Baby 101

Both my eight-yr olds said - "ahhh, she looks so cute with her baby.." I said AHHHHHHH, she shouldn't have a baby, guys...it's not CUTE!" She's too young to have a baby and now her life has changed forever...." it was not repsonsible of her - we shold make better decisions with our lives...right?"

Well for one thing its promoting teen pregnancy cause she is on the cover of the magazines making teens think it is ok to go out and get pregnant. Which its not but if they had family values and strong foundation from the start it could have been prevented. But when your famous and your the one supporting your parents they forget to be parents and start acting like your friend which is the BIGGEST MISTAKE. Parents stop trying to be your kids friend and be a parent and show them morals, and values.

my mother had me when she was 18. at THAT day and age. (1990), that was acceptable. its wasnt difficult to make a living with just a highschool diploma. I am blessed to have such responsible parents. They cant stress enough to me about waiting until i am married to have childeren. making sure that i can take care of myself before i take on the responsibility of having a child. and yes, one day i would love to get married and have childeren. but TODAY, i must focuse on getting my nursing degree and making a great living before i can do that. howver, it is a dirty rotten shame that people like Jamie Lynn make it seem acceptable to be having babies so young. That girl couldnt last one day workng on the farm i live on or in the nursing home i work at. or course not. she makes her money by getting knocked up and exploiting it. While the rest of us try to make an honest living. she is NO different than the rest of us. and she should at LEAST explain to all those young girls who look up to her about how its not going to be easy raising a child and talk about abstinence. or even practicing safe sex at least. im not going to be a hypocrite, i've had sex and i am NOT proud of it. i was curious. like any other teen but i at least had the sense of mind to practice safe sex. teaching about contraceptives in school and how HARD it is to raise a chile when you ARE a child. I know in my heart that i could not bring a child to the world and it be easy. and that would not be fair to the child. however, Jamie sayin how wonderful it is to be a mom is ENCOURAGING teens to go ahead and have babies. THAT is wrong. We need some teens to grow up and be something great! a doctor, a nurse, a lawer, SOMETHING! We dont need all of our teens knocked up! Im tellin you just the thought of how ashamed MY parents would be if i let that happen...takes a deep meaning in my heart. COME ON MY FELLOW TEENAGE GIRLS..OR YOUNG ADULTS... lets NOT be ANOTHER Teen STATISTIC

Orrrrr....you could keep your legs closed and you wouldn't have to deal with the punches in the first place.....

The fact remains that the cover of the magazine blatantly glamorizes her story... the tagline doesn't read, "It's been a long, hard journey," but rather, "Being a mom is the best feeling in the world." And while this can be true, the cover does not touch upon the so-called hard choices she's made, drawing people to buy the magazine (for a convenient $0.50, which many teenagers can afford). This story DOES glamorize teen pregnancy... I wish Jamie-Lynn Spears all the luck in the world, but she has resources, money, and support that many teen mothers DO NOT.

Sadly, this cover and story show how far our society has fallen in this country when we glamorize an un-wed mother. There's honor and character in this story? There's great accomplishment? Unless this country returns to its family value system of bygone days, I fear we decline into oblivion as a once great nation.

Shame on OK! Magazine. Teens these days are so impressionable - and for them to put her on the cover with her perfect hair, nice clothes and a pretty little smile and to say, "It's great!" does ZERO for the teens who think a baby will love them, they'll just go on welfare to support the baby, their parent(s) will support the child, etc. Let's get real OK! - how about a true story for a change - one that reflects reality.
While we're at it, how about some parenting? It's not all up to the media. It's up to the parents to educate and *gasp* TALK to their kids about these issues. Stop blaming everyone else (the media, sports stars, friends, lack of money, the government, etc.) and take responsibility for your own kids and your own actions.
Yes, I'm a mother - and IMO Britney and Jamie Lynn are both train wrecks and need to be brought back to reality. And Nick still running Zoey101? SHAME on you too!

Of course it glamorizes TEEN PREGNANCY!!!! It also helps when you are a teen star and have loads of money to be able to buy your own house and make your own life....Now magazines are actually giving her a cover about this??? Please! What does this say about our society??? That now we will just pretty much accept anything that happens to people at any age. WHERE HAVE ALL THE MORALS GONE???? What is actually unacceptable these days????? I understand that people do make mistakes and sometimes beautiful blessings come out of it...but where have all the good girls gone?????? Hopefully this baby will not follow in her Aunt Britney's footsteps or her mother's for that matter.

We have to remember that she is a celebrity and could afford the comforts of Nannies. That she will still have a freedom to come and go as she please. But in the real world, the poor and middleclass sweet 16, cannot afford the comfort of the nannies, nor the priviledge of getting paid to have the first baby picture or story in a leading magazine. Celebrities live by different rules than the common folks. We all do not have that cushion of comfort, from the Brangelina to Jamie Lynn; some would be on welfare, or an extra financial burden to their family. Instead focusing on single motherhood; why not a story on Raven Symone a positive young woman; we glamorize the wrong and shun the right. God bless us all!!!!!!

