Author : Jeanne Warren Lindsay
Publisher : Morning Glory Press (CA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,27 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Adoption
ISBN : 9780930934286
Offers advice to help families cope with teenage pregnancy and the adoption option.
Author : Judy Liautaud
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 19,30 MB
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Mothers
ISBN : 9781883841171
In 1966 when Judy became pregnant at the age of 16, her family kept her plight a secret and was compelled to give up her daughter. Judy felt the grief and shame as a tangible lumpwithin her body and fought to keep it contained within the shadows of silence. But as an adult, she felt compelled to address the loss by searching for her birth daughter and bringing her story to light--From back cover.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 1990-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309041368
By all indicators, the reproductive health of Americans has been deteriorating since 1980. Our nation is troubled by rates of teen pregnancies and newborn deaths that are worse than almost all others in the Western world. Science and Babies is a straightforward presentation of the major reproductive issues we face that suggests answers for the public. The book discusses how the clash of opinions on sex and family planning prevents us from making a national commitment to reproductive health; why people in the United States have fewer contraceptive choices than those in many other countries; what we need to do to improve social and medical services for teens and people living in poverty; how couples should "shop" for a fertility service and make consumer-wise decisions; and what we can expect in the futureâ€"featuring interesting accounts of potential scientific advances.
Author : Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 31,80 MB
Release : 1987-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309036984
More than 1 million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves, become parents? This volume reviews in detail the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior and offers thoughtful insights on the issues of sexual initiation, contraception, pregnancy, abortion, adoption, and the well-being of adolescent families. It provides a systematic assessment of the impact of various programmatic approaches, both preventive and ameliorative, in light of the growing scientific understanding of the topic.
Author : Laura Beauvais-Godwin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 17,35 MB
Release : 2005-10-17
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1440518408
Your dream of being a parent can come true. The Complete Adoption Book is your indispensable resource along the way. Whether you choose to pursue independent, agency, or international adoption, The Complete Adoption Book is the most comprehensive and authoritative adoption book you can use to guide you through the process—from deciding if adoption is right for you to budgeting your expenses and interviewing birth mothers. As adoption professionals and adoptive parents, authors Laura Beauvais-Godwin and Raymond Godwin bring an unparalleled level of expertise and compassion to every situation an adopting parent is likely to encounter. The information provided in The Complete Adoption Book includes: *Information about every kind of adoption—from family adoption to independent and from agency to international *All contact information required for agencies, attorneys, and support groups *State-by-state requirements for completing legal adoptions *A step-by-step guide to the home study The Complete Adoption Book puts control back in your hands and places you on the right track for securing the family you’ve always wanted quickly, legally, and with few complications.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 25,64 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Teenage mothers
ISBN :
Author : White House Working Group on the Family
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 39,20 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Family policy
ISBN :
Author : Lindsay Pepin Ophus
Publisher : Honornet Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,26 MB
Release : 2020-05-21
Category :
ISBN : 9781938021466
Have you ever made a choice so big that you felt overwhelmed by the weight of it? Have the consequences of your decision made you feel like God could not reach you or hear your cry? Did your actions hurt the ones you love? Joy Will Come is a story of a gifted teenage girl with the seemingly perfect Christian life and family who was suddenly wrecked by the hidden secret of her high school pregnancy. Lindsay and her family's story is one of God's unconditional love and His redemptive plan. It's a story of God's love, so pure and so powerful that it can reach all the way through our hurt to touch us and bring us back into His arms. No matter where you are in life, no matter what mistake, habit, or choice has derailed you from your destiny, He longs to restore your joy and peace. Let this story speak to you or the ones you love and be YOUR first step on YOUR path to YOUR restoration. YOUR Joy Will Come.
Author : Ann Fessler
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 2007-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0143038974
The astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. “It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the oral histories of these women and by the courage and candor with which they express themselves.” —The Washington Post “A remarkably well-researched and accomplished book.” —The New York Times Book Review “A wrenching, riveting book.” —Chicago Tribune In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the hidden social history of adoption before Roe v. Wade - and its lasting legacy. An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Ann Fessler brilliantly brings to life the voices of more than a hundred women, as well as the spirit of those times, allowing the women to tell their stories in gripping and intimate detail.
Author : Nancy Newton Verrier
Publisher : British Association for Adoption and Fostering (Ba
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Adopted children
ISBN : 9781905664764
Originally published in 1993, this classic piece of literature on adoption has revolutionised the way people think about adopted children. Nancy Verrier examines the life-long consequences of the 'primal wound' - the wound that is caused when a child is separated from its mother - for adopted people. Her argument is supported by thorough research in pre- and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding and the effects of loss.
