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Motherhood Journal Summary

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RG, Lanz; SC, Bert; BK, Jacobs, in their journal article “A Sample of First Time Adolescent and Adult Mothers” (November, 22, 2009), they assert that there is a significant need for counseling, nurse-based intervention, and prevention services. Claiming that in order to prepare adolescents for motherhood society must provide the future parents with necessary social support. The audience is scholarly and educated; the relationship is based on common interest. Meghan, Angley; Anna, Divney; Unrania, Magriples; Trace, Kershaw, report their findings in The Maternal and Child Journal, “Social Support, Family Functioning and Parenting Competence in Adolescent Parents” (January, 19, 2015) they claim that there is a major association between low social

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