Right now the press is talking about the problem of the rise in teen pregnancy for the first time in 15 years. Well i wonder why, with teens looking to the entertainment industry for direction on dress, attitude, values and morality and the industry shrugging off everything in the name of "entertainment". The fact is the media loves scandal. First the movie "Juno" came out making it look funny and sentimental to be a teen mom. Then we had Brittney taking her kids out on drunken sprees, having alleged sex tapes and having Dr. Phil seeing a photo op in her psychiatric evaluation. In all this doll baby gets pregnant and CLEARLY states she has been in a "relationship" (read sex) with this boy since she was 14. Meanwhile their mother was preparing to write a book on parenting. Ha! I agree with momof9kids the media needs to show what it's REALLY like being a single mom. She doesn't get it yet that the same folks that think she's so cute now will not be around for the diaper change and the colic at 3 am. And Daddy will be in the wind.

The magazine is only doing its job. Please keep in mind that it is fun for Jamie Lynn to have a baby because she also has a very big ban account. It is not fun when you can`t afford to have your own place and have to worry about all the bills.

Of course it glamorizes the problem! A responsible magazine would either barely mention the how thing or have a story but not use the irresponsible, under-age mother as a cover story. If a story was done, then 75% should be showing the down-side and explain right away that this ditzy, unsupervised young woman does not live in the real world because of all the money. That if she was real, she would either have gotten an abortion; given the baby away or be living at home trying to juggle school, a job and staying at home most evenings taking care of the baby; dealing with diapers, spit-up and all the "lovely" things that go with a baby. Things better handled by older parents usually. Besides the most recent survey shows that couples with no kids are happier than those with kids and besides the mother isn't married. It is time to start calling these children born out of wedlock just what they are - illegitimate!!! And the parents STUPID!
Tired of this kind this kind of irresponible stories and parents and the kids.

I have great respect for Jamie Lynn, I always thought she was just a stupid ditzy wannabe teen star. She has proven me TOTALLY wrong! I was exactly the same age when I got pregnant and had my wonderful daughter. Life throws you some strange things, you MUST roll with the punches, learn from the past and look forward to the future....you only live once whatever happens make the best of it! And Jamie Lynn has, teen parents can be just as understanding and capable parents as a 27 year old, married couple. Plus, they usually have a bit more energy! My daughter is now 6 years old, I wouldn't trade any second of those six years, parenting is a "full-time job", you just have to stick with it! So anyway, GO JAMIE LYNN!!! HAVE FUN WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL BABY!!!!!

What a stupid whore, she needs to be publicly stoned.

I almost agree with the previous comment stating that if Jamie Lynn Spears were black it would not be as important. It probably wouldn't have been glamorized, only shunned. Solange Knowles (sister to Beyonce) had her child at a considerably young age and I had to google it to get the story. Jamie Lyn's situation was most likely as big as it was based not on her own celebrity, but the popularity of Britney. Unfortunately for the Spear's family, the announcement came at a tender moment when the media coverage of Britney's troubles were a daily firestorm. I believe the public felt like, "WOW! Not another Spears going by the wayside!" The back to back incidents made the Spears home seem lawless and unruly. I'm not sure as to how true that is, but they definitely have more problems than the average family. I agree with Newsweek completely. The cover does appear to make teenage pregnancy "OK!"...and it really is not. Yes, Jamie Lyn's experience may be a bit different because of her wealth, however, wealth does not bring maturity. Most adults are not completely stable enough EMOTIONALLY to support a child until their 30's. And she's an exception??? Based on her sister's struggles, I'd say NOT!...I will give it to the girl becasue contrary to her sister she does seem like she's playing with a full deck of cards, however, Britney did too when she was a child. It saddens me because at 17 you are still in need of your own mother. Those that believe this is ok should have a talk with their own children about sex. NO not all teenagers are having sex. That was something that just was not aloud in my household (I'm 20 so yes I was raised in this age and time). I could not have had sex even if I wanted to, I simply was not aloud to run the streets. I was also told that it wasn't acceptable just as most others are, the only difference is I was eplained to WHY not to do it. Emotionally I was not ready to handle anything that could come of it; preganancy and relationships. We had parental guidance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Something that this generation lacks, possibly because their parents were too young when they had them, or just not involved enough? Or perhaps emotionally too young. I know of many that seemed to raise themselves. Remember it takes more than money to raise a child. It takes discipline, involvement, and leading by example. I wish Jamie Lyn the best of luck, but it is sad that she is soaring straight into adulthood from childhood and without a break in between to figure her ownself out.

I think OK! can try to polish it any way they choose, but the bottom line is they have to own that they have indeed glamorized teen pregnancy for the almighty buck and there will indeed be a backlash of teen pregnancies that OK! will have played a major role in. I can only hope that Jamie Lynn will try to speak out against teen pregnancy as a rule and not use herself as a role model, but I really don't think that will happen. She'll take her million for the photo and not give the role model a second thought. I am very disappointed that OK choose to go this route. Very disappointed.