![]() MTV started thinking about a show on teen pregnancy in 2008, when Britney Spears' 16-year-old sister, Jamie Lynn, announced she was pregnant. The bad news is that the United States still has the highest number of teen pregnancies in the fully industrialized world.īut if these MTV shows have anything to do with it, those numbers will drop even further. "Pregnancy is the easy part - it's the parenthood that's really, really difficult."Īccording to Kramer's organization, teen pregnancy dropped about 40 percent between 19, which is good news. "And you know what's funny?" says Amy Kramer, director of media relations for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, a nonpartisan D.C. There are no overtly graphic shots, but there are plenty of whimpers, gasps and grunts - enough to give viewers a clear idea that labor is very hard work. Cameras follow the young mothers-to-be as they make tough decisions about their lives, like dropping out of high school, either because it's too exhausting or to escape being gossiped about.Įventually, the viewer goes right into the delivery room, where laboring mothers sometimes have to mediate between possessive boyfriends and protective mothers. The point of the shows is to have teens demonstrate to their peers how hard it is to become responsible for a baby before you're really responsible for yourself. But much more interesting than what's happening in any of those households is what's happening in the homes of Farrah, Amber, Maci Catelynn, and several other girls who are featured in two MTV series about teen pregnancy.ġ6 and Pregnant and Teen Mom follow a small group of high school girls and their often feckless boyfriends as they go from being teens to being teen parents. Farrah's storyline revolves around her relationship with her own mother, who was charged with domestic assault in January 2010.įrom the Kardashians to the Real Housewives of wherever, there's no denying America's fascination with reality television. Farrah Abraham, one of the stars of Teen Mom, with her daughter Sophia.
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