Baby 101

Ok! magazine should run an article about teenaged moms that are struggling. Not everyone has a hit show, most of these girls have a hard life. When did all of these issues become so acceptable????

This is not reality for most of the girls under the age of 18. Jamie Lynn has the benefit of wealthy parents and a older sister......Her Nanny will be taking care of her child while she's at the mall.

Teenage pregnancy is a real issue and if magazines continue to glamorize it, the situation will never get better. Maybe Ok! Magazine should have run a story about teenaged moms, who actually struggle now that they have a baby, along with the glamorized version of Jamie Lynn Spears version. Most teen moms have a hard time, not a hit show!

I don't necessarily agree that the article is glamorizing teen pregancy, however I do agree that they are not covering all the aspects of teen pregnancy and it's misleading. Try asking a teen parent that is not pulling a a celebrities salary and has the resources to hire nannies, housekeepers, does not have family support, etc. It's not bliss and it's not the best feeling in the world.

Having a baby is a blessing, but with much responsibility comes much work.

oh, please don't write anymore that "I'm sure Ms. Spears did not PLAN to have a baby". That's the problem with most people today let alone our teens. They do not think before they act. If you have sex, make sure that a baby may be in the plan.

why does my gerneration worship these celebrities that are HORRIBLE role models. I do not care if they are young and entitled to make mistakes, they impression young minds. If they are going to do something stupid they should take themselves out of the spot light. Ridiculous!

I'd like those magazines to do stories on the poor, uneducated, inner-city young girls who have babies that are being raised by grandparents; and babies that are dependent on public welfare. But that wouldn't be glamorous, and sell magazines ; would it? The children are the ones that suffer, languish in foster homes and or are abused. Every day in the newspapers there are profiles of children that need to be adopted and or placed in foster care; many of them entering their teens already! Yes, those slick, glossy pics of teenage movie stars and celebrity kids having kids DOES glamorize teen pregnancy.

I think that the magazine putting the story on the cover is them doing their job, magazines don't raise children its up to the parents to instill beliefs into their child. A gossip magazine just did what it does and its not advocating teen pregnancy its simply telling a story. thats what its for. Children need to learn to make their own decisions based on themselves not the media. Its not the medias job to raise children, its the childrens families.

having a baby at 17 is nothing to be proud of. the true story should be discussed, i.e. nannies, maids etc. in real life, it is a 24/7 job and i highly doubt that a 17 yr old is mature enough to handle it without alot of help.
in this day and time, there is no reason for anyone to get pregnant with all the methods of birth control that is available. don't glamourize an extremely serious life changing situation.

My first reaction when I saw this cover on the newstand was what a poor message it sends to teens, I read your justification that this is an articel about Jamie Lynn etc. etc. Unfortunately most people do not read the article, only observe the cover. I sends a terrible message to the young women who are most easily influenced by pop culture.

This is rediculous that they have indeed GLAMOURIZED Teen Pregnancy. Our society has a hard enough time educating these teens on waiting to have sex until your married. We have gone from wait until your married to wear a condom. I am a young mother myself of 3 at the age of 30, and it has been a struggle, and I wish I would have waited until I was married.
It seems like society is becoming more ignorant that TEEN PREGNANCY is a PROBLEM. And the new TV Show BABY BORROWERS, is a great way to start off, but we as parents need to educate our children, nieces, nephews, whom ever to substain from having sex until your married. If not you might as well go to your local government office and sign up for benefits for the rest of your life, so we can support you and your 8 kids, while you sit at home watching TV and grocery shop on Food Stamps. AMAZING.
I had plenty of friends that were teenage moms, and during high school it was rediculous how many were having babies, that shows the lack of parenting we have in society.
So the key to this is PARENTS ITS YOURS, AND MY RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN THAT SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE IS NOT A OPTION THAT IS THERE FOR YOU, AND THAT WHEN YOU GET MARRIED THEN THAT IS THE RIGHT TIME. SO HANDING OUT CONDOMS TO THEM IS A NO NO, YOU MIGHT AS WELL PLAN ON A TEEN PREGNANCY, AFTER ALL THEY AREN'T RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO WAIT TO HAVE SEX, AND YOU HANDING THEM CONDOMS JUST ENCOURAGES THEM TO HAVE SEX AND HEY MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A BABY.

