Talking to your kid about the tween star's latest turn.
Comment: terror teddy im a teenager and even i believe we are ignorant fools but it is only because of our lack of experiences in life and lack of wisdom that is gained through those experiences
Comment: just because your daughter does something that you dont want her too shouldnt phase you at all you call yourself a parent but you forbget what its like to be a kid if she goes out and gets pregnant at 16 thats noones fault but her own because even if you try to prevent someon e from doing something they shouldnt there still going to do it im not saying you shouldnt try but its almost pointless because it human nature for us to do wahat we want is it not our god given free will to roam this earth and do as we please and i mean he gave us the 10 easiest rules to follow there all basic morals that people dont respect anymore because people no longer respect themselves.
Comment: The only upside to the situation is that she didn't decide to just kill the baby and be done with it... She could have had an abortion and ended the baby's chance at life to save her show, but she didn't.
That doesn't change the fact that she's a terrible example
Comment: Here's how you talk to your child about Jamie Lynn (and Britney and her mother for that matter).
They are all ho's and should be treated as such.End of story!
Comment: HA HA HA... THA'S RIGTH...!!!!
PLEASE YOUNG GIRLS, HAVE A BABY WHEN YOU WANT IT, BUT DONT WAIT TOO MUCH, DONT WAIT TO BE OLDER, BECASUE U WONT BE ABLE TO HOLD YOUR KIDS N PLAY WITH THEM... IM THE ONE HOW VERY PROUD OF HAVING A BABY YOUNG... I LOVE MY KIDS N I ENJOY THE TIME THAT I SPEND WITH THEM...
Comment: What is really sad here is that this Jamie Lynn girl really thinks she is perhaps outsmarting others when in fact she seems to be fooling herself. Teens are not born evil or made so by their age, it is just that they, by the hand of nature/biology are too underdeveloped to have rational or logical thinking ; "magical thinking" seems to be the term for the youngsters believing that having money is the key factor in bringing kids into the world. Unfortunately, there are the vulnerable and unstable out there who will use Jamie Lynn's situation as the impetus for getting pregnant and this just seems unacceptable. As a baby herself, her motherhood will most likely be fraught with missteps. Not that people don't make mistakes, it's just that a tender, young baby is the focus here and even if she has money , that does not mean they can count on that for the day to day situations they will encounter. For instance, if Casey Boy goes to jail for this,(where he belongs)there will be one less parent in the baby's life and that is tragic news for the family. But wait! Celebrity status! I keep forgetting how that buys peace of mind here and now that they're all grown up and drinking coffee like adults, they must be adults. They are also above the law when it comes to the potential rape charges and somehow being able to deflect that elememt too! Of course, noone cares (Jamie Lynn's parents ) about the factor that took place here called statutory rape and actually if will be both tragic and refreshing to see Casey Boy pay for what he did regardless of money in th family or not. Yes, it takes two to tango, but Jamie Lynn is an actress caught up in her fantasy world and only sees what she wants to see. Apparently, so is OK magazine and all other publications like this, for kids that are still lost in this sometimes big, bad world and making parenthood look real easy and fun. Hopefully though, teens aren't lost here forever; good parenting seems to quell at least most evils in the world. As for the poorly-parented and double-trainwreck duo being the Spears sisters, may you be the dictionary definition of dumb!
Comment: im 12 and well i think that its bad that she did that but i really dont think that ur doughters are going to grow up and do wgat jamie lynn did even if she is there roll model shes mine and i am not thinking of getting pregnet at 16 and my sister is 16 and she is her fan to she isnt thinkin about getting pregnet now and ya she has a boyfriend and they have been datin for 2 years and they arent going to do anything to get my sis pregnet and so just chill out and let ur kids watch the show and trust me when they grow up they wont they might not even think about it bc right now they shouldnt know how to get pregnet now so i really dont think u parents will have a problem i mean ok me and my friends are a huge fan of her and were not thinking of gettiing pregnet at 16 or 17 so you shouldnt worry that much i know it was wrong!
Comment: I think alot of young girls look up to jamie and she is a big influence on them, am not saying that she should have gotten rid of the child because i would not have but she should have been more carefull. many young lives have been and will come to a hault, by young girls following after their role model and there not realizing that jamie could afford to have and support a child. i personally loved the show and so does my daughter, but i wont allow my her to watch the show anymore simply because i don't want a young girl pregnant at sixteen, had a baby at seventeen as a role model for my child.Thats my opinion.
Comment: Ok, how about you don't shelter your child and make things so taboo? I mean, by keeping your child away from it, it's just going to bite you in the butt later on. "Oh let's make this subject out of discussion, that way my child will never know about it." Because, when they are a teenager, the child will defy you. She will want to do the things you tell her not to.
