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Below you will find helpful web sites about teen pregnancy issues along with birth control choices for teens. There is also a booklist after the sites about teen pregnancy. Click on the book title to see the availability of each book. If you would like more information or help finding a book, please email the Reference Librarian.

Birth Control

Planned Parenthood - Birth control Choices for Teens
Different topics of choice including abstinence, the pill and others. Articles on teen health, periods and GYN exams. This site is packed with information on a wide range of topics including adoption and abortion information.

Teen Wire
Teenwire.com is an award-winning sexual health Web site for teens. We are committed to giving you the facts about sex so that you can use this information to make your own responsible choices. We provide honest and nonjudgmental information about sexuality in language you can understand with the hope that you will use this knowledge to reduce your risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

Teens Health - Birth Control Abstinence
Articles and resource links about abstinence and teens.

Teen Talk - What you should know about contraception!
PDF article by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services regarding contraceptive methods.

For NEW Moms

Teens Health - Having a Healthy Pregnancy
Articles about prenatal care, body changes and more. There are also resource links to other good web sites.

For NEW Dads

Fatherville
This website is a resource for fathers...by fathers and about fathers to help you make the journey of fatherhood a successful one.

Boot Camp For New Dads
This website covers issues from Immediate Concerns such as Forming a New Family and The Challenges New Moms Present to Hands on Tips on how to care for yourself, mom and the baby.

Fathers.com
The mission of the National Center for Fathering is to improve the well-being of children by inspiring and equipping men to be more effectively involved in the lives of children.. In response to a dramatic trend towards fatherlessness in America, the Center was founded in 1990 by Dr. Ken Canfield to conduct research on fathers and fathering, and to develop practical resources to prepare dads for nearly every fathering situation.

For Both

Saginaw Children's Yellow Pages
Resource guide for child and family services in Saginaw County prepared by the Public Libraries of Saginaw and Cooperating Agencies.

One Young Parent
One Young Parent is a teen parent empowering Web site, created to encourage, support, and inspire teen parents so that they may raise healthier and happier children, learn to follow their dreams, and be happy in life overall, despite an earlier start at parenting.

Birth~Five Program
The Saginaw Public School's Birth-Five Program is a service offered to all families in the district. Birth-Five works with families from birth to get their children ready to start school.

Sex, Etc. - Teen Parenting
Resource links, articles and an ask the experts section concerning teen parenting.

Baby Center
BabyCenter.com, the leading destination on the Internet for new and expectant parents, together with its companion site ParentCenter.com, a Web resource for parents of children ages 2 to 8, is dedicated to helping you find the information and support you need during pregnancy and in caring for a baby, toddler, or child.

BabyZone
Attracting nearly five million visits each month, BabyZone.com has become the premier online destination for highly personalized and localized parenting content and tools. It seamlessly moves through every parent's journey from preconception to pregnancy and parenting. In fact, it has become "the pregnancy, parenting and family planning community and resource of choice" for millions of people contemplating pregnancy, having babies and nurturing their children through early childhood.

iVillage Pregnancy & Parenting
Articles on pregnancy, babies, toddlers, and more. Experts and Advisors on lactation and fertitlity; and message boards that deliver advice from "real moms".

Books - Teen Pregnancy

The youngest parents : teenage pregnancy as it shapes lives
Center for Documentary Studies, 1997
ISBN: 0393040828
Coles, Robert

Straight talk about teenage pregnancy
Facts on File, 1999
ISBN: 0816037175
Edelson, Paula

What do I do now? : talking about teenage pregnancy
Putnam’s, 1991
ISBN: 0399218432

Kuklin, Susan

Children having children : global perspectives on teenage pregnancy
Gary E. McCuen Publications, 1988
ISBN: 086596064X

McCuen, Gary E.

Teenage pregnancy and poverty : the economic realities
Rosen Publishing, 1997
ISBN: 0823922499

Miller, Barbara A.

Teenage pregnancy : opposing viewpoints
Greenhaven Press, 1997
ISBN: 1565105613

Thompson, Stephen P., book editor

Listen up! : teenage mothers speak out
Rosen Publishing Group, 1997
ISBN: 0823922545

Trapani, Margi


 

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