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  • Posted By: CLJovero @ 07/17/2008 2:59:11 PM

    Teenagers have been getting pregnant since the beginning of the human race. it is not a modern phenomenon. Everyone likes to glamorize the 1950s as a time when teenagers didn't get pregnant and mothers didn't have to work full time and families were perfect but that really is an unbalanced view. Stop being so judgemental. You can never completely know the circumstances of a perfect stranger's pregnancy

  • Posted By: kickstand @ 07/17/2008 2:56:51 PM

    ok is a trash magzine this prove it lol just like jamie lynn and her big sister

    • Posted By: kickstand @ 07/17/2008 2:59:06 PM

      yeah they going to kick me off here lol

  • Posted By: Vu1ture @ 07/17/2008 2:57:22 PM

    Who cares? It is her life...she's got to account for it. So, who are we to judge her or anyone else in the public eye? Let the one who is sinless throw the first stone!

  • Posted By: patman215 @ 07/17/2008 11:58:10 AM

    she's also a teen and a milf, lol.

    • Posted By: loriw @ 07/17/2008 2:55:33 PM

      You are a sick jackass.

  • Posted By: SoCalStevo @ 07/17/2008 2:14:11 PM

    Hey sonata11... how about if she was properly raised and not have gotten pregnant in the first place!!!!

    • Posted By: sonata11 @ 07/17/2008 2:53:00 PM

      In response to your comment socalsteve... its funny as hell how upset you are at Jamie... and what's funnier is that you have a young daughter too.... I don't condone teens all over getting pregnant and such... And I agree that parents should raise their children to be responsible... but I will say Jamie (and anyone with kids should know) has a head of her own and makes her own decisions... She had sex and got pregnant. It doesn't mean that she wasn't raised well, it means that she did her own thing and messed up... I'm sure you have made choices that your parents didn't agree with... but did they say F you and call you trash and such??? I mean, really God forbid, but if it was your daughter was 17 and had a kid (by accident) would you call her and your entire family trash saying that you didn't raise her right and blah blah... AND does it make it your fault as a parent....? People wanna be acting as if they are perfect... so you don't like that Jamie had a kid.... fine... what would you like for her to do about it now??? Seriously... what now??? tell me... get rid of it?? what?? Instead of being retarded and saying "if my kid gets pregnant now, its the Spears families fault because they take pictures and post it on a magazine" take responsibility, get your kids and talk to them, make sure that what happened to Jamie doesn't happen to them...

  • Posted By: volleyball032s @ 07/17/2008 11:54:13 AM

    we shouldn't always take out the bad in every situation she had a baby nobody can change that fact!!! we should be glad that she gave birth to a healthy baby girl not condeming her it not the babys fault!!!!
    Jamie Lynn made a mistake we all do!!!!!! Iam not saying it is right by any means but how would you fell if everybody was condeming you and not celebrating your babys birth

    • Posted By: calipzo22 @ 07/17/2008 12:04:10 PM

      She shouldn't be on the front page of a magazine celebrating...it's explotation and in poor taste. As a celeb from a teen show you're automatically a teen idol to a lot of young'ns. Her, her mother and her publisit all saw dollar bills...

      • Posted By: Mommy4ever88 @ 07/17/2008 2:50:50 PM

        So they saw money. They are famous...what do u expect!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Posted By: patman215 @ 07/17/2008 11:54:35 AM

    ever heard of an abortion? that would be a great way for teens to prevent ruining their lives. This magazine did glamorize teen pregnancy, which again often ruins the rest of a teen's life, or preventing them from ever having a good one. Teen pregnancy is 100% of the time NOT a good thing, very obviously. This same magazine will do another cover story on how Jamie Lynn somehow killed her daughter in a few months anyway...

    • Posted By: Mommy4ever88 @ 07/17/2008 2:49:15 PM

      Wow...Typical American looking for the easy way out. You really would do good in a Mormon Church!