Comment: ok ya i kinda agree i think your chilld might want to do something u tell her not to but if you make it a huge deal and the child knows the concequinces then i really dont think that she will want to anymore..........
Comment: my daughter is five , even thou zoey101 is to old for my daughter to watch , shes palstered all over disney channel and my daughter loves her.... so while food shopping there goes jamie lynn on the front page , its crazy ,almost like she read the front page , my daughter asks me mom why didnt zoey bring her baby to pca( the school that zoey attends and lives at on the show) ...you bring me every where with you .... how did explain that to my little girl as if the world isnt confusing enough to her already
Comment: What about , it can be all planned out on purpose, how much family got for the photos of the baby. All in the celeberty world are pretaining the money. Thinkin about this parents have to drag kids away from the TV, make them read, go for the walk with them. My 10 years old daughter don't even know who younger Spears is, and it is because I pay attention to my child not droppong her infront of the TV all the time. Again I do not mean to throw away all the TV's, just limit..
Comment: I don't think spears having sex had anything to do with her being in the spotlight all the time. I think she made a decision that ended up with her pregnant. I doubt she ever really thought this would happen to her. Yea she took a chance when she had sex that it could happen. Like someone else had commented, with all that spears has heard and seen her sister done, she has never let it influence her. I also admire her for keeping the child. She has been brave with dealing with the tab. and pop. during the pregnancy. I believe she will do just fine as a mother. I strongly believe God has a plan for everyone and just because spears had a baby doesn't mean her career or life has come to an end. A new chapter is just beginning for her and she'll do just fine.
Comment: i agree!.........
Comment: Making a girl something special for getting pregnut at 15 shows how demitted this country has become. I wonder if she is still wearing a mattress on her back waiting for the next perverted boy to jump on?
Comment: i love jamie lynn. she is a great person... in my opinion. all her life she has watched her family fall apart and she is the only sensable one in her disfunctional family. she has seen all the mistakes brittany has made and still hasn't let it infulence her. im sure, getting pregnant at 16 wasnt wht jamie lynn planned, but i admire her for keeping the child. most teenage moms dont keep the kid after they find out they are pregnant. i think jamie lynn is more than mature enough to handle the child. unlike her sister.
Comment: i love jamie lynn. she is a great person... in my opinion. after YEARS of watching her family fall apart, she has managed to be the only sensable one in her family. all her life she has seen wht brittany has done and has not let it infulence her. she is down to earth and getting pregnant at 16 was not wht she planned. but she was big enough to keep the kid and most 16 yr old girls who r pregant, dont. i think she is mature enough to handle a child. unlike her sister.
Comment: iw as 18 when i got pregnant and now im 19 and i got 3 moremonths to go on this. teen pregnancy is a hard thing right now considering i know alot of teens getting pregnant. and usually are accidents mine was i didnt think it was ganna hapen to me, i was on birth control and it still happend. teen just need to be carfule of whaat there disitions are and jamie is just trying to do whats best fpr her and her baby considering i understand the feeling. i know parents it hard to think of theese things and hard to prevent it. my parents werent to pleased with me but they are helping me all they can with this im keeping my baby. some parents are discussed with there kids and throw them on the streets cuz mostly they dont want to deal with them, but parents should listen to what there kids think about these situations what there kids think about this whole thing in general show them how to not make the sam mistake
Comment: This is a really issue for me. As soon as the news came out about Jamie Lynn both my husband and i sat down and talked to my duaghter about sex and teen pregnancy. (My duaghter was only 9 at the time) I really did not plan on having this talk so soon. We did not try to hide anything, and we tried to answer all of her question the best we could. We just figured that it was better for us as parents to talk about this issue before my duaghter made it to school the next day. As for this cover, I think it is just wrong. Back when I was in high school celebrity babies were on the rise, and we had many young girls having babies. I totally think the Ok. is glamoraizing teen pregancy, instead of discussing the real issue at hand.
Parents and children do not talk as much as they used to. Parents are to busy with thier own lives, and today's children for the most part are raising themselves. Where is today's teen going to turn for guidance? Ok should really think about how they are helping to desensatize our children. If parents are not going to step up to bat and deal with issues like this with thier children, then somebody has to.
Comment: I think that everybody just needs to stop talking about all Jamie Lynn being pergnant at 16. You dont hear about none fam girls so why her. Its because of what happened with her sister. You just need to give her a break and stop talking about her. And at least she is going to take care of her baby. Just back off, if you dont want your kids to have babys at a young age teach them and they wont. It's not Jamies Lynn fault.
Comment: just beacuse she's pegnant don't mean she's a slut and people should get off her and her sisters back!!!!
Comment: i love jamie lynn spears and people should stop being nasty and talking about her behind her back
give the girl a break!
