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This report summarizes data from the Highlights of Official Child Neglect and Abuse Reporting 1983 study and the March 1984 Current Population Survey to examine the incidence of child maltreatment among adolescent parents in comparison to their proportion in the general population. The analysis revealed that adolescent parents aged 15-19 had an incidence rate of 76 per 1,000, which was the highest rate of all age groups. Overall, approximately eight percent of all child abuse reports involved an adolescent parent. The authors suggest that factors such as low income, low educational attainment…
Empirical study has not shown the high rates of child maltreatment anticipated for the adolescent parent, but adolescent parents do share the characteristics present disproportionately often in adult parents who maltreat their children. Most studies have focused on the adolescent mother as a child abuser. For the father, as for the mother, risk factors seem to originate in the environment, the personality, and the characteristics of the child. Pressures faced by the adolescent father appear to be greater than those faced by the adolescent mother. Nevertheless, information on adolescent…
This manual describes the Teen Parent Program in Cleveland, which specializes in helping teenage parents with nurturing and coping skill problems. Many teenage parents are themselves abused or neglected as children, and they perpetuate the same upbringing on their own children. Through a self-help and volunteer support concept of service, this program helps teen parents to cope with the demands of parenthood; provides support mechanisms through a peer support group, volunteer advocates, and a crisis hotline; teaches parenting and coping skills with the hope of preventing child abuse and…
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This report describes a 4-day NCCAN-coordinated meeting of representatives of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) and their grantees, NCCAN, the Office of Human Development Services Discretionary Grants Management Branch, the National Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, and consultants and representatives of various coalition groups dealing with issues in teen parenting and child abuse. Issues discussed include perspectives for the 1990s; Federal government priorities for grantees' projects; conference goals; reports from workgroups; adolescent life and pregnancy…
These standards, issued by the Child Welfare League of America, present guidelines for best practice with pregnant adolescents and young parents. The standards describe comprehensive community-based service delivery systems, social work services, health services, and residential services. Recommendations are provided for comprehensive service systems, roles of the child welfare agency, social work services needed during pregnancy, marriage counseling, adoption services, social work services for young parents and their child, medical care, foster family care, and group living facilities. The…
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Journal Article This paper reviews research on adolescent parenthood. Related factors such as social, economic and educational background are examined as well as psychological factors. The study makes extensive comparisons on a variety of issues. However, for a fundamental change to be made in early intercourse and childbearing, such social factors as poverty, unemployment, and racism must be taken into consideration.
