, speculation was offered that certain personal characteristics of the fathers such as alcohol/substance abuse and criminal records would serve to predict greater rates of ultimate relationship failure. 2…
This report on the proceedings of a policy seminar on adolescent parenting summarizes the presentations given at the seminar. Presentations summarized current and pending California legislation affecting adolescent parents and offered measures to protect the children of adolescent parents. These measures included extending workfare programs to parents of young children, introducing limited home health visiting for adolescent parents, and providing adolescent mothers with an opportunity to live in residential facilities. Other presentations covered a national perspective on adolescent…
Much public attention has focused on the social costs and consequences of teenage, unwed childbearing. Yet unwed births have largely been viewed as a problem solely involving young women. The Young Unwed Fathers Project (the Project) was designed to draw upon the small but rapidly growing body of knowledge about young fathers up to 25 years of age. Its purpose was to review, synthesize, and discuss available data and information about young unwed fathers, and was made up of three components. Ten working papers were commissioned from researchers and program professionals, summaries of which…
