MTV's 16 & Pregnant..The Real knocked-up teens of America (parents, friends, ABC)

[PurpleLove08]

Originally Posted by JerseyG

You can teach sex ed, hand out condoms and birth control pills all you want and even have post partum 15 year olds speak to kids. It all falls on deaf ears when parents aren't supportive of anything other than one more monthly check coming in.

Either you lay the law down at home or you don't. There IS a reason why some underaged kids don't get themselves knocked up while others do...and keep getting themselves knocked up.

Beside that GLARING FACT...there should be mandatory "public service/part of your sex-ed grade" time spent at a daycare center. In the infant room. Watching 3 babies and getting the hang of how quickly an 8 hour shift flies by and you didn't have time for a nap, homework, showering, putting on makeup, friends, partying, going to college, peeing, etc.

Best form of birth control ever.

Or making them live a month while jugging a child (a robot child), a job, and school with NO public funds whatsoever.
If they don't take good care of the robo-child, they'll make a low grade in the class or will have to some kind of extra credit to pull their grade up.

[natalayjones]

Originally Posted by Roselvr

I haven't watched any of the episodes that I taped yet; your comment makes me wonder what this teens child will be like.. I can imagine.

If it's a girl - oh, how cute little "Farrah" dances around shaking her behind singing the latest song that kids listen to.

I feel bad for the school teachers that will be teaching these children.

EDIT - After posting, I'm reminded of the commercial for the kids animated movie - I like to shake it shake it, I love to move it move it...
If anyone has heard the whole unedited song.. I'm surprised this was used in a kids movie. So not cute to see your little niece dancing to that.

It was from Madagascar I believe Oh and that ABC show Secret Life of An American teenager did a marathon today. I hope most girls realize that if they get pregnant at band camp they aren't going to find a boy who loves them and wants to marry them and raise the baby even though it's not his, all before they're old enough to drive. the crap they put on television these days.

[go phillies]

Whatever happened to the "M" in MTV? What do all these goofy reality shows have to do with MUSIC?

[natalayjones]

Originally Posted by go phillies

Whatever happened to the "M" in MTV? What do all these goofy reality shows have to do with MUSIC?

They show music at 6am.

[aktanner]

Originally Posted by KRS88

Compared to what goes on in big cities 16 is nothing nowadays you hear about 11 and 12 year olds havin kids and I had a friend who knew a girl in 8th grade who already had 5 ABORTIONS

Say what?

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by go phillies

Whatever happened to the "M" in MTV? What do all these goofy reality shows have to do with MUSIC?

M now stands for Maternity...teenage Maternity.

[gold*dust1]

Round 2 Farrah. I thought this one was worthwhile as Farrah's mom made it clear she wouldn't be doing all the raising and paying for her and her babies way. You made your bed now lie in it. Even though Farrah generally seemed like a good kid...she F'd up just like her mom said. What is with these sensitive teens these days that don't think their parents can enlighten them about life?

ABC ran a special tonight about teen pregnancy. What's the deal with this? Who all of a sudden decided this was a popular topic to reexamine ad nauseum? I seriously think they need a blurb about using reliable birth control and Planned Parenthoods contact number on each and every one of these shows.

[George Chong]

I loved that Farrah was worried about her appearance for her school photos. No, she wasn't going to get puffy.

Her poor mother had such issues with her daughter's choices. I don't blame her - I just wished that she would have called a spade a spade.

America is not ready for education on birth control. Don't you know that it will just promote more teenagers having sex and having babies?

Don't even get me started

[natalayjones]

Originally Posted by George Chong

I loved that Farrah was worried about her appearance for her school photos. No, she wasn't going to get puffy.

Her poor mother had such issues with her daughter's choices. I don't blame her - I just wished that she would have called a spade a spade.

Farrah's priorities were all wrong. I so wanted her mother to slap her at the restaurant and say "you are 6 months pregnant - do you really think this guy wants to meet you in the middle of the night for ice cream?" Her grandparents ticked me off too when they took her to the car lot. I am a firm believer that grandparents should not be in on family decisions like this. If he brought the car, was he also going to pay the car insurance and make sure she had gas? If mom said no, that should have been the end of it.

[JerseyG]

Originally Posted by gold*dust1

Round 2 Farrah. I thought this one was worthwhile as Farrah's mom made it clear she wouldn't be doing all the raising and paying for her and her babies way. You made your bed now lie in it. Even though Farrah generally seemed like a good kid...she F'd up just like her mom said. What is with these sensitive teens these days that don't think their parents can enlighten them about life?

ABC ran a special tonight about teen pregnancy. What's the deal with this? Who all of a sudden decided this was a popular topic to reexamine ad nauseum? I seriously think they need a blurb about using reliable birth control and Planned Parenthoods contact number on each and every one of these shows.

There is no ad nauseum clause when it come to teen pregnancy. There is no "re-examination" of it b/c it's NEVER been solved.