Promises I can keep why poor women put motherhood before marriage
Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mother of three and is raising her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. Would she and her children be better off if she had waited to hav...
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| Abstract | Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mother of three and is raising her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. Would she and her children be better off if she had waited to have them and had married their father first? Why do so many poor American youth like Millie continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? Over a span of five years, sociologists Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas talked in-depth with 162 low-income single moms like Millie to learn how they think about marriage and family. Promises I Can Keep offers an intimate look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the most extensive on-the-ground study to date of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead. |
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| AbstractList | Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mother of three and is raising her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. Would she and her children be better off if she had waited to have them and had married their father first? Why do so many poor American youth like Millie continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? Over a span of five years, sociologists Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas talked in-depth with 162 low-income single moms like Millie to learn how they think about marriage and family.Promises I Can Keepoffers an intimate look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the most extensive on-the-ground study to date of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead. Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mother of three and is raising her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. Would she and her children be better off if she had waited to have them and had married their father first? Why do so many poor American youth like Millie continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? Over a span of five years, sociologists Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas talked in-depth with 162 low-income single moms like Millie to learn how they think about marriage and family. Promises I Can Keep offers an intimate look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the most extensive on-the-ground study to date of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead. Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mother of three and is raising her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. Would she and her children be better off if she had waited to have them and had married their father first? Why do so many poor American youth like Millie continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? Over a span of five years, sociologists Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas talked in-depth with 162 low-income single moms like Millie to learn how they think about marriage and family. Promises I Can Keep offers an intimate look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the most extensive on-the-ground study to date of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead. The authors explore the social values of young unmarried mothers in some of the poorest neighbourhoods in the US. They ask why so many choose early motherhood and to raise their children alone when the challenges of doing so appear daunting. |
| Author | Kefalas, Maria Edin, Kathryn |
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| Snippet | Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mother of three... The authors explore the social values of young unmarried mothers in some of the poorest neighbourhoods in the US. They ask why so many choose early motherhood... |
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| Subtitle | why poor women put motherhood before marriage |
| TableOfContents | Promises I can keep : why poor women put motherhood before marriage -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE 2011 EDITION -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE: HBEFORE WE HAD A BABY..." -- TWO: UWHEN I GOT PREGNANT..." -- THREE: HOW DOES THE DREAM DIE? -- FOUR: WHAT MARRIAGE MEANS -- FIVE: LABOR OF LOVE -- SIX: HOW MOTHERHOOD CHANGED MY LIFE -- CONCLUSION: MAKING SENSE OF SINGLE MOTHERHOOD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX A: CITY, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODS -- APPENDIX B: INTERVIEW GUIDE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. Front Matter Table of Contents PREFACE TO THE 2011 EDITION INTRODUCTION ONE: “BEFORE WE HAD A BABY ...” TWO: “WHEN I GOT PREGNANT ...” Photographs THREE: HOW DOES THE DREAM DIE? FOUR: WHAT MARRIAGE MEANS FIVE: LABOR OF LOVE SIX: HOW MOTHERHOOD CHANGED MY LIFE CONCLUSION: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS APPENDIX A: APPENDIX B: NOTES REFERENCES INDEX Back Matter Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Photographs -- Preface to the 2011 Edition -- Introduction -- 1. "Before We Had a Baby ..." -- 2. "When I Got Pregnant..." -- 3. How Does the Dream Die? -- 4. What Marriage Means -- 5. Labor of Love -- 6. How Motherhood Changed My Life -- Conclusion: Making Sense of Single Motherhood -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: City, Neighborhood, and Family Characteristics and Research Methods -- Appendix B: Interview Guide -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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