Baby 101

I had just turned 18 when I had my son. It has not been easy at all. I worked, went to school and took care of him all at that same time. I was very lucky to have the support of my family and friends. There were many sleepless night and there still is. I wish that there was a way to let kids know that what they see on TV and read in the Mag. is glorified. Jamie has tons of money so she does not have to work right now or worry about going to school. Raising a child been a teenager is not easy and will never be easy.
I do hope that she does what she has said and gives that baby a normal life!

IT DOES GLAMORIZE TEENAGE PREGNANCY/ DID THEY BOTHER TO MENTION THAT SHE IS RICH AND DOES NOT HAVE THE WORRIES AND WOES THAT MOST TEENAGE MOMS WHO DON'T HAVE A HIT TV SHOW(WHICH I THINK SHOULD BE CANCELED) THE SPEAR FAMILY AREN'T A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR ANYONE..BUT SEX SELLS?

disgusting.

At sixteen i had my first child and i had three at nineteen! But NO i do not think they should have made such a big deal on the cover of any magazine over a child having a baby it sends out mixed signals to teens! Having a baby young means instant grown up it is not a good choice at seventeen a girl should just start enjoying dating and friends not motherhood!! I did not buy the Magazine because i am not spending my money on the glamour of teen pregnancy and neither should have anyone else!

No, I cannot be happy for a teenage mother. I'm thankful the baby was not aborted, but happy that a teenager is raising a future contributing [hopefully] member of society? Hell no. So she's bankrolled some financial security. Do you really think that's the only concern a parent has while raising a child? Another hell no. Explain to me how money replaces the wisdom one gains through the process of living, and I'll rethink my stand. So now we hear she has a "fiancee." That doesn't change anything. It just makes the whole mess a two-parent disaster. More 'babies having babies' in an already screwed up society ultimately serves to further mess up the future for everyone.

Nobody is getting any of the life lessons they are supposed to. That includes the children that are reading this crap about these two white trash people. Seriously. She is actually getting paid to have mistakenly gotten knocked up because she was too stupid and her family is everything not to do. I give this couple a couple months and she'll be just like every other knocked up tean. Outaluck! Nice title on the cover too. Never have I seen such a blatent misjudgement for a buck. I have a 14 yr old, with whom we just went through (are still going thru) the worst year of our lives with her attitude, lying, drugs and lack of discipline in school. I will never buy that magazine. Trash all around, at best.

Oh my new dear friend, Mr Dustin Rogers! I couldn't agree more! I have 2 daughters, and you are absolutly right! As if it is not difficult enough to raise fine young ladies in this day and age, we now have the media sensationalizm, the internet, and morons that support idiocy! And certainly, you are right, If indeed, it were not a celeb teen impregnated by a much older man, there would be a witch hunt to string him up by his testes! And EVERY one of you know that! shame on you 6grdteacher, for being supportive of her! WTF is wrong with you? You are the kind of teacher who will eventually end up in headlines yourself, with an outlook like that!

It is absolutely glamorizing! My 12-year-old niece watches Jamie on the Disney Channel all the time and fusses about buying her the shoes that Jamie has on, the hair accessories that Jamie wears, the skirt that Jamie had on, etc.! Now, with all the hoop-la of Jamie and her baby, my niece told her mother the other day, that "SHE" wants a baby too!! SO, OK Magazine, did you forget about the old saying, "monkey see, monkey do?"

who cares? she's a rich little girl and can do whatever she wants and it's okay, hopefully other 17 year olds won't follow in her footsteps - is she going to finish high school? she couldn't have already since she gave birth at 17. i know she has her own show but does she have a brain and does she use it? we all know everyone can have sex and have a baby - she may be very lucky in the fact that she is already rich - hopefully her other half will stay with her - 17 is really young to hope to hold onto the father of her child - she will grow up and so will the father and maybe they'll stay together and maybe they won't. I am jealous of course, I have lived my life in turmoil and been broke since day one of my first child at 21. my husband lost his job right after he was born and it has been downhill ever since. probably should have gotten divorced but he loves me and our children - he can't make enough money to support us and our last child was born with cerebral palsy - life has been very difficult and even though I have this "great" career as a paralegal I can't find a good attorney to work for. Still broke and it's heartbreaking to me that a 17 year old has everything in the world and hardly had to struggle ever a day in her life and I've lived check to check and still do and still can't make it. I bought a house due to the fact that a very good friend of mine wanted out of hers and sold it to me for nothing and I lived in what was becoming a terribly violent town with police at the schools 24/7 and I had to get my kids out of there - but because my credit was bad my mortgage is kind of high for the amount I borrowed. I'm tired of hearing about all these rich girls with more money than they know what to do with and how i can barely afford milk for my kids. I would like the kids today to know that just because life is easy for her with her new home and child - 99% of the people in the world do not have that kind of fortune to be able to just live. I wish her the best and I hope she stays as happy as she seems to be right now. I may be bitter b/c my own life sucks but I love my kids and wouldn't give them up for anything in the world, just wish I could have given them a better life and most can't do that having kids at 17 - parents need to be more involved - talk about sex with your kids - make them understand. i understood - i was old enough - but life happens and it didn't happen in a good way for me. Sometimes I wish someone with her financial means would just throw a donation my way, it could be a write off for them but would help me so tremendously. They all have so much and so many of us have nothing but have the better behaved children because we don't have money and actually have to spend time with them and learn who they are and what they're about. I hope she doesn't let the child get lost in her own ambitions-she needs to be there for that child, forever.