Chick is doomed!!! Already has a kid, getting married. Will be club hopping at 21 and wishing she never had either. She will end up like her sister. Ok magazine has no morals but what do we expect from our media. Dude, Rob Shuter even said what shape Britt was in, isnt that a clue as to what happens to young moms, shut up lady that had a kid at 19, thats a far cry, no pun intended, from getting PREGNANT AT 16!!! Will this girl even finish high school?? Or just be another rich idiot. Lets tax the rich at 40% since they get special treatment on a daily basis. Babies having babies and OK magazine glorifies it. You are an idiot Rob Shuter and it is people like you and your ideas that make our country what it is today. Kids pregnant on drugs and making pregnancy pacts in school. How about everyone at OK magazine let thier 16 year old kids get pregnant, and lets run stories on these people. Nick at Night and Disney both need to lose her fast or they to are saying its OK.

This is rediculous that they have indeed GLAMOURIZED Teen Pregnancy. Our society has a hard enough time educating these teens on waiting to have sex until your married. We have gone from wait until your married to wear a condom. I am a young mother myself of 3 at the age of 30, and it has been a struggle, and I wish I would have waited until I was married.
It seems like society is becoming more ignorant that TEEN PREGNANCY is a PROBLEM. And the new TV Show BABY BORROWERS, is a great way to start off, but we as parents need to educate our children, nieces, nephews, whom ever to substain from having sex until your married. If not you might as well go to your local government office and sign up for benefits for the rest of your life, so we can support you and your 8 kids, while you sit at home watching TV and grocery shop on Food Stamps. AMAZING.
I had plenty of friends that were teenage moms, and during high school it was rediculous how many were having babies, that shows the lack of parenting we have in society.
So the key to this is PARENTS ITS YOURS, AND MY RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN THAT SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE IS NOT A OPTION THAT IS THERE FOR YOU, AND THAT WHEN YOU GET MARRIED THEN THAT IS THE RIGHT TIME. SO HANDING OUT CONDOMS TO THEM IS A NO NO, YOU MIGHT AS WELL PLAN ON A TEEN PREGNANCY, AFTER ALL THEY AREN'T RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO WAIT TO HAVE SEX, AND YOU HANDING THEM CONDOMS JUST ENCOURAGES THEM TO HAVE SEX AND HEY MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A BABY.

To the comment made by YouMustThink-

If you have ever read the two very famous stories from the Bible, the first one being called Adam and Eve and the second one being called the Resurrection, you would know that sin starts back at the beginning of time. You are not free from it nor am I as much as we would like to think we are. The shame in the story of Jamie Lynn is not that teenage pregnancy is being glamorized, it is that other teenage mothers are not being given the kudos that they deserve for rising above sin and bringing and raising upstanding citizens into the United States.
You see my comment is not based on a national survey either, however it is based on my, what I would like to call, enlightening story. I was raised in a strict Catholic family, and although I made the choice and sin of having unwed sex at 15 years old, I however was raised by two very devoted and moral parents. Although that one choice I made in life, which I off the record would make over again if given the choice, resulted in a teenage pregnancy, I would say my parents??? moral beliefs and good parenting skills did rub off on me. I gave up being a teenager and devoted my life to God, my son, school, and work. My son is now five. I am married to a wonderful man, and we bought a beautiful home about a year and a half ago. I would sell my left kidney before I would ever be on welfare because teaching my son the importance of hard work is one of the many goals I have as a mother. We are also expecting a baby girl to be born next week. To rewind in time a few years, I graduated high school early with an Academic Honors Diploma so that I could start college two weeks later after I was done with high school. This December, I will be graduating with an Associates Degree as a Registered Nurse! Also, to add a little side note to this story, I was also adopted as an infant so I do see both sides of the coin. I always wondered where my parents were and why I was not wanted by them. I believe that is what gave me the determination to show my son how very special and important he is in God's eyes and mine. If my comment will make one person in America think that maybe they should stop stereotypes of all kinds, not just on teen parents, then I feel justified in spending my precious time away from my family to write this comment. But whatever, ignorance is bliss they say. Thank you. And to the other teenage mothers out there, get your priorities straight and you can be successful!

I am a mother of two and have been married for 10 years. I am 27 years old...yes I became a mother at the age of 17 and married the love of my life. We must face it that the onset of young woman begin a lot earlier then everyone would like to think. Giving birth to my son was the best thing that ever happend to me. For a lot of people it may not work...and it's not a great thing to begin motherhood at such a young age. But for the other half it is a blessing. No 17 year old every thinks of becoming a mother...but it happens and if you embrace it, and love what you have been givin, then being a mother is the best feeling ever. No one can point there finger's at these magazine's or at Jamie Lynn and say "oh shame shame" Get over the negative and stop judging everyone elses life.