Dzień Dziecka dla dorosłych pod hasłem: Jak to jest, że dzieci mają dzieci?

Czas: 1 czerwca godz. 16-19 

Miejsce: sala S315 WNS UG

Dwa wykłady i dyskusja w języku angielskim

Badania ponad 200 biografii nastoletnich rodziców w USA i w Polsce

Porównanie sytuacji i ujęć

 Mary Erdmans Case Western Reserve University

Blaming, Shaming, and Explaining Early Childbirth in the U.S.: On Becoming a Teen Mom

Paulina Bunio-Mroczek Uniwersytet Łódzki

Calamity or opportunity? Motherhood of Low Socioeconomic Status Teenagers in Poland

Mary Erdmans

On Becoming a Teen Mom: Life Before Pregnancy, 2015 (w/ Tim Black)

Understanding teen births within a biography adds compexity to statistical snapshots – especially the ‘color’ snapshots – that often demonize teen mothers. (…) Ironically, and sadly, when teen mothers are defined ‘as a problem, rather than a people with problems’, policies tend to focus on changing behaviors rather than addressing needs. (…) This focus on teen mothers as a problem distracts us from the larger social problems that wreak havoc in the lives of these young women. It is not enough, however, to expose the problems that precede their pregnancies. (…) we intend to show that their problems are embedded in larger social forces, and that their struggles are related to their social locations. In this regard, we adopt a critical framework that attempts to explain their early births by analyzing how power and domination are structured through hierarchies of race, class, and gender.

Paulina Bunio-Mroczek

Teenage parenthood in social sciences is often referred to in the context of poverty and social exclusion. Also, social policy responses to teen pregnancy are usually based on the assumption that early childbearing is at the same time caused by and resulted with material deprivation and limited participation, especially in education and labor market. Is teen motherhood really a calamity, as it is often expected to be, or more of an opportunity for a change?

The presentation is based on results of empirical qualitative study of early parenthood in poverty pockets in Lodz, Poland, with participation of young adults who became parents as teenagers and social services workers representing institutions and organizations meant to support individuals and families in difficult situations.