Baby 101

YES AND IT'S TOTALLY WRONG! GIRLS WITHOUT ANY MONEY TO SUPPORT BABIES ARE GOING TO START HAVING THEM AND GUESS WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THEIR MEDICAL BILLS, EDUCATION, FOOD STAMPS AND HOUSING SUBSIDY - US!

I think that there is something very troubling with the Spears family in general and if they would spend more time working on the family issues as a whole, and less time exploding the family and new baby for money, they could regain some of the respect they have lost in the public eye. No one can say, that they want there 12yr old daughter, niece, cousin, etc..., idolizing Britney or Jamie Lynn at this point, unless money is all you care about. If Jamie Lynn would use this situation to talk and teach young girls about other options they have like birth control and abstinence, she could complete change this situation around for her.

The media has definitely sent a message to young teen girls romanticizing pregnancy and having a child. The reprecussions are that "starry eyed" young girls, especially the ones who are Jamie Lynn Spears fans, will believe if it's ok for her to get pregnant and have a baby, it's ok for them. The fact that Miss Spears has lots of money to financially support her child is important of course, but this won't weigh in with average young teens who are only looking at the "pretty pictures" of Jaime and her adorable baby. Even adult women can have an unrealistic view of what pregnancy and child rearing will be like. I know I did at 24 when my husband and I decided to have our first. I'm saddened by the major hype Jaime Lynn's situation has received, not because I'm not happy for her to have a healthy baby, but because she is sending a message to teen girls everywhere that it is a good choice. I hope that most young girls out there understand that having a child is a forever committment. You can't forget to feed, change or love them. They require 24/7 care and there will be huge responsibilities involved. And this is something I don't just leave to the young teen girls out there,....we have 5 boys and I've told them the exact same thing! Good luck to Jaime Spears. She is fortunate to have Nannies and Money available to her unlike most teens.

TEENAGERS WHY WOULD U WANT TO HAVE KIDS AND A TEEN AGE. DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE. PARENTS GIVE THEM AN A$$ WHOOPING...HAHA...Just kidding ....but still WHY WOULD U WANT TO HAve KIDS AT THE AGE OF 17! MOTHERS AND FATHERS WAKE UP ...YOUR KIDS ARE HAVING SEX WHILE YOUR SLEEPING. GET THE BIRTHCONTROL PILLS OUT FAST!...If this is the way we have to go then do it. Its for their best.

I am a 36 year old mother, and I can tell you a 16 year old has no idea of what it's like to be a real mother. At 16 you should be babysitting still, hanging out with friends, going to dances. Whatever happened to morals? If you're not going to teach your child abstinence then at least put them on birth control. Why do you think there is so many lower income families? Because it's a vicious circle of babies having babies and so forth. I think everything that is immoral is glamorized these days. It's a shame there are very few moral left in the world any more.

People... it comes down to it , I honestly dont think that regardless of the age, whether birth control has failed or protection was never used that the 2 involved in the relationship are thinking about OK Magazine or Jamie Lynn Speers. In the heat of the moment I can guarantee it does not cross their minds.Things happen and there is nothing we can do about it. Being a mother is hard whether you are young or not ! Jamie Lynn my friends, is not the only 16 year old to have a child nor will she be the last whether in the spot light or not, the difference between her and everyday people is her success. So long as she lives her life for her and not everyone else she has a chance that most others do not.It does not mean that she wont go through what other moms go through, teething,crying,colic and bad days. Dance classes,school trips and "boys". Congratulations Jamie & Casey , and welcome to the world little Maddie.

It can be a disgrace to know that young teenage girls as Zoey are having babies, and other out there may wanna have babies bby choice, but hey, my mum had her first baby when she was 16 going on 17. so, if a teenage girl wanna have her baby too, then fine! it her decision. just for her to know if that's what she really wants....

Hey, what do you think would happen if Jamie Lynn read this article? About all those things that you wanted just to get a photo shoot of her and the baby? Don't you think Jamie would start seeing sense and tell OK! to go AWAY?!

