Me, a Teen Father

Duration: 13

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Gordon-Kerchkoff

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Reveals, through voice-over monologue, the thoughts, feelings, and concerns of an unmarried, teenage male whose girlfriend is pregnant. Highlights his fears of untimely additional responsibility, their parents' reactions and disappointments, and the irresponsible advice of friends. Confronts the couple's choices of marriage, abortion, adoption, and single parenthood through thoughtful and sincere concern of the teenage father. Emphasizes his desire to "do the right thing," but points out the many variables involved in the decision. Presents the topic in a non-sexual orientation to stimulate discussion., Shows the predicament of unmarried teenage parents-to-be, from the boy's point of view.

Complete Record: Reveals, through voice-over monologue, the thoughts, feelings, and concerns of an unmarried, teenage male whose girlfriend is pregnant. Highlights his fears of untimely additional responsibility, their parents' reactions and disappointments, and the irresponsible advice of friends. Confronts the couple's choices of marriage, abortion, adoption, and single parenthood through thoughtful and sincere concern of the teenage father. Emphasizes his desire to "do the right thing," but points out the many variables involved in the decision. Presents the topic in a non-sexual orientation to stimulate discussion., This film delicately explores the pressures, the moments of nostalgic tenderness, the guilt, ambivalence, anguish and anger of a teenage boy who has just learned that his girlfriend is pregnant. He struggles with the choices that they both must make in the present and in trying to glimpse what their future will be like with a baby., , Shows the predicament of unmarried teenage parents-to-be, from the boy's point of view.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.