Adolescent parenthood.

by Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay.

Bornstein, Marc H. (Ed), et al. (1995). Handbook of parenting, Vol. 3: Status and social conditions of parenting. (pp. 113-149). Mahwah, NJ, USA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. xxvi, 595 pp.  

Discusses themes central to understanding adolescent parenthood / the concept of timing of transitions (in this case the timing of adolescent parenthood) is the organizing feature of much of the work on this topic / first present a brief discussion of this concept / next . . . turn to the more specific conceptual frameworks that have been invoked when describing the effects of teenage parenthood upon various family members / the life course of the teenage mother is reviewed from 2 perspectives--the consequences of adolescent parenthood for the young mother vis-a-vis work, education, and family, as well as the psychological response to becoming a mother / the life course of the children of teenage mothers is discussed next / the impact of the birth of a child upon the adolescent's family is reviewed, with a focus on the female kin who often participate in child care and who coparent / concludes with a brief discussion of policy implications of these findings.