Teen Parents

Teens With Tiny Strangers emphasizes the importance of learning parenting skills, particularly for adolescent parents, and examines exemplary parenting programs--one, the nationally acclaimed Beethoven Project on the south side of Chicago, where young parents learn more about their babies, more about parenting, and more about themselves. This and other extraordinary, innovative programs provide real hope and real help to this nation's growing number of Teens With Tiny Strangers. $195 (rental $50), 30 minutes.

...And Baby Makes Two: A Look at Teenage Single Parenting looks at teen fathers' responsibilities, sex education, peer pressure and an array of programs designed to give teen mothers ways to become successful and productive adults. Interviews with teen mothers give insight about the social and personal; changes in their lives when they choose to keep their babies although they often lack money, education and job training. $99 (rental $50), 30 minutes.