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On the cover of "OK!" no less....
At least they will both be able to play with Barbie....
I don't deny the the beauty; however, one is allowed to question if she is mature enough to raise a child. Let alone raise herself....

to mommy7790:

that's good for you, and I guess you're lucky then. but not all girls are as lucky as you are. think about it: there are girls who've been dumped after they told their bf's they were pregnant. and some girsl who were abandoned by their families also. this is not the case, ok.. but I can tell you that here in italy this happens a lot. girls getting pregnant and then getting dumped by their bfs and anandoned by their families. and most of them don't even have a job (mainly because they're still to young to get a job).

they've got to give up many things in their lives: interests, schools, hobbies...

have you ever thought about that? just because you are lucky, it doesn't mean everyone is.
plus, providing for a baby is not a game, you can't risk anything, because it would only jeopardise the baby's future.

you ask "how does it glamourize teen pregnancy?": well, did you have your pictures shown to all of the world? are you a VIP setting an example to a lot of people? I don't think so. do you know how many people follow examples set by VIP's or by movies and so on?

Now there ALL gonna want one!!!

sorry for the double post... it's this damn computer.

what a bunch of ***. they act like its some horrible thing to get pregnant when youre a teenager and like its not a beautiful thing like if you were in your 30s. i had my baby when i was the same age as jamie lynn. i got pregnant when i was 16, had him at 17. and now i am 18 and my son is 9 months old and he is the best thing that has ever happened to me. being a mom is beautiful, no matter what your age.

It really is sad but if people would get a life, magazines that profit off such topics would not be in business, technically the boyfriend should have been charged with statutory rape. She was underage at the time, there are laws. At 16 you are still not old enough to comprehend what pregnancy is going to do to your life. What we have rules for some and not others because, hey this magazines paying me a million dollars for my story so now I don't have ro worry about how financially I'm going to rIaise this child. And now that the child s born they get the exclusive pics and they pay more money. Very sad state the US is in.

well, she's probably going to turn out like her older sister. Britney said the same things when she had her baby. I guess that's family heirloom.

this article definitely galmourizes teen pregnancy, just for the fact that it's showing her with her baby.

the mere fact of showing something on a magazine, kind of glamourizes it. it's what happens in our society nowadays, sadly.

I'm Italian and sadly I have to say that here (I don't know about other countries honestly), there are areas where people tend to have kids when they're pretty young (eg.: when they are around 15). people tend to start having their first time (in having sex) when they are even younger (12/13) and then face the consequences.

seeing someone famous getting pregnant when they're under the age of 18, sets somehow and example for girls everywhere, putting into their minds that being teen and being pregnant is ok and it's not difficult. the thing is that they don't realize the consequences they'd have to face, such as for example actually providing for a baby, or having to give everything up because obviously you have to take care of your kid.

having a magazine show teen pregancy and having a famous person say "it's the best thing of my life" does show just one aspect of the whole matter: the part where you have something you created, which is your blood, your flesh, and so on... but do they say how difficult it is to provide for a kid? do they say that being pregnant when your a teenager and you don't earn millions of dollars per year, it's not such an easy situation to face? the answer is obviously no.

and what shocks me the most is that they don't care. they don't care wether or not they know they're setting an example and that a lot of people take VIPs as their life-models.

Plus, if a young girl is pregnant and not famous, she could get dumped by her boyfriend (let's face it, it's real). what happens next? how will she provide for herself and her baby?
I'm pretty sure that britney and her sister know nothing about this.

well, she's probably going to turn out like her older sister. Britney said the same things when she had her baby. I guess that's family heirloom.

this article definitely galmourizes teen pregnancy, just for the fact that it's showing her with her baby.

the mere fact of showing something on a magazine, kind of glamourizes it. it's what happens in our society nowadays, sadly.

I'm Italian and sadly I have to say that here (I don't know about other countries honestly), there are areas where people tend to have kids when they're pretty young (eg.: when they are around 15). people tend to start having their first time (in having sex) when they are even younger (12/13) and then face the consequences.

seeing someone famous getting pregnant when they're under the age of 18, sets somehow and example for girls everywhere, putting into their minds that being teen and being pregnant is ok and it's not difficult. the thing is that they don't realize the consequences they'd have to face, such as for example actually providing for a baby, or having to give everything up because obviously you have to take care of your kid.

having a magazine show teen pregancy and having a famous person say "it's the best thing of my life" does show just one aspect of the whole matter: the part where you have something you created, which is your blood, your flesh, and so on... but do they say how difficult it is to provide for a kid? do they say that being pregnant when your a teenager and you don't earn millions of dollars per year, it's not such an easy situation to face? the answer is obviously no.

and what shocks me the most is that they don't care. they don't care wether or not they know they're setting an example and that a lot of people take VIPs as their life-models.

