CHAPTER 1

The Problem and It’s background

I. Introduction

The adolescent male has been ignored in our society today, discussion of adolescent male

father and child bearing is traditionally a female issue. According to Andrew Mark Kiselica

adolescent fathers were largely ignored by society and were the victims of harmful stereotypes that

erroneously depicted them as callous males who sexually exploited their female partners and then

abandoned them and their babies. (M. Kiselica, 2014) This state of affairs is a part of large

phenomenon that the world has today prior to neglecting males about pregnancy, birth and

childbearing. Ages 15 to 19 are times when one people is at peak finding himself and for this stage

or process to be interrupted will make it hard for a said teen to be a father at a young age.

The young father himself still has a lot to learn in this world and at the stage of his life. A so

called father must be a pillar for the family, someone who the family can trust and hold on to.

According to Elizabeth Alderman, young fathers tend to enter workforce at an early life to provide

the needs of their child. As a result the young father needs to balance his daily life as a student and

as a father also that may be burdensome to him. (E. Alderman, 2008) This research aims to know

the life of a young fathers, their knowledge and capability to do so. The researchers would like to

provide a qualitative and a user-friendly research about the life of a young fathers.
II. Statement of the Problem
The main purpose of this study is to determine the life of a young father inside and outside

the school, this situation is the country’s biggest problem today, the researcher will find out what

is the life of young fathers. Do young fathers see that being a father can be burdensome to them

knowing that they need to balance their life as a student and as a father also. Does a young father

carry some heavy load obligation in their life today.

This research aims to answer the following questions.

1. Profile of the respondents their lives in terms of

a. studies b. financial c. skills

2. What are the effects of being a young father to his studies?

3. What is the perception of his parents to him as a young father?

4. How do young father balance their life as a student and as a father?

III. Scope and Delimitation

This research focuses on issues regarding ‘’young father’’, why they are having a child at a

young age. The researcher mostly focuses about the young mothers and neglecting about the young

fathers, the researchers commonly blame the happenings only at the girl and didn’t mind the boys.

The researchers aims to determine the life of a young father, their capability and their knowledge

for being a young father at a young age. This research would like to focus on why or what life of

the young father is facing while they are studying. All of the gathered data will be collected from

the young fathers, the researchers would like to interview the senior high school young fathers

student and this study shall be conducted at the ACLC college of Malolos and outside the school,
this study will start in January 2019. The researchers will use a qualitative research and will use a

survey questionnaire as an instrument.

IV. Significance of the Study

This research it would give prevention from teenagers, it would help to realize the negative

effect of early fatherhood at the young age.

Adolescent. This study is important for teenagers. It would provide knowledge on early

fatherhood. It would give realizations for teens to avoid the unnecessary teenage fatherhood. At

the end of this study, they would be surely become open minded about this issue.

Teenage father. This study will help the teenagers to make smarter decisions, to build

meaningful relationships and it provides understanding about awareness of teenage father. Having

enough knowledge about sexual education could help teenagers to realize that responsibilities for

becoming an early parent aren't easy.

Parents. This study will help to encourage their son about the early fatherhood, for it will give

a moral support and approach their child in the positive way.

Local Government. This study it would give an idea about increasing rate of teenage fatherhood.

They could be able to understand the main causes of high percentage of early fatherhood.

Society. This study will help to having an orientation for the family member how can affect the

family on getting fatherhood at early age especially to the teenagers

Future researcher. This study could give assistance for the future researchers. It could be their

guide to know further about this topic.

Definition of terms

Father- refers to young fathers.

Mother- refers to young mother.

School- refers to ACLC college of Malolos.

Family- refers to family at a young age.

Phenomenon- something such as an interesting fact or event that can be observed and studied and

that typically is unusual or difficult to understand or explain fully.

Population- the number of people who live in a place

Path- a track that is specially made for people to walk or ride on.

Qualitative- refers to how good something is.

Efficient- capable of producing desired results without wasting materials, time, or energy.

Vague- not thinking or expressing your thoughts clearly and precisely.

Adolescent- is the process of developing from a child into an adult.

Childbearing-of or relating to the process of conceiving, being pregnant with, and giving birth to

children.

Pillar- a person or thing regarded as reliably providing essential support for something.
Society- A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large

social group sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same

political authority and dominant cultural expectations

Notes in chapter 1

References

Bryan, B. (2011) Thesis 1

Summer, (2016)

Jhay. (2009) Scope and Delimination

Cook, H. (2017) Examining the effects of sex education

Kiselica, M. (2014) Teen age fathers

Alderman, E. (2008) AAP News and Journal Gateway

Web page with author

In-text citation

The term “adolescent fathers were largely ignored by society and were the victims of harmful

stereotypes that erroneously depicted them as callous males who sexually exploited their female

partners and then abandoned them and their babies” (Teen Age fathers. 2015)

The term “As a result the young father needs to balance his daily life as a student and as a father

also that may be burdensome to him.” (Fatherhood in Adolescence)

 ACLC College of Malolos
City of Malolos, Bulacan

Title: Tatay na si Totoy: A Qualitative research about the life of a young father.

Members:
Uy, Gweneth Irish T, Cruz, Justin Joy
Gutierrez, Ericka D. Bernardo, Shaina Anne
Lopez, Hannah Camille Fernandez, Jamielyn

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