Wait! Their parents were married!? How did I miss that one??

They ONLY mentioned it in the opening part of the episode where the girl is introducing herself. I had to play it again because I couldn't believe it. And the girl even says that she and her boyfriend were together first so THE PARENTS are weird for getting together when their children are already dating.

I thought the mom looked like a major meth head.

Sooo I'm watching the finale special and I'm very, very suprised that all of these couples are still together

So, the finale just ended and I'm just kind of dumbfounded. The only episodes that I caught before this were Ebony and Catelynn's. All of the girls admitted that they weren't using any type of birth control at the time. I do realize that all forms of birth control (except for abstinence) are not 100%, but why do girls put themeselves in these situations? It's really frustrating to see what seems to be mostly mature girls letting their boyfriend's control if they get pregnant or not.

And to the one girl who said she wasn't trying to get pregnant...if you're not using protection, then you're trying to get pregnant

/soapbox

My mom says this all the time.

The thing is that they're NOT mature. They're kids. All they were thinking about was having sex with their bfs. Not whether or not they wanted to get pregnant.

Also, some reasons teen girls put themselves in these situations:

*They "love" their bfs and think they'll "be together forever."
*They think "It won't happen to me."
*They can't go get the pill thelmselves and don't want to tell mom/dad that they're having sex so THEY can take them.
*Their bf says they don't want to use a condom. They don't want to tell bf "no" because they don't want bf to break up with them. So they do it anyway.
*They believe any number of stupid myths like "you can't get pregnant in a pool/standing up/your first time/whatever.

I could go on and on...

You're right, but a few of them seem to have gotten it together somewhat since their babies have been born. I guess because I wasn't one of those girls (i.e he loves me sOoOo much, and we're gonna get married, etc.), I don't *get* why they would do such a thing. Situations like these are why I feel we need comprehensive sex education.

Another two to add to your "why teens get pregnant" list:

*My boyfriend doesn't have a condom, and I'm not on birth control, but I don't really care, we're horny, so... screw it.

*Well, now that we've already had unprotected sex, I'm probably pregnant anyway, so what's the point of using birth control now?

Sorry to say, that's not just teens. Like I mentioned earlier in this thread, I have a good number of friends my age (28) who are getting pregnant, totally by surprise. Some have been open enough to say what "went wrong"--and it's some of the same stuff.

I thought the finale was pretty good. The statistic that Dr drew gave about 3 in 10 teen girls getting pregnant made my jaw hit the floor! Sex Ed please!

I thought the finale was too much like a counseling session. I tuned out after Dr. Drew harassed poor Maci for 20 minutes.

I too was really surprised all the couples were still together. Catelynn and Tyler are still wise beyond their years, and I teared up with Tyler said he sleeps with Carly's blanket every night and has a framed picture of them in his room.

Out of the entire season and even through the finale, Catelynn and Tyler are the only one's i could connect with. They were so so sooooo mature. I know they werent in the position to take care of Carly but they were the only ones i thought should have kept their baby.

^^Catelynn and Tyler were the only couple who truly looked like they were in love and still in love even though the odds were stacked against them. They stood up to their parents and did what their hearts told them to do. I cried when Tyler read aloud the letter he had written for his baby girl! That's the moment when he stepped up and became a man and took care of his child - unlike when Tyler's father asked him to "man-up" at the restaurant. I definitely think they did the right thing.