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Teen Pregnancy and Parenting: Rethinking the Myths and Misperception by Weed, K., Nicholson, J. S., and Farris, J. R. Routledge, London &New York 2015 220 pages Cost: $127.59
Authors Keri Weed, Jody S. Nicholson and Jaelyn R. Farris have committed almost fifty years to studying the complexities of teenage pregnancy and parenting. Weed, Nicholson and Farris spent over twenty years researching the "teen mom" phenomenon and working on the Notre Dame Adolescent Parenting Project (NDAPP). There are two previous books that the chronicle results ofthat study, Interwoven Lives: Adolescent mothers and their children (Whitman, Borkowski, Keogh, & Weed, 2001) and Risk and Resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children growing up (Borkowski, Farris, Carothers, Witman, Weed, & Keogh, 2007).
The authors strive to explain common myths and misperceptions surrounding teenage pregnancy and parenting using results from large-scale, longitudinal and qualitative studies from the United States (U.S.) and other Western countries. The authors are developmental psychologists who earned their doctoral degrees at the University of Notre Dame. In addition to their devotion to this project, they are involved in clinical work, independent research, and are currently teaching at the collegiate level in various universities along the east coast.
I have to admit I was a little intimidated when I was contacted to review Teen Pregnancy and Parenting: Rethinking the myths and misperceptions since I do not have any experience in maternal/child nursing. I didn't feel an immediate connection to the book beyond...