Abstract
The aim of this research is to analyze which factors can explain why some girls in foster group homes become adolescent mothers and others do not, exploring the contraception use, life and motherhood expectations and their family models. The study also analyzes how teen mothers in foster group homes experience motherhood and analyze the experience of becoming mothers in their lives while in care. A total of 36 girls from foster group homes (18 mothers and 18 non-mother girls) were interviewed. The results show that the need to fill their emotional emptiness, their lack of professional life expectations, their unrealistic expectations about parenthood and the role of their partner, and the undervalue of the conditions necessary to raise their children are the main factors involved. Most of the girls in the mother group were teen mothers who were sent to foster homes because of their premature motherhood. This shows that the educative work done by caseworkers can help girls to be more conscious about getting the suitable conditions before becoming mothers. The role of foster parents, social educators, social workers and mentoring programs with the purpose to empower mothers to prevent children neglect is discussed.
Highlights
El obje vo de esta inves gación es analizar qué factores pueden explicar el por qué algunas jóvenes tuteladas se convierten en madres adolescentes y otras no
Motherhood was seen as a source of mo va on in assuming a new role as mothers and a chance to give and receive love (Aparicio, Pecukonis, & O'Nale, 2015).Some researchers have analyzed the high rates of adolescent motherhood comparing girls who are on foster care to girls who are not; not all of the girls on foster care become adolescent mothers
Planning Most of the non-mothers and teen mothers in foster care were familiar with condoms (14 and 16) and birth control pills (13 and 15) for contracep on purposes. 11 non-mother girls used condoms and 8 of them used hormones
Summary
El obje vo de esta inves gación es analizar qué factores pueden explicar el por qué algunas jóvenes tuteladas se convierten en madres adolescentes y otras no. Some of the main adversi es that teen mothers have to face with are related to the social isola on, the economic dependence, and the lack of emo onal and prac cal support from their families and their partners, having in many cases problema c and some mes violent rela onships with them (Barn & Mantovani, 2007; Mendes, 2009) All these problems affect their life chances and possibili es of being economically independent and makes mothers in care and their children a highly vulnerable popula on. Most of the adolescent mothers in care have unrealis c child-raising expecta ons that are related to later paren ng stress (Budd, Holdsworth & HoganBruen, 2006) They need to deal with many challenging situa ons during the motherhood, for many young mothers, motherhood has seen as a posi ve and stabilizing event in their lives (Connolly, et al, 2012). The study seeks to examine how teen mothers in foster group homes experience motherhood and analyze the experience of becoming mothers in their lives while in care
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