When Boys Become Parents: Adolescent Fatherhood in America - Hardcover

Kiselica, Mark

9780813543581: When Boys Become Parents: Adolescent Fatherhood in America

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813543584 ISBN 13: 9780813543581

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2008

After school specials about teenage pregnancy abound. Whether in television or in society, the focus tends toward young girls coping with all of the emotional and physical burdens of pregnancy but rarely is the perspective of the teenage fathers portrayed.

In this informative book, Mark S. Kiselica draws on his many years of counseling teenage fathers to offer a compassionate look at the difficult life circumstances and the complicated hardships these young men experience. He dispels many of the myths surrounding teenage fatherhood and shows that, contrary to popular belief, these young men are often emotionally and physically involved in relationships with their partner and their child. But without support and guidance from adults, these relationships often deteriorate in the first year of the child-'s life. Kiselica offers advice for how professionals and policy makers can assist these young men and improve services for them.

When Boys Become Parents provides a moving portrait of teenage fathers to any reader who wants to understand and help these young men to become more competent and loving parents during their journey to adulthood.

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About the Author:

MARK S. KISELICA is a professor of counselor education and vice provost and director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at The College of New Jersey. He has written over 130 publications, most of which are focused on the subjects of counseling boys and men, especially teenage fathers.

Review:

A foundational textbook for social workers, educational professionals, and public health providers that shines a much-needed light on the struggles of teen fathers. --Michael Hayes, Director of Family Strengthening Initiatives, Texas Attorney General's Office

A significant contribution that humanizes statistical data on a topic of teen pregnancy that has been largely ignored. --James Garbarino, Director of the Loyola University Chicago's Center for the Human Rights of Children

A significant contribution that humanizes statistical data on a topic of teen pregnancy that has been largely ignored. --James Garbarino, Director of the Loyola University Chicago's Center for the Human Rights of Children

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