TY - JOUR
T1 - "You gotta start thinking like a parent"
T2 - Hopes, dreams, and concerns of ethnic minority adolescent parents
AU - Dornig, Katrina
AU - Koniak-Griffin, Deborah
AU - Lesser, Janna
AU - González-Figueroa, Evelyn
AU - Luna, Margarita Castaneda
AU - Anderson, Nancy Lois Ruth
AU - Corea-London, Blanca
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This study explored the lived experience of parenting that may inform individual health practices and behavior of young, ethnic minority, primarily Latino parents, participants in a HIV prevention intervention. Narrative accounts from parents (N = 90) were analyzed to illuminate the impact of parental protectiveness and aspirations for the child. Focus groups (n = 23) were utilized to generate a nuanced understanding of young parenthood. Self-reflective, complex, and multidimensional perspectives on parental protectiveness emerged along themes: (a) "growing up thoughtful," (b) "you gotta start thinking like a parent," (c) "togetherness and bonding," (d) "better life," (e) "the neighborhood" and (f) "expectations and pressure." Implications are discussed with a focus on integrating the concept of parental protectiveness into a strengths-based perspective.
AB - This study explored the lived experience of parenting that may inform individual health practices and behavior of young, ethnic minority, primarily Latino parents, participants in a HIV prevention intervention. Narrative accounts from parents (N = 90) were analyzed to illuminate the impact of parental protectiveness and aspirations for the child. Focus groups (n = 23) were utilized to generate a nuanced understanding of young parenthood. Self-reflective, complex, and multidimensional perspectives on parental protectiveness emerged along themes: (a) "growing up thoughtful," (b) "you gotta start thinking like a parent," (c) "togetherness and bonding," (d) "better life," (e) "the neighborhood" and (f) "expectations and pressure." Implications are discussed with a focus on integrating the concept of parental protectiveness into a strengths-based perspective.
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U2 - 10.1606/1044-3894.3845
DO - 10.1606/1044-3894.3845
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:62449196631
SN - 1044-3894
VL - 90
SP - 51
EP - 60
JO - Families in Society
JF - Families in Society
IS - 1
ER -