On Becoming a Teen Mom: Life Before Pregnancy

by Mary Patrice Erdmans and Timothy Black

Book Overview

In 2013, New York City launched a public education campaign with posters of frowning or crying children saying such things as "I'm twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen" and "Honestly, Mom, chances are he won't stay with you." Campaigns like this support a public narrative that portrays teen mothers as threatening the moral order, bankrupting state coffers, and causing high rates of poverty, incarceration, and school...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520283422
• ISBN13: 9780520283428
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 9.7"