Learning Objectives

11.1. Discuss the social influences that encourage childbearing and the individual motivations for having children or remaining child-free
11.2. Explain the considerations parents must take into account when deciding how many children to have
11.3. Discuss the phenomenon of teen parenthood
11.4. Know the causes of infertility and technology available to help create a pregnancy
11.5. Summarize the motives for adoption and the demographics of who adopts and who is adopted
11.6. Discuss the types of abortion and the outcome of having an abortion
11.7. Predict the future of planning for children