http://www.brainchildmag.com/essays/summer2003_niesslein.html
I really liked this article. And Girl-Mom gets a mention too, yay! (I recognized something I typed on the boards quoted in this article, which was a little weird, hehe)
What do you think?
http://www.brainchildmag.com/essays/summer2003_niesslein.html
I really liked this article. And Girl-Mom gets a mention too, yay! (I recognized something I typed on the boards quoted in this article, which was a little weird, hehe)
What do you think?
i read this article on the plane home from MG03, but I'll have to reread it when i get a chance. it's funny you mention your quote in there, because i knew it was yours when i read it the first time, and even now without looking, i remember it.
Aww, really? That's awesome :) (Was it the rantiness that tipped you off? hehe)
I happened to pick up the magazine while I was out of town because of the cover blurb on teen motherhood, and then when I was reading I was like "Wait a minute, Girl-Mom's in here!" Even though the article is a couple of years old, it's still relevant.
Is anyone familiar with Kristin Luker's book "Dubious Conceptions" that's mentioned in the article? Is it any good?
i really liked how she kept coming back to the point that mothers of all ages have similar issues, but they are attributed to different things depending on whether you are a teen mother or a mother of "appropriate" age.
i also have to say, i completely relate to the part where she said that a lot of teen mothers were already on a path that didn't follow the conventional middle class milestones. i was raised middle class but i never wanted to follow the traditional path.
it's early but i'll have more to say later.
"Is anyone familiar with Kristin Luker's book "Dubious Conceptions" that's mentioned in the article? Is it any good?"
I havent read it, but Alli has. We have it, and I'll get to it some day. She also has a book about abortion and motherhood that I have but haven't read yet. Anyway, Alli says it's solid sociological research and analysis. Well written and accessible. People who are sensitive about teen mom issues may feel offended by some of the data, since it can be seen as feeding into stereotypes, but it's important to remember to focus the offended feelings on investigating WHY certain statistics are negative, and not towards the researcher who is discussing them, or the girls who have been given little choice but to live them.
Two other sociological books about teen parents are "Growing Up Fast" by Joanna Lipper and "Random Family" by Adrienne Nicole LeBlanc. They are more novel-like. A good historical basis for why teen moms are in the situation they're in now is "Wake Up Little Susie" by Rickie Solinger. There's also "Not Our Kind of Girl" whose author I can't remember, about Black teen motherhood. I haven't read it yet but it's assigned for my Soc of Gender class. Alli and I have like, every book about teen pregnancy ever written, including things like Detour For Emmy , Dear Diary, I'm pregnant, and Diary of Annie. heh
I totally have all of those books!! hehe