Adolescent Parenthood An Issue Of Public Concern For...

Adolescent parenthood has been an issue of public concern for many years. Adolescent parenthood has been the subject of numerous articles, public health reports, and public debate. So what makes adolescent parenthood such a popular topic of discussion and a reoccurring social problem? How does an adolescent parent relate to such public issues as education, poverty, and family? Researchers conduct literature reviews and original research in an effort to find a resolution to decrease adolescent pregnancy/parenthood and methods to improve the quality of life for adolescent parents. Although these articles share many themes and patterns, often their reason for conducting the research, methods, conclusion, and belief regarding adolescent†¦show more content†¦While the aforementioned themes were reoccurred among many of the articles, the presentations of these themes differed. For example, several articles discussed the educational attainment of adolescent parents. Some of these a rticles, such as those written by Dunkle (1990), Weatherley (1991), Zachry (2005), Benson (2004), and Braubaker Wright (2006) provided data which indicated that adolescent parents, mothers in particular, experienced difficulty in continuing their high school education after birth. These articles provided background surrounding the educational aspirations of adolescent parents, but also providing the negative consequences some adolescent mothers experienced while attempting to continue their education. Nonetheless, these articles described the desire of adolescent parents to obtain a high school education, although doing so was not a reality for some of the subjects in these articles. Benson (2004), Braubaker Wright (2006), Zachry (2005) each used qualitative methods, while Dunkle (1990) Weatherley (1991) used quantitative methods. Articles written by Berry, Shillington, Peak, Hohman (2000) and Campa