How Well Do Adolescents Mother?

Adolescent mothers: Support needs, resources, and support-education interventions

“…This developmental crisis results in limited emotional availability of adolescent parents to their infants [46,47]. Compared with older mothers, adolescent mothers are more likely to be depressed [48 -50], and less likely to initiate verbal interaction, respond to their children [5,29,33,40,51], and show positive affect [52].…”

Early Preterm Infant Feeding Behaviors in Adolescent and Adult Mothers

“…When compared to older mothers, adolescent mothers were characterized as less sensitive to infant cues and less verbal with and responsive toward their infants (Barnard, 1997;Ruff, 1987;von Windeguth & Urbano, 1989). Connectedness and mirroring were significantly less in adolescent mothers; these behaviors in both adolescent and adult mothers may need more evidence to support maternal adaptiveness in infant feeding behaviors.…”

Analysis of Infant Risk Factors Documented by Public Health Nurses

“…By identifying children at risk at an early age, intervention and referral strategies can be started within the critical first few years of life. Such prompt intervention and treatment can prevent the occurrence or exacerbation of disabilities (Knutson, Biro, & Padgett, 1987;Ruff, 1987).…”