Comments on: Is MTV Making Teen Pregnancy and Motherhood Cool?

By: floridagrl7

floridagrl7 — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:46:55 +0000

I think teen pregnancy is a subject that needs to be discussed, but the way MTV is doing it doesn’t promote a healthy discussion– it simply glamorizes teen pregnancy which is not good for anyone. Children are a huge responsibility and it takes a mature person to be a good parent. My mom was a teen mom and has told me how hard it was for her to raise my older brother. The message shouldn’t be that it’s fun and easy to have a baby too young, but an objective examination of the difficult choices women of all ages have to make. A baby is not a fashion accessory! MTV needs to drop its programming or change it to reflect a healthier discussion of teen pregnancy.

By: imaira

imaira — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:11:35 +0000

i agree completely. i’m fourteen and i understand how the teenage minds work. believe me a couple of teens will get pregnant to get on this show.mtv has to be careful who they have on the show.

By: Aqua

Aqua — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:18:00 +0000

I totallllyy agree with you. I have a 7 month month old & I was one of those teens. After watching these movies & shows, I got sucked into thinking it was easy. ITS NOT. I hate when girls talk about how they & their boyfriend want a baby at this young.
But that it what the media is making these girls think. The media does it for good intention I know, however there is bad results. I say we should put a stop to it.
If the media wants to show the struggles, show the REAL hardships of being a teen mom! Like staying in school, and pleasing your family, and being a loving mom all at the same time! It’s difficult!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:56:32 +0000

I think that MTV is encouraging a sleeeeeewwwwwwwww of bad behaviors and making them out to be the cool thing to do. Do yourself a favor, and tell yourself away and anyone you care about away from tv channels like those. Evil people. .-= KellyÂ´s last blog ..Top 5 Posing and Directing Photography Tips =-.

By: Lauralee Hensley

Lauralee Hensley — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:53:21 +0000

I think maybe this season should have been shown from those babies biological father’s point of view. Guys who would be honest and say that they hated this happening and that it’s no fun to be with the girl or trying to work and go to school to pay support. Guys that are honest and say they won’t marry the girl or help her because it’s her problem. Because really isn’t that the true reality in most of these teen pregnancies. Have the parents of the girls give their honest opinion of all the stuff they are having to do on a full time basis that they don’t think should be their responsibility either. The girls had their say last season, let their 15 minutes of fame, be seen as what it is really, 15 minutes of shame. I actually knew girls growing up in high school who purposely said they were going to trick a guy into getting them pregnant, and they went through with it. They thought the guy would marry them and get them out of their parents home. Well, only one of the three ended up getting married and then he left her in about 1 year. The other two didn’t end up getting married. One ended up having to live with her Dad, because her mom left because she was tired of her daughter’s behavior. She still lives with her Dad several years later, and she just has a part time job at Walmart. She gets some government assistance for her little boy.
The other girl had a baby that had multiple birth defects. She ended up living on Welfare after her family finally had enough too and told her to make it on her own. Her baby ended up dying from one of the birth defects that affected its’ heart when it was almost two years old.
I think teen pregnancy is a serious thing and not something that should be used just to make good ratings or to get 15 minutes of fame on TV. The ones who’ll suffer the most from this is the children born to families that break apart and not come together after a situation like this.

By: Toni

Toni — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:38:11 +0000

I think one documentary to show teen pregnancy is what should have been done but I agree this continues series is going about it the wrong way.

By: Toni

Toni — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:35:47 +0000

Yes that is my point, these issues need to be addressed absolutely but to have a series that continues on and on and makes these girls famous or infamous is what bothers me the most.. And others are going to want that I can just feel it

By: Toni

Toni — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:34:12 +0000

You know Brian I am noticing that, the shows on these channels are really promoting lifestyles that aren’t good examples. And you are right unfortunately it is what sells.

By: Toni

Toni — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:32:11 +0000

I agree that the first season could be used as a tool Melissa I would have totally used it with mine if they are older but I think continuing it season after season even if showing the struggles is also glamourizing it. Thanks so much for shaing your opinion

By: Melissa, Multitasking Mama

Melissa, Multitasking Mama — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:26:17 +0000

As a girl who got pregnant at 16 I made my 12 and 13 year old boys watch the entire season one (with me and their dad)..Not because I want them to think I regret my decision to have them (they know I don’t) but to show them all the ways teenage pregnancy, sexual relationships to soon, etc affect everyone not just you and your GF or BF. It affects your relationship with your friends, your education, your future and your relationship with your parents.
I applaud MTV for showing a quasi realistic rendition so that we as parents can use it as a tool to educate our kids. It is actually the only show on MTV my kids are allowed to watch.
*I haven’t seen the episode from season 2 yet*
.-= Melissa, Multitasking MamaÂ´s last blog ..To be honestâ€¦ =-.