title: The experience of repeated fatherhood during adolescence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to examine how adolescent fathers experience recurring parenthood.
  
  
  METHODS
  qualitative study with a social phenomenological focus.
  
  
  METHODS
  five fathers between 16 and 19 years of age, each with two children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the participants perceived themselves as mature, responsible, worried about the care and education of their children, and desiring a secure future life. These factors made them seek employment, their own home, marital stability, construction of a family and return to school. They experienced the ambivalence of desiring one reality and living another, given that, as adolescent parents, they regretted the loss of their freedom.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  recurring parenthood in adolescence is a complex phenomenon, with many possible perceptions. The diverse experiences depend on the social context that is defined by the wishes, plans, possibilities and meanings of each distinct social class.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  care delivery to these adolescents should consider not only theoretical and chronobiological aspects, but also the experiences of these young people and the psychosocial and cultural factors involved in their fatherhood.
authors.affiliation: São Camilo University, Rua Guiratinga, 931, apto. 113, Saúde, 04141-001 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. enfobstetrica@scamilo.edu.br
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: M A B
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Merighi
authors.forename: M C P
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jesus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001938:Brazil; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000523:psychology; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011203:Poverty; D012944:Social Support; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult