Baby 101

This is horrible, plain and simple. I wholeheartedly agree with the poster who commented on how Jamie Lynn does not DESERVE to be on a magazine cover. And for what? Having a baby out of wedlock? I understand that the magazine's sole and first priority is to sell issues, but I was infuriated when I saw the quote. You have this baby on the front (and I'm not talking about Maddie) talking about "Being a mom is the best feeling in the world", like she has even experienced nearly 6% of the world's feelings. I'll bet being a mom is great when you can quit whenever you like or whenever you don't feel like being bothered or it gets hard by making the nanny take over. But that is not reality, and she does not know what she is talking about. I wonder how many times she'll actually change baby Maddie, or tend to her when she is crying uncontrollaby and 3:28 in the morning, or not go out to that party/date because she has to watch the baby. It's damned shameful.

what's done is done. the real question now is what she'll do from here. i'm sure she has nannies and other people to tak e care of maddie when she's tired or wants to go out. is that really raising a child? of course not. will OK magazine be there to see that? they say they want to cover the real Jamie. but the first few weeks after having a baby is not real life. not for anyone. real life is, will Jamie be there to teach Maddie to write her name, teach her that a cow says moo, take her to sunday school, volunteer to be room mother of her 6th grade class. And i suspect OK magazine will be covering the break up of Jamie and her husband in a year or so. you have to work hard to stay together. I just celebrated my 20th anniversay with my husband. I was 21 when we got married and we had a daugher who was 15 months old. believe me there were many times I was ready to throw in the towel. now we're happier than we've ever been. we've been through alot together: unfaithfulness, mental illness, no support from either in-laws, cars breaking down, $40000.00 in debt. but we were committed to what we started. we now have 3 wonderful children who have been nothing been wonderful. i firmly believe that is because i was home with them. yes, not everyone is able to do that. i had to work nights and my husband stayed home with the kids. we didn't have boats and vacations and all the other toys that our neighbors have, but now we don't have any of the other problems that we see in our community. if Ok wants to show us the real jamie, lets see what kind of parent she really is to maddie

I guess if you're a teen celebrity or if you're related to a celebrity it's ok to have a child at 16-18 years old.......
Teenagers are suppose to go shopping,skating,playing video games,and having little crushes on each other not making BABIES!I also agree with the article though,this is a sensitive subject,we dont know what some teenagers are going through.Some teens dont have any guidance,some are alone so they choose to have a child fill in that empty space.To feel loved and wanted......

A baby comes into this world because of SEX. It's interesting that hardly a peep is being made about talking to the teens/kids about sex and its consequences...all you hear about (nowadays) are the pregnancy/-ies, or the prevention (birth control/contracting STDs) methods. OK! Magazine put her on the cover because the magazine would be a hit. PERIOD.

Trash and gossip...gossip and trash....The American public just loves it...This is one reason why we have so much garbage on our televisions (i.e "Reality" tv)....Good job, OK! for continueing the cycle. This magazine will fly off the shelf in record numbers because of the gossip power on the cover. Such a shame that we glamorize this for our youth. Trash and gossip have become so cool...The more trash and gossip, the better...Feed the SHEEPLE what they want...What a shame America...we're so much better than this....

I think everyone is diffrent. I had my first child at fifteen and I don't regret it for one minute. My son is now fifteen. I have a duaghter who is seven and while I hope they don't decide to have children young. I do think it is better to wait. I'm sure this was not in her plans. So she is making the best of the situation. I don't think teenage girls wil decide to get pregnant just because a Jamie Spears did!!!

hopefully people (teens) will understand the fact that jaimie lynn isn't going on welfare, she does have the finances to take care of her baby herself. She is in an exceptional situation. My mother was 17 when I was born, I am now 44 years old and my mom is my best friend. I wish jaime lynn the best.

Well the way i see it u can't judge a book by it's cover, so that mean u can't judge jamie cause she had a baby at a young age. People need to realize that u can learn from your mistakes. I reallt dont see why they people her on the front page. But i do believe that is was wrong but i can't an child that did notnask to be on this world.

It did seem to be a glamorous cover but on the other hand if you read the article with an open mind you may have understood what OK was trying to do. I am a mother of a son that was born when I was 17 and no it is not a glamorous life for anyone involved. But believe me neither is an abortion. She took the road of responsability after getting pregnant but at least she is trying and she has the money to be able to do it.

It will be hard and she should be one to try and do some articles explaining that is it not a glamours life and what she did was not the way to do it. She has had a bad example of motherhood with her sisters medical problems but maybe that is a good example of what you should not do.

