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Men from a variety of backgrounds talk about why they waited to have children and how they feel about that choice. Teens will read about the many exciting accomplishments these men achieved before "settling down."

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Gr. 6^-12. Each of these books in The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Library series definitely encourages self-discipline, self-respect, control, and abstinence or contraception. Teen fathers, teenage mothers, and men in their late teens and twenties who are yet to become fathers all give other teens insight into the difficulty of rearing children when you yourself are still a child and the rewards of postponing children until marriage, adulthood, and an established job or career. It's a nicely rounded perspective. The teen moms confide their reason for pregnancy--often to humor the boyfriend or they were going to marry anyway (most aren't married)--and reveal their wish that they had not been sexually active so early. The teen fathers who are featured are unusual; they are still involved with their children, if not the child's mother, and have made the decision to share the responsibility. The successful men--some married, some with girlfriends, some unattached--all emphasize how unprepared they would have been for fatherhood and how much better their lives are because they have focused on future goals rather than immediate gratification. The teen moms and dads all love their children and care for them but realize how different their lives might have been had they not conceived these babies. All have ambitions, but readers will understand that many will have to defy huge odds to reach them. Since kids are becoming sexually active at younger ages, these easy-to-read books (large print, lots of white space and photos, short chapters) should be introduced into your collection as early as parent and community mores will allow. --Frances Bradburn