Comment: hey im 19 years old and i got pregnant at 18 and its haard to realize reality. but realitly is kids should not get pregnant but it happens mistakes happen. i sure as hell was freaking cuz i didnt know what to do or what people were going to think of me. but i desisded to keep my baby and be the best mom i could be, i think that what really matters, jamie lynn is just trying to do the right nthing for her sake not for publisity. i know i am. i want my baby to have eveything but i cant do that at least she can and has help. i have a bit of help and its nice to have support of your family and knowing that you can do this.
Comment: i love jamie lynn spears i think that people should being nasty a always talking about her behind her back
give the girl a break !
Comment: omg i swear if jamie spears is going to turn into a sluty hor like her sister theni think that everyone would hate her i know i would because i dont think thatb she is like her sister at all i think that she could live life much better than her sister is right now because all brittany is is some sluty son of a *** from hell and all she is doing is b
Comment: omg i thought she wouldnt be anything like her sister brittany i thought she would be 1 that could have there t.v.shows or movies and not acked like a hor and get pregnet so young i really thought that she could be nothing like her sister and all i relly hope she dosent go insane like her sister i used to like brittany spears but now i hate her i think that jamie should keep doing the show and keep her head sraight unlike her sister
Comment: Just to set this right, you can't even spell, so why are you name-calling and judging someone you for sure don't know. She made a mistake, she's gotta deal with it. Some of the best Moms I know were teens and to this day, their kids are better behaved than those born around the same time to "adult" parents, age 25 and up. If you're not okay with your child knowing, you need to find a way to address the issues within yourself and have the chat when you're better equipped to handle it. If you address it now, don't judge, lest your child be so afraid at 16 if it happens to them that they become one of the much-worse horror stories we hear about much too often.
Comment: omg you don't know the whole story and if you were a fan then you would'nt be saying all these nasty things about her!!!!!!!!!!
Comment: Oh goodness. Really? why do people talk so much about teenage pregnancy instead of teenage sex. Society associates sex with teenage hood but allows itself to be shock and is eager to judge when one of the consequences of sex takes place: PREGNANCY.
For those of you mocking her, im hoping that none of you are, or were apart, apart of the teen population that no one considers because simply no one knows: abortioning mothers. You know who you are. You too were pregnant as teen, but instead of being brave, taking responsibility for theconsequence of sex, and just simply not encompassing the will of a killer of your own kind, you took the easy, selfish way out and offed your child. no one knows what you did, but you're the first ones to condemn and pregnant teen who is brave and loving enough to keep her child alive and to raise it to not be hypocrits like you.
for the rest of you who dont fall into the category. teens have sex just like adults. a consequence of sex that can come as a surprise is pregnancy...a consequence for both the teen and the adult. yes it is easier to raise a child after the individual has established themselves, but their life isnt over. plus, its the family of the Spears, that baby will be okay, Jamie will be fine, so.....what's your point.
For you mothers with daughters as fan...tell them, jamie lynn was sexually active, and has to face one of the two major consequences of it. encourage them to not make that mistake...to stay a virgin.
stop judging teens who get pregnancy just because you were LUCKY enough not to when YOU were young.
Comment: I am a mother of 2 young boys, and also do babysitting for a couple of teenage girls. I think it is not right that her private life has been blown up like her sisters, maybe she's trying to steel britany's front page cover...which she has succeded. But Jamie is the star of a Nickalodian show that all the young girls talk about, if Nickalodian keeps airing her show knowing that all these young girls look up to her what are we telling our teen? That it's ok to be pregnant at 16, or that a 16 year old looks like shes 20? The best thing that she can do for herself and for all our young teens is to get out of the spot light and be a mommy, maybe then Britany will get the hint herself! I'm sure HANNAH MONTANA will not be sorry (or even blink and eye) that Zoey 101 is not on the air any more!!
Comment: I have children and none of the spears family is a good example so please do NOT stick up for this trailer trash family that has a mother that was to busy living through her kids and getting the all mighty dollar to be a good mother. This is not God's example neither so don't bring god in to it!! You want to pray, Pray to get this bad examples for your children out of the limelight. You tell me of the girls that had a child at 16 years that has a good husband. I know three, 2 are druggies No one knows where the third one is moved. Never a go life. So think about Moms what a great life they have J.L. spears will end up the same way. Sorry, but just stating the truth.
Comment: Getting pregnant is NOT a "mistake" ... it is a choice. A "mistake" would be forgetting to take your umbrella when you knew it was going to rain ... you intended to take the umbrella, but you forgot it ... that is a "Mistake". It is so lame when we hear people label diliberate acts as "a mistake". It is not a "mistake" when a young person diliberately steals something or diliberately smokes crack or when a 16-yr old girl deliberately removes her panties and lies back to spread her legs. She knew what she was doing .... it was not a "mistake".