    • Posted By: benotconformed @ 07/17/2008 12:31:36 PM

      Patman, you stated that abortion would save a teenager's life from ruin. I had an abortion as a teenager and it most certainly doesn't keep you life from being ruined. It's really, really sad that our country/culture/media portrays childbearing and children as enemies. you see, it's not the baby that causes ruin, it's the percarious situations we place ourselves in. Just wanted to mk clear that abortion isn't a "savior". I volunteer with a ministry that supports women with unplanned pregnancies. Also, I have counseled many women w/a history of multiple abortions. Some women may feel thankful and relieved after abortion, but there are just as many that it torments them and even some I have had to counsel afterwards that are suicidal. So, I don't think it's very fair to make a blanket statement that suggests abortion will save a young life from ruin. carrying a child to term when you are a child will be incredibly tough, deciding to give the child up for adoption- very painful, keeping the child and raising it- very, very challenging, however, it builds your character. Thirteen years after my abortion I can still see my tendency to run away from challenges versus accepting responsiblity. It takes a willingness to care more about another than yourself to carry a baby to term. We sure could use more selflessness in our world.

      • Posted By: almadeus @ 07/17/2008 12:45:24 PM

        thank you for your inside view. it sounds like you have invested a lot of time contemplating this issue and have found clear guidance from within and above.

    • Posted By: Kammysmama @ 07/17/2008 12:23:25 PM

      Abortion is NOT the answer! I think Jamie Lynn is amazing for keeping her baby. In my book that means she is sending the RIGHT message to kids, keeping her child. That was the right thing to do. And guess what, Teenage pregnancy isn't always 100% wrong. I am a teenage mother and I am doing an amazing job. It is what I was mean to do with my life, be a mother. You are worthless for making girls like Jamie Lynn feel like they are the only teenagers out there having sex because guess what, most of them are. All we can do is educate them and let them make their own decisions to how they are going to deal with pregnancy if it happens.
      And seriously dude, get a life.

    • Posted By: dragons96 @ 07/17/2008 12:19:05 PM

      So murder is the answer. Wow that is really cruel. That baby was already a person the minute it was conceived. She is one awesome teen for having this baby and I think she will do an awesome job as a mother regardless of her age.

  • Posted By: Chrisy11 @ 07/17/2008 2:49:10 PM

    Welll i think that you shouldnt be critizing people that javent even done anything to you becuse you wouldnt like anybody to be sayin mean things to you! and i think it was good that she is being a mother and her father is being a father and i thinkthats all that matter and they should stop and just let her live her life however she wants!!!!!

  • Posted By: gaiaanica @ 07/17/2008 2:40:45 PM

    all right ppl should just leave the poor girl alone yeah she got pregnate at 16 but ppl make mistakes. and it dosnt mean that she cant be a good mom just because shes young. i have 2 friends that got pregnate one at 16 and one at 17 and there both great moms they love their kids so much and theyd give there lives to protect them. im not saying that eveyone should go and get pregnate at such a young age but mistakes do happen and insted of viewing ppl for making a mistake why dont you see how they rase the baby and then judge them. after all being a mom can change a lot and at least jaime is acknologing that she made a mistake but now shes taking responsiblity for her and im sure that she loves her very much. lets face it many in her situation would have goten an abortion or put the baby up for adoption im not saying its a bad thing but i believe its always better if a child grows up with their birth parents dont get me wrong im not against addoption i want to adopt some kids myself when i get married but its less stress on a child that dosnt have so many questions in my oppiinion. but i find it hard to judge ppl so i guess thats why i think that way. anyways just give her a brake.

    • Posted By: kickstand @ 07/17/2008 2:46:42 PM

      CONDOM OR PILL ....... ? LIKE I SAID DUMB PEOPLE OUT THERE. SO ITS OK FOR TEENAGE TO HAVE A KID WHEN THEY ARE A KID. U GOT 2 OF THEM UNDER THE AGE OF 18. THIS SHOW HOW SMART U ARE....

