Index
| Abbott, Jack, 63 |
| Academic achievement in U.S., 14 |
| Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS), 16, 77, 102 |
| Adolescence, 166-174 | alcohol and drug use in, 16 | | communication with parents in, 171 | | developmental stages of, 168-170 | | invulnerability in, 176, 194 | | need for parenting in, 170-172 | | omniscience and omnipotence in, 194 | | onset of puberty, 167 | | opportunities in, 172-173 | | parenthood in 92, 180-191 | | pregnancy in, 174-179 | | preventing pregnancy in, 174-177 | | sexual activity in, 167 |
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| Adoption | children of unlicensed mothers, 242 | | opportunities for, 265-267 | | placement by adolescent mothers, 181-182 | | requirements, 228-229 | | statistics, 265 | | time for parent licensure, 239 | | transracial, 265-267 |
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| Adulthood, attainment of, 173-174 |
| Affectionate attachment bonds | anthropological evidence for, 43 | | incompetent parenting and, 32 | | interruptions of, 43 | | obstacles to forming, 50-51 | | positive later effects of, 44 | | research on, 43-45 | | role in citizenship of, 42-48 | | role in health of, 47 |
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| African American | adolescents, 185, 194 | | cultural attitudes, 188 | | eligibility for military service, 93 | | families, 94 | | mothers, 182 | | poverty rates, 37 | | proportion of labor force, 79 | | subcultures, 187 | | teenage childbirth, 266 | | teenage marriages, 186 | | young in a Philadelphia ghetto, 208 |
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| Age of majority, 174 |
| Age-grading statutes, 155 |
| Aggravated assault and rape, 18, 19 |
| Aid to the Families with Dependent
Children, 70, 91, 181 |
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