In one study they conducted a 10-week counseling program for 105 pregnant teens and their parents. They measured co-parenting skills and parental function during the second trimester, 12 weeks after birth, and 18 months after birth. The results showed that young fathers who completed the program exhibited more positive parenting than fathers in the control group. (Florisheim et al., 2012) In another study, a Reality Therapy practitioner met with young men who would soon become fathers and wrote down the session. The results of the client-centered session showed that fathers demonstrated that they could better invade their future as individuals and as parents. (Kiren, 2014). When researching the topic in the future, we recommend being aware of biases. Some articles had to cancel part of the research due to biased opinions. “A common source of bias among programs located in resource-rich areas is the difficulty of isolating a true “no treatment” control group” (Akinbami et al..,
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