  • Posted By: tammytots @ 07/17/2008 2:45:17 PM

    You people on here as nothign but a bunch of selfish, oponionated, idiots!!!! Oh and i bet your all perfect!! i would like to congradulate jamie of taking responsiblity for her actions, for comitting to raise and love this baby, and for not letting other ppls opinions affect her dicision. She is a smart girl! their are plenty of teenage girls out their who have kids and do a damn good job at raising , caring and loving them, who's to put an age on "pregnancy" ?? on the fli[ side there are plenty of Adults ( age 30-45) out their who DONT know how to raise kids, are irrisponsible adn abuse kids and everything else immaginable. so say taht she should have aborted or given up for adoption is rediculious. ANd to say if she was "raised properly" this wouldnt have happened is BS to. Theirs a point in your kids lives that you have to "let them go" and trust that the things you taught them will prevail, i know plenty of christian couples who raised their kids in a christian home, whos kids struggle daily with things, pre marital sex, drugs ect. the next time you want to complain about how "stupid " someone else is look at yourself!!! congrats to the family!!!

  • Posted By: SunshineGirl273 @ 07/17/2008 2:37:03 PM

    I believe we shouldn't stick our heads in the sand about teen sex, but neither should we be ooohhing and aaahhing about a 16 year old getting pregnant. She may have somewhat of a safety net in her future with her so-called acting but what about all the regular teens out there? What happens to their future once they have a child so young? I think the media should just leave it alone instead of plastering Jamie Lynn's picture all over the place and making it seem like a normal happy new mom situation. I'm sorry, but I don't think there's anything normal about a 16 yr old getting pregnant. It's a trend that is 'catching on' again in America thanks to stories like this one. They should report on what happens once you bring the baby home from the hospital, about everything you won't be able to do like other teens your age, and how much sacrifice and hard work raising a child takes. Unfortunately, the one person that is affected the most is the child himself.

  • Posted By: sonata11 @ 07/17/2008 2:08:13 PM

    I'm so sick of people giving Jamie Lynn Spears hell for supposedly "glamorizing" teen pregnancy.... I mean, wow... Why shouldn't Jamie be proud of her beautiful baby girl, wish the best for her and love her daughter the way any real mother would??? I'm so proud that Jamie has acknowledged her mistake and taken responsibility for her child. I love and admire her for that.... I mean, what should she HAVE done.... hmmmm... lets see.... maybe mothers of teens all around the world would have preferred if she aborted?? no. thrown her kid in the dumpster and make a run for it?? no. throw her kid in the freexing waters?? NO. Oh wait wait, how simply holding it under water in the tub?? Or just putting it up for adoption and let it go thru foster care while Zoey 101 continues?? Oh what would the media say then??? What would YOU say then?? The sad thing is that all of those things have been done in the USA with much older supposed mature mothers... and quit comparing her to britney.... she's her own person and has the money and whether you like it or not is a celebrity. So her life will be out there. She's lovely. So congrats to her new family. And good job OK magazine for standing behind her...

    • Posted By: loriw @ 07/17/2008 2:44:33 PM

      She should be proud...in the privacy of her parent's home since I don't think she has her own home.
      We don't need a POSTER CHILD FOR UNDERAGED SEX and SINGLE PARENTHOOD. Where's the article of the father of this baby and his photo....oh, yeah he took his dic_ and booked. I heard the engagement has ended.

  • Posted By: molisar @ 07/17/2008 2:43:25 PM

    Shame on Ok Magazine for printing something like this. Every 5-17 year old that looks up to that do not think the silly things that the editor said. For example, "oh she has an extroadinary situation". And because of that, she can get knocked up??
    Every looks at the cover of that magazine and sees how happy she is. They want to have her life. That life now has a baby in it. Little do they realize that she will have countless nannies, babysitters, cleaners. Why do you never see Hollywood's children? Because they are always being watched by someone else. And what happens when her loser boyfriend leaves her? Maybe she can afford to take care of herself, but what about every other young in America? Young s cannot rationalize things like this. They only see the cute baby and want one themselves. Ok Magazine is absolutely promoting all of the wrong things. This issue really proved what Ok Magazine is: trash.