Kudos to those young adults who graduate from college, attain a career, marry and then have children and a responsible life! Let's herald those young people; not some irresponsible teenager who happens to have no clue as to what attaining a goal or working for a living is like! Money and fame - so what ?? Jamie Lynn Spears defnitely won't be running our country in a decade - but my son will!! There's thousands of responsible young people out there that know what they are doing with their lives and they are mentoring hundreds of younger people to achieve goals. The Spears sisters don't glamorize anything but a lack of judgment, irresponsibility, no self esteem, and just plain stupidity. And where did they get their wonderful direction from - their greedy, irresponsible, self-serving parents. Each generation learns from the generation before. In a few years, the Spears' will be a "flash in the pan". My efforts are focused on those young people who have a clue - and a legitimate life plan. Not just an "entertainment".

It happens. You shouldn't stick your head in the sand but to understand that Jamie is not an ordinary girl she has money her family has money. They are in the public life. I am certian that she has grown up differently then most of us. Having to make adult decisons before most of us even considered anything as an adult. Its a magazine article not a pro teen pregnancy banner. If you talk to your childeren and be a good parent your child will grow up well rounded & responsible if not... well you'll be visisting them at one of 3 places, jail, nutty ward or cemetary. Think about it.

It is terrible. She is making money for her picture on the front cover and all teens will think this will happen to them. This was a major error on the magazines end. What were they thinking.................

18,19,<~~~~~~~Why would you want to have kids at those age either... MAN the money in the world and you want to have KIDS i am telling you enjoy your youth now....not with kids right now.... Welcome to America!!

It is terrible. She is making money for her picture on the front cover and all teens will think this will happen to them. This was a major error on the magazines end. What were they thinking.................

As a former high school teacher, this isn't going to affect any teens decision to have or not have sex. Ms. Spears will however, be brought up as a response to every parent inquiring of a daughter why she has decided to engage in sex (Yes, it is a stupid question since teen hormones--and curiosity about anything forbidden--are at a peak): Jamie Lynn obviously "does it." What most teen-aged girls obviously overlook is that Jamie Lynn and her equally impulsive and addle-brained sister have plenty of money to support themselves and their off-spring if the father takes a powder after deciding that children cut into the time you have to "party." Obviously these two sisters have decided that Cletus and his wife (from The Simpsons) are appropriate role models for parenting--and I suppose we all should be grateful that neither of them decided to marry a first cousin. Jamie-Lynn can appear smiling and happy because right after that photo shoot--when she pocketed even more moolah for not being able to count to 28 accurately--she handed that baby to a nanny (we can only hope) and went to the Olive Garden or Wal-Mart (I prefer Costco). I once had a student who gave birth the day before the prom--and was upset with her parents that they would care for the baby so she could attend. The nerve of those parents!!! Sex education works--abstinence only does not or there wouldn't be nearly as many of us. If you aren't talking to your child realistically, make sure someone is. I once talk a class of teen-aged boys and I heard, "You can't get a girl pregnant if it's the first time." "You can't get a girl pregnant if you 'do it' standing up." Then there is my favorite: "You have to use 'Pepsi or Coke' immediately afterward." In an age when protecting yourself against unwanted STDs is as important as not getting pregnant before you are ready or able to provide adequately for a child, education about all the best methods for preventing either situation is a necessity. Ms. Spears is not Juliet . . . and her life span is not her late twenties. Those teen-agers who get pregnant and do not have the financial or emotional resources to be a really good parent--a 24/7 job, by the way--should seriously consider what is best for the child. As Keanu Reeves put it in PARENTHOOD: "You need a license to drive a car . . . but you don't need any kind of requirement to become a parent (or words to that effect--it's been a long time since I saw the movie). How right he was . . . UNFORTUNATELY.

Yes, it glomorizes teen pregnancy and out of wedlock pregnancy. We are teaching society that there is no such thing as moral value. If you say anything negative about all this you are considered a biggot.

it is not about morals or about being married or not... the question is "WHY WOULD U WANT TO HAVE KIDS AT THE AGE OF 17! DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE!"