Expanding employment skills and social networks among teen mothers: case study of a mentor program

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Twenty low income teenage mothers who participated in a mentor program were interviewed to determine the effectiveness of the program in providing the teens with information and social assets which were not available to them through the personal networks. Responses showed that being linked with college-educated and professionally-employed mentors who took an interest in them encouraged the young mothers to pursue further education and raised their self esteem. As with corporate mentors, this study shows that mentor programs can effectively intervene in the lives of at-risk youth.

Research, Case studies, Evaluation, Mentors, Mentoring, Psychology, Applied, Applied psychology

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The significance of fathers for inner-city African-American teen mothers

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African American teen mothers who were interviewed about the extent of their interaction with their biological fathers reported more frequently that their fathers were absent during their childhood. However, they also expressed both negative and positive feelings about their fathers as recalled from occasional visits or from continued economic and emotional support from their fathers. Social service practitioners may promote the importance of parental involvement in their children's growth to promote more positive attitudes.

Social aspects, Surveys, Father and child, Father-child relations, African American teenage mothers

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Meeting the service needs of young fathers

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The authors evaluate the assumptions upon which current social service programs for young fathers are based. It was determined that existing program administrators fail to properly assess the effects of service provisions upon the outcome of the programs. Outcome patterns could not be analyzed accurately without such information as substance abuse history or without comparing the results to a control group where adolescent fathers received no services.

United States, Management, Services, Social services, Social service, Teenage fathers, Youth services

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