teenage parents
collocation in Englishmeaningsofteenageandparent
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teenage
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈtiːn.eɪdʒ/us/ˈtiːn.eɪdʒ/
aged between 13 ...
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parent
noun[C]
uk/ˈpeə.rənt/us/ˈper.ənt/
a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a ...
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Most teenage parents go back to live with mum to be looked after with their baby.
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The programme provides services which help vulnerable people—including victims of domestic violence, older people and teenage parents—live independently in their accommodation.
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As a result, they are providing mentoring and friendship to other care leavers, teenage parents or other young people in need.
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It is interesting that young people told the social exclusion team that there were three causes of becoming ateenageparent.
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Effects of welfare reform on teenage parents and their children.
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Longitudinal studies over the transition to adulthood for adolescents assumed to carry considerable risk for adaptive difficulties, such as unwed teenage parents, have revealed surprisingly positive adaptation.
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Too many teenage parents find themselves in bed-and-breakfast accommodation or in council flats on faraway estates with no family and no support.
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Teenage boys and girls who have been in trouble with the police are more likely than their peers to become teenage parents.
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The group includes a membership drawn from a wide range of individuals and organisations with experience of working with young people and teenage parents.
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It believes that it is vital to support teenage parents to end the cycle of poverty and misery, which often occurs.
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The social exclusion unit's forthcoming report will look at the prevention of teenage pregnancy and the support necessary for teenage parents and their children.
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Teenage pregnancy is a problem simply because teenage parents have to look after a baby when they are little more than children themselves.
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It is all too easy to stigmatise teenage parents, to point the finger and blame them for the ills of society.
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I welcome and encourage the work that the unit is doing on truancy and school exclusion, and now with teenage parents.
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There were 2,869 lone teenage parents in supported accommodation provided by a housing association.
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In a deprived environment, extra support is required for teenage parents to break the cycle of teen pregnancy.
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For example, we are testing how best to provide child care for teenage parents to help them return to education or work.
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