Plus, if a young girl is pregnant and not famous, she could get dumped by her boyfriend (let's face it, it's real). what happens next? how will she provide for herself and her baby?
I'm pretty sure that britney and her sister know nothing about this.

I think the reason most people around the world look down upon "teen pregnancy" is that we tend to think that a young adult will not be able to take full responsibility in these adult situations.
I do, however believe that being a teen mom also has a lot to do with the amount of money she has to support her new young child. Most teen pregnancies are unplanned, much like jamie lynn's, however, we hear about fathers leaving, and teen moms not being able to handle the pressure.
I don't think it's wise for us to look at Jamie Lynn in a bad light, because although she is a teen mom, she has enough support and MONEY to raise her child in a healthy enviornment.

To the comment below: Not everyone believes that marriage has to be the very first thing before a child. Some people rather never get married at all.......this doesn't mean these people are never going to have children.

I have to say that yes, this article is glamorizing teen pregnancy, which is one thing our society doesn't need any more of. As a mother of a toddler, and pregnant with my second, I can say first hand that yes, being a mother is wonderful, and is one of the best feelings in the world. But so was the day I got married, six months BEFORE I ever got pregnant.

This article is a terrible choice for a cover, or to even write. It gives the impression that it is totally okay to get pregnant at 16, and it isn't. If you are going to have sex at that age, be smart about it. You can avoid getting pregnant without birth control or condoms, if neither is available to you. And I have a hard time believing that Ms. Spears didn't have access to anything.

I got married young myself, and got pregnant a bit sooner then planned. I am not quite 22, and can account for the hardships being a young mother bring. I know I am missing out on things, and sometimes I wish my husband and I had waited. But we didn't. And we know that being parents is what our life is now, not regretting anything. Can a teenager, unwed, without even a full education make that same claim? Not likely. Can Ms Spears? Sure, cause she has money, her family has money, and that ladies and gentlemen is the only reason she and her child are on the cover of a magazine.

Teen pregnancy is something that is sweeping across this country, because girls don't fully realize what it means to give everything up for your child. And if they can't do that, then they have no right getting pregnant in the first place.

Thanks OK! magazine, then teen pregnancy rate just shot up about 25%... way to go.

The glamorixing teen pregnancy is not the real issue. The issue is sex education. I'm a teen, and the only thing I know about sex is that you should say no. Granted, I am waiting for my wedding night for religious reasons, but I have never once encountered something that says 'If you can't say no, here's what to do.' Our school doesn't tell us to get contraceptives because they're too concerned with us refusing it altogether. Morons have been caught in the act, and all our school does is tell them to say no next time. The bottom line is that telling kids to say no and only no DOES NOT WORK FOR ALL TEENAGERS. I have no problem with it, but there are other teens that are going to have sex! The world has changed, sex is no longer something that you don't bring up in daily conversation. In countries like Italy and Germany, the adults and teachers are very open about sex. They give out condoms, they give you birth control. And they have lower teen pregnancy rates.

Making sex a forbidden fruit just makes it more appealing (no pun intended) and teens will go after it. Yes, the cover showed teen pregnancy, but it was just for one girl. Juno seemed to 'glamorize' it as well. The only way to counteract this is for our teachers to tell us what to do if we want to have sex. They don't. Americans are prude- they think that telling us, as teenagers, to just say no will work for everyone. IT DOESN'T. They need to break out of their shells and say 'Okay, if you're going to have sex, you need to protect yourself' not 'You shouldn't be having sex, just say no.'

If the media is going to glamorize teen pregnancy, then you all should be teaching me and my classmates what to do if we decide to have sex so it doesn't come to that.

This is beyond stupid - of course, it promotes teen pregnancy!! Why is this child being idealized in a positive manner?! Yet again, babies having babies but ths time its being put in the limelight of respectibility for other teens to aspire to become. Amazing.