  • Posted By: Sandy4of6 @ 07/17/2008 2:26:09 PM

    You can say what you want about Jamie Lynn having nannies and all of the money she needs. The truth is, she had a much easier way out that wouldn't have interrupted her "fun" or her career and she didn't choose it. She could have had this "problem" gone in a matter of minutes, but she chose to give her child life.

    So Jamie Lynn may have an easier time than many other people. Is that our goal - ease of life? Because I think Jamie Lynn's happiness is dependent on her ability to take responsibility for her life: her behavior and attitude and so is yours.

    There are a lot of people discussing this subject with great intensity. The same holds true for all of us: there are consequences to our actions, good and bad and we won't be happy unless we take responsibility. Women who destroy human life inside of them CAN find help when the reality of that choice finally hits them. They can find peace and healing and a chance to move on to the gift life is intended to be for each of us.

    • Posted By: kyhagoo @ 07/17/2008 2:42:58 PM

      You are right, of course; at least Jamie Lynn didn't compound her mistake by having an abortion. That would have been worse. My 14 y.o. DD mentioned that, and then with the next breath said that she doesn't want to have a baby for a long time. I'm thinking...GREAT! I also have a pre-school age DD, and the older DD (as well as her older brother) have had extensive experience with helping to take care of her since birth. They know about poopy diapers, and colic, and babyproofing, and how to keep a little one safely occupied - my DH and I have made efforts to involve and include them in helping with their little sister so that they know just how difficult it is to have a baby and so that they will decide to wait until they are married (and older!) to start a family. When their friends say "Oh, babies are so cute! I want to have one!" (and they have had friends say just that!), my older kids say, "You've gotta be nuts!" or something to that effect. None of us can do anything about Jamie Lynn or other celebrities having kids out of wedlock, but we CAN do something about our own families. This is a good opportunity to have difficult discussions with our kids - to find out what they think about the subject, and to discuss what our feelings are about it and why we feel the way we do. Communication with our teenagers is KEY. Also, I think difficult discussions with our teens always seem to go better over a picnic, or a dish of ice cream, etc...:-)

  • Posted By: LeonardNavarro @ 07/17/2008 12:13:58 PM

    This whole situation is sad. She shouldn't have gotten pregnant and someone should have kept tabs on her growing up. Congrat's to people who get pregnant in their teens and make it happen. Statistics show it usually doesnt. I'd like to hear more form the people that it doesnt work for...maybe that'll have more impact. I don't think anyone WANTS to be a parent at 16 or has the wherewithal or experience that they could have if they would just wait to have kids.

    • Posted By: MissRed @ 07/17/2008 2:41:07 PM

      THANK YOU! I was noticing that the only comments from teen-moms are about how wonderful it is and how they wouldn't change it for the world. But, very few have actually commented on how much they've lost. Where's the REAL honesty here? Where's the comments on social lives lost, not graduating from HS, having no support from the father, being on Welfare, how parents REALLY felt?

      Teen pregnancy is crushing and most certainly shouldn't be viewed as exceptional.
      It's statistical and involves a lot of losses.
      You want to grow up fast? Join the PeaceCorps or something useful. Contibute to society, travel, finish high school and go to college, read to the blind, visit the elderly. Don't make babies because it's cute.

  • Posted By: gaiaanica @ 07/17/2008 2:39:11 PM

    all right ppl should just leave the poor girl alone yeah she got pregnate at 16 but ppl make mistakes. and it dosnt mean that she cant be a good mom just because shes young. i have 2 friends that got pregnate one at 16 and one at 17 and there both great moms they love their kids so much and theyd give there lives to protect them. im not saying that eveyone should go and get pregnate at such a young age but mistakes do happen and insted of viewing ppl for making a mistake why dont you see how they rase the baby and then judge them. after all being a mom can change a lot and at least jaime is acknologing that she made a mistake but now shes taking responsiblity for her and im sure that she loves her very much. lets face it many in her situation would have goten an abortion or put the baby up for adoption im not saying its a bad thing but i believe its always better if a child grows up with their birth parents dont get me wrong im not against addoption i want to adopt some kids myself when i get married but its less stress on a child that dosnt have so many questions in my oppiinion. but i find it hard to judge ppl so i guess thats why i think that way. anyways just give her a brake.

