Provides case studies of teeage pregnancies looking at the outcome for each girl when it was discovered that she was pregnant. Considers adoption, abortion, keeping the child, and living with one’s family. Highlights the enormous stress of being a teenage mother and points out that girls should fight peer group pressure to have sexual relationships if they do not wish to do so.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
508228
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Teenage pregnancy
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adoption
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenage girls
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenage pregnancy
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenagers - Sexual behavior
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Youth - Sexual behavior
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pregnancy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pregnancy, Unwanted
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Teenage girls
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Teenage pregnancy
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)