She has no idea what life is about & is very sad to see her anywhere in the media,,,very bad role model.

That is exactly right: She makes it look like it is as fun as getting a new puppy for Christmas. Then, people complain about the shyrocketing teen pregnancy rate....Duh.... How about we just keep this stuff out of the media spotlight. Oh, that's right, that is what the media feeds off of because it make them lots of money.

Jamie Lynn Spears will be able to hire nannies and maids to help with her child. However, such is not the case with the average American teen. Although there are some teenage moms who accept sole responsibility for their decisions and handle the horrendous job of motherhood alone, there are many more who need a support system. Hence, the parents of these teenage mothers (and fathers in a few cases) are saddled with the unexpected responsibility of helping to raise and care for their child's baby. It is unfortunate and totally unfair after having raised their own children, readying for retirement, travel, etc., only to be put in position to raise yet another generation of children that they had no hand in creating!!!! I have seen scores of grandparents sacrifice their life's plans to care for their children's children. My neighbor had to postpone her early retirement so that she could help her teenage daughter care for her twin babies!!! This is just ridiculous. These teenagers need to think about how their selfish decisions impact not only them, but the people who love them the most.

Yes, J Spears' pregnancy has been "glamorized", and it should not be. Not with thought of her financial state, for the average teen to become a parent is a serious matter both mentally, physically and financially. ...And, should not be glamorized in any way.

Becoming a parent is a very serious matter and should not be taken lightly

I read the OK magazine story with disgust and horror. First of all, glamorizing unwed motherhood to such a young girl is wrong; especially since Jamie Lynn was on TV.

99.99% of young girls who get pregnant and decide to keep them (which is always wrong) end up on welfare and it seems that they really don't understand that their life as they knew it is over. You made the decision to keep your baby and raise him/her. That doesn't mean that the taxpayers have to pay for your mistake (not to get pregnant and since you did, you should have given your baby up for adoption to a two parent family) and you need to take care of your baby. Not your mom, sister, grandmother, who ever.
Ever watch the show "The Baby Borrowers"? It's a very good show that shows children her age that decide they want a baby. A very brave married couple agreed to have these children watch their child for 72 straight hours in a house full of cameras that they watch the exchange. One of the kids has to go to work for eight hours to get food into the house while the other child stays home with the baby. At first they thought it was fun but when the child pooped their pants, couldn't stop crying, it wasn't so fun any more. Then the parents gave them a score of how they took care of their child before the next phase of childhood arrived. The terrible twos; one of the young children was horrified when her experience of being around babies since her mom had foster children in their home wasn't the same and nearly flipped out. As a "fun twist" one of the teen "parents" were given twins and another child had colic.

Why wasn't something like this shown in US magazine? Simple it wouldn't sell magazines!

I read the OK magazine story with disgust and horror. First of all, glamorizing unwed motherhood to such a young girl is wrong; especially since Jamie Lynn was on TV.

99.99% of young girls who get pregnant and decide to keep them (which is always wrong) end up on welfare and it seems that they really don't understand that their life as they knew it is over. You made the decision to keep your baby and raise him/her. That doesn't mean that the taxpayers have to pay for your mistake (not to get pregnant and since you did, you should have given your baby up for adoption to a two parent family) and you need to take care of your baby. Not your mom, sister, grandmother, who ever.
Ever watch the show "The Baby Borrowers"? It's a very good show that shows children her age that decide they want a baby. A very brave married couple agreed to have these children watch their child for 72 straight hours in a house full of cameras that they watch the exchange. One of the kids has to go to work for eight hours to get food into the house while the other child stays home with the baby. At first they thought it was fun but when the child pooped their pants, couldn't stop crying, it wasn't so fun any more. Then the parents gave them a score of how they took care of their child before the next phase of childhood arrived. The terrible twos; one of the young children was horrified when her experience of being around babies since her mom had foster children in their home wasn't the same and nearly flipped out. As a "fun twist" one of the teen "parents" were given twins and another child had colic.

Why wasn't something like this shown in US magazine? Simple it wouldn't sell magazines!