  • Posted By: colette_bask @ 07/17/2008 1:20:23 PM

    What do you think this article says exactly to all the teens who see her play Zoey on TV and know hoe old she is now being represented through photos etc. in a beautiful home with an ideal nursery with and ideal boyfriend pouring her coffee - coffee - she's too young even for frickin' coffee - this does not demonstrate a "normal" circumstance and this is what kids will see - no where in the headline does it say "THIS IS AN UNREALISTIC SITUATION" - and in reality is is portraying a very unrealistic outcome and how can kids be expected to know the difference - they have no experience so how exactly can they figure this out? They see a house a beautiful girl who keeps her boyfrined who can now live with him and - it even down plays the fact babies wake up and need to be fed all night long - just stating her baby is really "PERFECT" and just goes right back to sleep - like it's not exhausting her in anyway shape or form - do you know anyone young or old who has it so "PERFECT"??????????? Even if she were 35 this all would be a bunch of crap - so it is completely irresponsible to portray it this way on so many levels - it is false and untrue and even worse leads many unexperienced minors to see something totally different then what actually is - it does not state she has tons of money or wouldn't have graduated high school regardless or doesn't have to work because she is wealthy etc......what part of the story is not misleading?

    • Posted By: Mommy4ever88 @ 07/17/2008 2:39:06 PM

      I think if Jamie is loving and caring to her baby and she takes on this new responsibility then i think that is all that matters. Why cant we just celebrate a new life instead of being negative about the situation?

  • Posted By: rightwing2 @ 07/17/2008 1:36:12 PM

    You know folks...it's not the magazine it's the world. If you are against teen pregnancy then do something about it! As most people see it, this is entertainment. America is entertainment. Come on.... It's not just teen (celebrity) pregnancies we're seeing it's messy divorce's (Madonna and Guy). It's not just Divorce's it's rehab (Ronnie Woods). And if it's not rehab it's plain ole destruction (Amy Winehouse).

    Folks...take the focus off of Jamie and put it on the baby. My daughter had a baby when she was 17 and I went through an emotional hell. I am, what someone referred to as a "Jesus Lady". I love the Lord with all my heart and to have found out that my 17 year old was pregnant from her brother, who heard it from someone else was absolutely devastating!!! But...my grand-daughter was born and she is embarking on 2 years old and I am in LOVE with her. True enough the act of sex before marriage is very dangerous because you are disobeying Gods word and you will reap the consequences but far be it for me to judge what that consequence will be. I am on this earth to love and love is what got me over my disappointment that I had with my daughter and love is what teaches me not to judge.

    Unfortunately, young ones are going to do what they want to do no matter how strict the parent(s) is/are. If they want to smoke, they will find a way. If they want to have sex, they will find a way. We cannot be with our child(ren) every minute of the day and being we can't the only thing left to do is teach them right the best way we know how and PRAY!

    And for those who do not believe in God...please don't disrespect the ones that do because....we all must believe in something or else we'll fall for anything!

    ~Peace~

    • Posted By: MissRed @ 07/17/2008 2:19:57 PM

      Did you just say that your grand-daughter is the spawn of INCEST???
      WTF???

      • Posted By: rightwing2 @ 07/17/2008 2:33:58 PM

        No sorry..It was my son who told me she was expecting. He found out from someone else.

  • Posted By: Figaro's mom @ 07/17/2008 2:32:46 PM

    *rolls eyes* welcome to america 2008 where we have no standards AND if everyone jumped off a cliff so would we. which is basically what a lot of people have said down there in a nutshell.

    teens getting pregnant: bad
    simple. done. over.

  • Posted By: superfreak @ 07/17/2008 2:32:24 PM

    hell yea!!! you should not be marketing this to girls at this age, the teens it looks stupid!!!! stop brutalizing em and teach em something about womens liberation get real!!!!

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