System kids : adolescent mothers and the politics of regulation /
Lauren J. Silver.
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (x, 198 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction. They want to see you fail : Dilemmas in child welfare -- Playing case manager : Work life in a culture of fear -- The better places don't want teen moms : Invisible lives, hidden program spaces -- The real responsibility is on you! : The self-sufficiency trap -- I am young. I'm not dumb; and I'm not anxious : Identity performances as service negotiation -- The program allowed me to get pregnant : Everyday resistance, dignity, and fleeting collectives -- Conclusion. Moving from disconnected systems to communities of care -- Afterword. Interruptions in fieldwork.
9781469622613 9781469622606
Teenage mothers--United States. Child welfare--United States. Aid to families with dependent children programs--United States. Maternal and infant welfare--United States.