Maybe she can help others before they get in the spot she is in and talk at schools or do speaking engagements around the US. Hopefully she will be a bertter mother than what she has had in her life and her child will be the most important person and 1st no matter what.

Are you kidding me? What's wrong with this article is that the American public doesn't seem to see what is wrong with this article!!! Jamie Lynn is not the typical teenager. She can afford all of the hired help she wants, which will afford her the opportunity to continue on in her schooling or her career as she pleases. She is depicting teen pregnancy as something it is not: glamorous, rewarding, and DESIRABLE! I understand it is a sad reality that many teens are having sex and entering into parenthood in less than favorable circumstances, but we don't have to condone it and we don't have to give her a million dollars to tell our children: this fairy tale life could be yours! In my opinion, Nickelodeon should have fired her for the way her less than attractive conduct will influence 12 year old girls across the country.

I believe the cover can be a bit deceiving, but you'd have to read the full story to determine if her story glamorizes teen pregnancy. I haven't read the article and don't intend to. I would hope that people will take her entire situation into context, like the editor explained... she is fully capable of supporting the child on her own. Unfortunately most teen mothers do not have that privilege. I personally would like to see those who end up in the spotlight be a little more discreet about their personal lives

To the 17 year old below, *** happens. I know tons of poeple who have talked to their kids about safe sex and everything. Especially to their daughters to let them know when they are having sex or when they plan on it, so the parents would be able to get them on birth control. What happens is that they feel scared to talk to them about it or embarassed, even if the parent tells them no matter what and not to be scared, worried, or embarassed, but they all tend to be. I've seen the results and alot of them ended up pregnant.

Especially as everyone has seen on Maury, alot of that *** is true and their parents can't get through to them and can't control them, and some don't change their habits and they try to get pregnant, and as we've seen on the show, some ended up pregnant. No one promotes safe sex anymore and that is a problem on society as idiocracy has grown as well. So many people are not using condoms, and they should still be used even if the girl is on birth control. Women still get pregnant even while on birth control.

Anyways to get to the point. This magazine basically supports to get pregnant, great story or not, they went about it the wrong way. As the quote even says, "being a mom is the best feeling in the world!" That just says 13 year olds getting or trying to get pregnant all over it. I've seen teen moms, and one of them had to get up an hour early just to get the baby ready and drop it off at day care before she had to get to high school by 7:25 am, no later. I really wish that the story was written in another way. Being a mom at a young age, is not the greatest thing in the world, sometimes I even feel sorry for the child. This one girl got pregnant while she was still in high school, and while I was attending college and working, being a responsible adult, she was busy hanging out with high school dropouts, smoking and drinking, busy screwing drunk, and has not been taking responsibilty of the child that she chose to have at 16 and take care of it. Not working nor going to school.

And again to the 17 year old below, you still need to grow up and stop being ignorant, as the world needs to stop being in denial that this would never happen to their daughter, or son who got a girl pregnant. It has a possibility in chance of happening to anyone.

Gossip and trash...trash and gossip...this is what the American public loves anymore. This is why we have so much of that "reality-tv" garbage. This magazine will fly off the shelf bacause of the gossip power on the cover. We can complain all we want, but this is what the majority loves. Good job OK! for keeping this cycle going. I guess you can be proud of your sales figures. In the meantime, the masses continue to consume this garbage. Feed the SHEEPLE what they want. What a shame, America....we're so much better than this....

the problem is that while Jamie Lynn is her own person and has her own life, she is a very widely known idol to many young, young girls and whether or not she wants to promote teen pregnancy, she had that choice before she got pregnant, now girls think -- oh its not so bad -- and we have an even bigger problem of poverty and girls who have no self esteem because they just wanted to be like Jamie and not be their own person I mean really, 10 year olds watch her show...

So big deal. What this story is saying to me is that inspite of all the money and stardom, no one is immune to the ordeals that we as a people face on a day to day basis. we worry about our sons falling in the hands of the drug dealers, whether it is selling drugs or taking it. So now she has a baby. She now need to try and undo all the wrongs and with the proper encouragement, the Lord's helpand guidance, this baby will be brought up with morals and good judgement.. She will value life and not be caught up in materialistic things. And maybe along the way mom will learn from her mistakes and not repeat them. There is now glamour in sin. It is what it is

I believe the cover can be a bit deceiving, but you'd have to read the full story to determine if her story glamorizes teen pregnancy. I haven't read the article and don't intend to. I would hope that people will take her entire situation into context, like the editor explained... she is fully capable of supporting the child on her own. Unfortunately most teen mothers do not have that privilege. I personally would like to see those who end up in the spotlight be a little more discreet about their personal lives