LOVE AND SEX: Making Choices

A Resource List prepared in conjunction with the exhibit Children of Children: Portraits and Stories of Teenage Parents, by photographer Michael Nye.

The project that brought this wonderful exhibit to Flint was a collaborative between the library and the Genesee Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (GCAPP) and was funded in part by a grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, Women and Young Girls Fund, 2002.

Fiction -- Nonfiction -- Internet Resources -- Community Resources

Fiction

Hanging on to Max
by Margaret Bechard [YA F/Bechard]
Sam Pettigrew never dreamed he'd spend his senior year pushing a stroller.

Imani All Mine
by Connie Rose Porter [YA F/Porter]
Even though guns kill the innocent and teenagers too often end up having babies, this story of life in Buffalo’s inner city is filled with heart.

Like Sisters on the Homefront
by Rita Williams-Garcia [YA F/Garcia]
Gayle is pregnant for the second time and is on a one-way ticket to lessons about life and family in Georgia.

Someone Like You
by Sarah Dessen [YA F/Dessen]
The year Halley turns 16 she breaks from her domineering mother when she is attracted by a wild and dangerous boy.

Spellbound
by Janet McDonald [YA F/McDonald]
Raven sees an escape from a nowhere future for herself and child when she enters a spelling bee.

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Nonfiction

Deal With It!: A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a Gurl
by Esther Drill, et al. [YA 301.412 Dr]
Information for teens on your health, emotional life and physical changes.

Dear Diary, I'm Pregnant: Teenagers Tell about Their Pregnancy
interviews by Anrenee Englander [301.424 De]
Pregnant teens and teen mothers tell about their changed lives and the lessons they have learned.

STDs: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
by Diane Yancey [ YA 616.95 YA]
Information about STDs and protecting yourself against them.

Surviving Teen Pregnancy: Your Choices, Dreams & Decisions
by Shirley Arthur [YA 301.424 Ar]
Do you think you’re pregnant? Read this.

Teen Fathers Today
by Ted Gottfried [YA 301.427]
Teen fathers are very important to their children’s lives.

The Teenage Body Book
by Kathy McCoy, Ph.D. and Charles Wibblesman, M.D. [YA 613 McC]
All about your body, emotions, sexuality and staying healthy.

Teens Parenting--Your Pregnancy and Newborn Journey: How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Newborn if You're a Pregnant Teen
by Jeanne Warren Lindsay and Jean Brunelli [618.2 Li]
Discusses nutritional, medical, and social aspects of teenage pregnancy and parenthood.

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Internet Resources

Campaign for Our Children
http://www.cfoc.org/
Their mission is to develop research-based prevention messages and abstinence educational media campaigns.

National Agency on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention, Inc. (NOAPPP)
http://www.noappp.org
Provides services and information for teens, parents and community organizations

TeenPregnancy.org
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/teen/
Their goal is to reduce the rate of teen pregnancy by one-third between 1996 and 2005.

Teen Pregnancy Information Center
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/7746/
Facts and help for pregnant and parenting teens...by a teen mom.

TeenWire
http://www.teenwire.com/index.asp
Teen information and news about teen sexuality, sexual health, and relationships.

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Community Resources (Flint and Genesee County)

Answer Center for Women 234-7777
Catholic Social Services 232-9950
Burton Health Center 742-2255
Family Road 760-9333
Flint Crisis Pregnancy Center 767-7153
Genesee County Health Department 257-3612 health.co.genesee.mi.us
Heartbeat of Greater Flint 232-3101
McCree Health Center North 785-8530
Planned Parenthood 238-3631 www.ppecm.org
Pregnancy Health Center (Listen, Inc.) 629-1876

Flint Public Library Teen Zone, 1026 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48502, Phone 249.2037 www.fpl.info/teenzone

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