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it demonstrates that the major difficulties of pregnan; teenagers are societal rather tharn medical. Because adolescents are, or should be, in school the editors propose the term “school-age” rather than “teenage” pregnancy for discussions of this topic. The emphasis on “biosocial dimensions” takes into account “the biological substrate and the social environment as de~~rrn~~~ts of areas in which cant exhibits continuities evident throughout include an evohrtionary descent pregnancy in ~omburna~ primates, and cross-cultural duration of maidenhood. The editors’ choice of authors guarantees high quality work. Elster and Lamb (Adolescent fathers: The under-

atiom to assist teenagers in ption as an outcome of early, unBased on the author‘s 5yeas exp ant teenagers, ins motivation as well as information may be found, reinforced by the actual words and examples of many students.

MeKer, R. T. First-TimeMotherhood. ExperiencesFrom Teens ~~~~s~i~g Co., 1986. 3 to Forties. New York, 4. pp. $28.95. BBN O-8 y comparing first time This text reports the author’s s 42 years. She first remothers ages 15-19,28-29, and views theories of transition to motherhood and variables

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