Altoona, PA Author Publishes New Book

The Epidemic of Teen Pregnancy: An American Tragedy, a new book by Lisa Covitch, has been released by RoseDog Books.

This book, The Epidemic of Teen Pregnancy: An American Tragedy is about the challenges of becoming a teenage mother. The author shares some of the teen pregnancy cases she has dealt with personally over the years.

This book also discusses methods of preventing teen pregnancy. The author includes various resources that could be helpful to a teenage girl if she discovers she is pregnant. Lisa Covitch believes that parents and schools need to become proactive when dealing with teenagers, and they need to be more open with teens about the issues of teen pregnancy.

This book talks about the options teens have if they become pregnant. These include: keeping the baby, adopting out the baby or aborting the baby. Covitch also discusses some trends of today, such as grandparents raising babies of teen mothers, since many teenagers are not prepared for the responsibility of parenthood.

About the Author

Lisa Covitch resides in Altoona, PA, with her husband, Bruce.

Covitch is a Field Care Manager working for Community Behavioral Health Network of Pennsylvania and is a part-time instructor in Human Development at Penn State Altoona. She performed her undergraduate work in Human Development at The Pennsylvania State University and holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Through Covitch’s last twenty-five years of experience in working with children and adolescents, she has encountered several cases of pregnant teens that are in need of help and guidance. That is where the idea for this book arose. If reading this book can help just one teenage girl or parent, it will definitely be worth the effort.

Covitch’s inspirations over the years have been her husband, Bruce, and her parents, Zane and Sonia Williamson, along with several good friends and family members.

The Epidemic of Teen Pregnancy: An American Tragedy is a 118-page paperback with a retail price of $15.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-7349-8. It was published by RoseDog Books of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information or to request a review copy, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.rosedog.com/pressroom or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com.