I caught the end of farrah's episode. What a spoiled brat! I wanted to smack her more than once!

We must not forget that these are children. Having a baby doesn't change that although SOME will mature faster since having children.

Ok, so I saw a piece of Farrah's episode last night. I like the show and I think it is a big wake up to the younger generation. Funny how she didn't understand why the girls on the cheer squad treated her differently. Her reason for quitting. Also, that she got stood up. I mumbled "what guy in their right mind would go out with someone 6 months preganant..." Mom came back with, "because than I guy could have sex and know she is not going to get pregnant." And I had my 'ahha' moment. duh!

So, mom turned it into a sex talk. I am 29 and lived with a guy for 4 years. I still got the sex talk.

I don't think I would have sat with mom to watch the show when I was 15. I hope there are some parents that will use the show to open lines of communication.

Even at 29 I would never want to put myself in the position to sit my parents down and say I am pregnant.

It's not fun! I don't think I'm planning to have more kids, but if I change my mind, I look forward to being able to call people and cry happy tears while sharing my great news...instead of being terrified to tell them because I don't know how they'll react!

Yep! I was 19 when I got pregnant with my now 2 and a half year old. She was born after I turned 20, though, so I was never a teen mother! :D But yeah, telling the parents is quite the bittersweet experience. After you've come to terms with the fact that you're pregnant and gone through all the options in your mind, then faced up to the reality that you're going to be a parent, you have to sit down and tell them this news that is going to immediately disappoint and ultimately delight them. But the night I told my parents was the night I got engaged to my husband, and thinking back on it, I wouldn't have changed a thing about that night! :)

Even being 19 (legally an adult) is different than being a high schooler.

I don't think any parent is truly prepared for children and they all learn as they go through it. But, being more mature and having your life more in order definitely helps.

Right! Being a stay at home parent is the equivalent of 2-3 jobs.

On that note: Being a working parent who is also the primary caregiver is the equivalent of 3 jobs. You get off of your paid fulltime job and go home to your unpaid (overworked and underappreciated) fulltime job.

I say the same for when I was 30.

Still better than being a high schooler.

It was at the end of my sophomore year of college. Thus, I am an alumna with no degree! ;)

I don't think anyone can ever be *truly* prepared for parenthood, but there is definitely something to be said for being of legal age and able to actually take care of yourself (I've supported myself since I was 17, or been supported by my husband) financially and emotionally.

Yep.

I turned 34 the week after my first kid was born. My life was in order, my finances were in order, and my marriage was in order. This was a child that we had wanted, planned for, and read everything we could prior to his arrival.

And then.... this helpless human being who expected me to feed him, change him, and figure out why he was crying ALL THE FRIGGIN TIME showed up. I turned into a complete mess. I have a master's degree and my husband is a physician, and we felt like the two stupidest people on the planet. Those advanced degrees and all that reading got us nowhere with knowing how to make that kid stop crying! It was hard as hell.

We often commented to each other that if life became that hard for the two of us, that it really put into perspective how difficult it would be for young parents who lack maturation, a helpful babydaddy, and enough money in the bank to not have to worry where the next meal will come from.