MTV's 16 and Pregnant

[WVU alpha phi]

I don't think a thread has been created on this yet. Is anyone else watching? I DVR'd the 2nd episode last night so I've only seen the first one, with the engaged girl from Chattanooga. It was pretty sad.. her fiance was a piece of shit who didn't even want to hold their son. And he went out every night with friends instead of helping her with the baby. Normally I don't feel sorry for young mothers (everyone knows if you're responsible, it's very unlikely you'll get pregnant) but I did feel bad for this girl. She was trying to better her life by working, going to college after graduating HS early, and caring for her son. I'm excited to watch last night's episode.

[rhoyaltempest]

Regarding the 1st episode, what pissed me off was when the guy told his very pregnant (like 8 months) girlfriend to get out of the car and check for a flat even though she told him it was hard for her to get in and out of the car. He told her something like....it's not impossible.

I hope the show will encourage young people to be more responsible in protecting themselves against teen pregnancy (and of course diseases). When I first heard about the show, I thought that it might glamorize teen pregnancy.

[KSUViolet06]

I watched the first ep.

I have mixed feelings about it.

I don't feel like it glamourized teen pregnancy, but I feel like kids might watch it and think "Oh if we have a baby, our lives will be just like hers. We'll have our own apt, our friends will come over, my mom will watch the baby and let me go to dance class, and we'll get engaged!"

That's not usually the case. This girl just happens to be lucky enough to have parents with their own business and the time/means to support her.

I thought it was funny when she was like "The baby is 4 months and he hasn't mentioned anything about wedding plans yet. I'm not sure why."

Well duh, it's because he DOESN'T REALLY want to. He's most likely only doing it because "it's the right thing to do" because he KNOCKED YOU UP.

He even said "If it weren't for our son we wouldn't be together."

I really hope she continues to get her life together because I don't see babydaddy sticking around.

[minDyG]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I really hope she continues to get her life together because I don't see babydaddy sticking around.

Co-sign.

[WVU alpha phi]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Regarding the 1st episode, what pissed me off was when the guy told his very pregnant (like 8 months) girlfriend to get out of the car and check for a flat even though she told him it was hard for her to get in and out of the car. He told her something like....it's not impossible.

My boyfriend and I at that too. That fiance was a waste of space.

It always amazes me how people's parents seem to be OK with their 16 year old having a child. Like the girl saying she told her mom via TEXT, and her mom hugged her when she got home. I would've been greeted with a "wtf were you thinking?" and then months of anger, tears, and "well, if you hadn't gotten pregnant.."

Even if I were to get pregnant now, at 23, with my long term boyfriend, my parents would NOT be volunteering to watch the child while I went to something like dance practice.

[Educatingblue]

I am really glad this show came out. It's no secret a lot of teens are having sex with little to no regard to the consequences.

Sadly enough, I teach in a middle school and every year one (or more) of my students ends up pregnant.

[☮♥ΠΒΦ]

All I can say is that stupidity of others is great entertainment. My pi phi sister and I love that show! It is way sad, but at least it doesn't show teen pregnancy in a good light with the horrible display of affection by the "baby daddies". I guess we should have know a teen pregnancy show would turn up eventually after the huge success of JUNO (love that movie btw).

[IlovemyAKA]

I saw the first episode. So it comes on Tues nights...I'll try to catch a rerun. Although I agree that the father didn't appear to be too helpful, I also believe there was a lot of careful editing to be sure to only show his selfishness & to show her in a better light.

[nikki1920]

I can't watch that show--I see this everyday at work.

[VandalSquirrel]

The show info on my digital cable described the fiance as "lazy" and I had some good giggles.

I am glad the parents of the "lazy" guy are at least being involved with their grandchild. It isn't that baby's fault it has a d-bag for a father, and hopefully with his parents being involved with the baby he may be able to step up and be a father one day instead of just disappearing.

[PM_Mama00]

I'm 28 and this show is birth control enough for me! I hope teens really learn from this.

[WVU alpha phi]

Originally Posted by Educatingblue

I am really glad this show came out. It's no secret a lot of teens are having sex with little to no regard to the consequences.

Sadly enough, I teach in a middle school and every year one (or more) of my students ends up pregnant.

When I was in seventh grade, a girl in my class got pregnant with twins by an eighth grader at our school. She dropped out of school and would bring the babies in to show them off, and everyone (including teachers!!) would oooh and ahhh over how cute they were. Even at the time I remember thinking, anyone wanna mention how her life is over? She has 2 kids at age 12!

She got pregnant again a year later too.

[tri deezy]

I'm watching Farrah's episode right now. The OBGYN looked horrified when she was like "yeah I'm really not planning on breast feeding...." Hehe it made me think of all those lactivists. I wasn't breastfed, though, and I'm fine! Now we know that I couldn't nurse because I was allergic to the milk my mom was drinking! If she'd stopped drinking real milk, then I would have nursed fine, but no big deal. My two closest co-workers weren't breastfed either. I guess it wasn't really big in the 70s and 80s the way it is now. I'm definitely going to breastfeed, though. I'm almost excited to nurse! That was written like a rant- sorry.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by tri deezy

I'm watching Farrah's episode right now. The OBGYN looked horrified when she was like "yeah I'm really not planning on breast feeding...." Hehe it made me think of all those lactivists. I wasn't breastfed, though, and I'm fine! Now we know that I couldn't nurse because I was allergic to the milk my mom was drinking! If she'd stopped drinking real milk, then I would have nursed fine, but no big deal. My two closest co-workers weren't breastfed either. I guess it wasn't really big in the 70s and 80s the way it is now. I'm definitely going to breastfeed, though. I'm almost excited to nurse! That was written like a rant- sorry.

I think that back then, there was so much of the "yay, women are finally getting somewhere in the workplace" that I don't think anyone was about to tell women they should demand time to pump or more time off.

The whole "is breast best" debate has gone back and forth over the years, for a variety of reasons.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by tri deezy

]I guess it wasn't really big in the 70s and 80s the way it is now.

I, along with my cousins and friends, was born in the 80's and we were all breastfed. I guess it really just depends on the area, and the person.