Baby 101

i think this magazine only cares about what sells and truely doesnt care about girls in our society. This magazine glamorizes teen pregnancy and for jaimie spears it may good for her seeing that she can afford nannies and people to help her, but that is not reality for the majority. We all as a society have a responsibility to the kids today and this magazine is not making parents jobs easy by making teen pregnancy glamorous. Girls her age should be thinking about school and graduating and collage...and there prom...not worrying about diapers, bottles and feeding times...thanks alot OK MAGAZINE.

I wonder how making the cover of a magazine DOESN'T glamorize?

Are the editors of People Magazine setting a positive example for teenaged females? There are consequences of a teenage pregnancy (it affects all teenagers). I feel that People Magazine is glorifying teenage pregnancy. It's not cool.

Oh yeah, glorify her teenage pregnancy to those girls who are not financially secured. She can afford a nanny, other girls that cannot afford nannys have to quit school, just so they can care for their child, or maybe,
go to school and not have time for their baby. What is really your message? Even her rich sister cannot get herself together, and she is rich. Are you saying, it is okay to get pregnant in your teens? OK Magazine, you are not one of my favorite magazine as of today. You color Jamie Lynn Spears with balloons and pretty names, but in reality, even Nicolodean, found it improper for her to "represent" the teens. I am a teenager,
and I have a ten year old sister, do you think I want her to follow Jamie Lynn Spears' action? Heck NO! I cannot believe you will have to defend her on what she did. Did she plan on getting pregnant? I bet not.
the baby was probably an accident, but because she can afford it, she agreed to have Maddie. I will not read your magazine again. You disappoint me, telling teens it is okay to get pregnant. What is your message here? I can't agree with you.

How is having a baby out of wed lock glamor?I know we all make mistakes and not perfect but lets remember that having a child was ment for a man and woman when they got married.In todays soceity it happen all the time and marriage is not taken with any heart that my view.

jamie lynn is too younge and she might think the baby is cute now but talk to her in a year and it will be quite different

This is a disgrace, another huge portion of proof that further prooves that our country is taking a nose dive straight into a major crash and burn. I guess no one will ever learn from history, since we're all too lazy to get up off the couch and stop watching television and letting THAT educate today's incredibly impressionable youth. I say incredibly impressionable since we live in an era of gossip rags (like OK magazine), reality tv shows (which are so far from reality it's ridiculous), and the complete breakdown of parenting. To say this family has made very very smart choices is insulting! I suppose since the only thing this little girl was going for was fame and fortune, then sure, she made the choices necessary to sell her soul and give her a lifelong committment to a terrible life. Of course, to her it isn't terrible since all that money is now hers (considering her family doesn't move in on that). Do we really need to further degrade ourselves to the rest of the world??? We wonder why the rest of the world hates us and I put this as a HUGE spotlight of a reason. For god's sake, after we glorify teen pregnancy, what's next??? Shall we glorify rape??? Whatever gets good ratings, right?? No reason to see to the health of this country and its morals or its citizens. Just keep printing and televising the "great stories" and let's all just keep up our lethargy going good and strong so nothing ever changes.

Teenagers have no business being parents! There are no exceptions! A teenager's brain isn't even fully developed yet. Two words: BIRTH CONTROL.

How about OK puts a "real" life teen mom on the cover next? The reality is most teenage parents aren't doing it alone - they need their parents and grandparents help. That article could be done to show that unlike Jamie Lynn, most parents are struggling to take care of their kids, pay the bills, doing it alone. Having a child is a blessing but at the same time, at 16, what is the message? I think the real message that folks can take away from this is: hollywood or not, teens are having sex and having babies. What message are we as parents sending to our children? Hollywood can't be held totally responsible for raising our kids - so as parents, we can speak up and show our children the "real" images that we want them to have. So the Jamie lynn's of the world won't be held responsible for OUR lack of teaching morals.

Yes it does glamorize teenage bad conduct. She is not a role model. She is not someone that I want my 15 year daughter to look up to. The only reason she is on the cover is because she is famous and a cute white female.

Is this an example that we should set for all teenagers in the United States? People magazine should realize the consequences of teen pregnancy no matter what race, social class, or gender. I feel that People magazine slow glorify teenagers who receive good grades or who got accepted into a great college; not a teenage celebrity who gave birth to a child. This sends out a negative message to teenagers especially females!

The media constantly works to tear apart the family structure by glamorizing out of control children. Jamiie Lynn is the prime example of a spoiled child without moral values, being raised by a mother who is more interested in money than raising a decent kid.

Teenagers have no business being parents! There are no exceptions! A teenager's brain isn't even fully developed yet.

I think the moment it was out there that Jamie Lynn was pregnant, she should have been dropped from her contract with Nickelodean (sp). Since her audience is mostly tween and teen she is a role model much to our chagrin. Essentially she's conveying the idea, albeit unintentionally, that it's okay to get pregnant at a young age and out of wedlock. I'm no prude about those issues; hey it happens and if it happens to you it must be dealt with to the best of ones ability. I just can't stand the POSITIVE publicity she's been getting over this. The contrast given her about how she's able to pay her light bill and most every other pregnant teenager in the world who has no means of support is ludicrous. What about her emotional maturity and her ablility to nurture a child's mental well being? That's the real challenge. Clearly others will be raising her child, but that's not an option for most pregnant teenage girls. Oh what's this liberal world coming to? Again I'm no prude at all, but give me a break! OK magazine is just trying to sell magazines and that's all this is. I dread having to see these covers in the grocery store checkout stands. I've had enough of the "do no wrong" personas from these celebrities. Their publicists put a lying happy spin on everything these celebs do. She's not even married yet, but we can already predict the future divorce. What's OK going to say about Jamie Lynn then?

Everyone knows that at a certain age adolescents question parental advice and authority and begin to emulate others. Often, in the modern age, they choose sports stars, and movie icons as role models. They grew up with Jamie Lynn. They identify with her. She is attractive and "successful". To suggest that most adolescents, who are emotionally not fully developed - and have limited exposure to adult responsibilities, will not identify with her seems irresponsible.

Jamie Lynn, little Maddie, and Maddie's daddy may survive in the long term. I do hope for the best for them as a family. Regretfully I must also say I don't think they way they have started is the best way for them to begin. Sadly, I think other adolescents may use this event to justify their own decisions. Though I know others will disagree, you asked for opinions. This is mine: this is not healthy in our broken society and culture. I do regard it as irresponsible.

Exactly, she is not the only one who has had a child as a teen so why is it being publicized. Of course, because she is famous. No one should regret a great gift like a child but somewhere a line should be drawn. Anyone who has had a child as a teen should never forget the struggle they went through because regardless of their out come I don't believe it was all peaches and cream.

HOW IS HAVING A CHILD OUT OF WED LOCK GLAMOR? But IN TODAY SOCEITY HARDLY ANYONE THINK S ABOUT THAT ANY MORE THAT'S MY VIEW.

Yes, I feel it makes it okay for young teens to have sex. especially in Texas where we lead on teen pregnantancy .. As a 60 year old mom of 3 sons and 5 grandchildren this is the wrong message to send out. Even older adults have a time supporting themself let alone a baby. Just because she is wealthy makes it okay? Ms. Susan in Texas