Comment: Getting pregnant is NOT a "mistake" ... it is a choice. A "mistake" would be forgetting to take your umbrella when you knew it was going to rain ... you intended to take the umbrella, but you forgot it ... that is a "Mistake". It is so lame when we hear people label diliberate acts as "a mistake". It is not a "mistake" when a young person diliberately steals something or diliberately smokes crack or when a 16-yr old girl deliberately removes her panties and lies back to spread her legs. She knew what she was doing .... it was not a "mistake"..
Comment: I'm pro-life, but I hardly think having an abortion is taking "the easy way out." I can't imagine the horror of making the decision to abort, much less going through the physical trauma and lingering psychological nightmare of knowing you ended a pregnancy. No matter what a woman decides---abortion, adoption or raising the child on her own--an unwelcome pregnancy , especially a teenager's, leaves no good options.
Comment: I am amused that in 2008 we place so much emphasis on Jamie Lynn Spears being three months pregnant and completely ignore the responsibility that her sexual partner also faces. These are two people about to become parents, for better or for worse. The relationship they have with their child may well outlast the one they currently enjoy with each other. The father of this child will have to make sacrifices and give up personal freedom in his life in order to spend time on parenting duties. Both parents will need to consider this pregnancy when deciding whether to: get married or not, go to college, work close to home or go where the work is, how they will relate to their extended family and so on. With all these issues facing them, I think the public should give Jamie a little breathing space, instead of heaping full responsibility on her sixteen year old shoulders, for what amounts to a consensual act of intimacy between two people.
Comment: I agree with what you are saying in a sense. However, her "amazing decision" was an unexpected consequence. Spears even stated that she's opposed to pre-marital sex but could not bring herself to judge considering the situaiton she put herself in. And she'd be the first person to admit that
Comment: I think its sad that everyone keeps saying that this is a 'mistake'. Being pregnant at sixteen is a bad time, but it is not a bad thing. There are thousands of girls everyday that are 16 and pregnant. I believe that we should share with our children the amazing decision Jamie Lynn made to keep her baby and take the responsibility to raise her child versus the easy way out. Yes, things will be easier for her than the normal public because of her financial situation, however, I would share with my children that no matter what life brings them, I will be there to help and support them.
Comment: I think its sad that everyone keeps saying that this is a 'mistake'. Being pregnant at sixteen is a bad time, but it is not a bad thing. There are thousands of girls everyday that are 16 and pregnant. I believe that we should share with our children the amazing decision Jamie Lynn made to keep her baby and take the responsibility to raise her child versus the easy way out. Yes, things will be easier for her than the normal public because of her financial situation, however, I would share with my children that no matter what life brings them, I will be there to help and support them.
Comment: I think its sad that everyone keeps saying that this is a 'mistake'. Being pregnant at sixteen is a bad time, but it is not a bad thing. There are thousands of girls everyday that are 16 and pregnant. I believe that we should share with our children the amazing decision Jamie Lynn made to keep her baby and take the responsibility to raise her child versus the easy way out. Yes, things will be easier for her than the normal public because of her financial situation, however, I would share with my children that no matter what life brings them, I will be there to help and support them.
Comment: right. getting knocked up at 16 is not A mistake. its the culmination of a series of bad choices n 'taking tthe easy way out'
Comment: i would get my daughter and sit with her and read what was posted an Helium.com from jenette kamimmula sandoval. it is a start on how we should talk to this generation...
Comment: I totally agree...Kathleen, your life is cold , hard, and small. Does anyone stop and think how Jamie Lynn feels??? Seiously...she made a mistake..not like you are so freaking perfect..and Nickelodeon can get over it! If Jamie Lynn gets your daughter pregnant , then be mad at her, but since that's not anatomically possible...go get a life.
Comment: I have one comment, what do you do when your child has someone at their school pregnant? Do you make a big deal out of it, gossip with other parents, ignore the problem, or do you make such a big deal about it as you about JLS; and do you talk to school officials about this. I just think its time to open your eyes to all parents, we have to talk to our children, you have to be the role model, not a fictional character one TV, this is 2007 not 1957.
Comment: I remember thinking, and that's going to be my life: cold, hard and small.......
Guess what kathleen, your life is just that, cold hard and very, very small.
Comment: I had a child in my 20's -- the first in my peer group to do so. At the time I was told it would ruin my life and I would never have a career. My son is almost 27 years old and raising him has been one of lie's greatest joys. One of the central issues for women having children is affording them. Jamie Lynn presumably has the funds, having worked for years. Biologically we are programmed to have children young. Would it be more acceptable to wait until her forties, pump herself full of hormones and risk illness? Why not wish her and her child well? Or better yet revisit them in twenty years to see how it all worked out. There is no one way to do things and I dare say condeming her is an indication of how sick this culture is. The discussion is not one of her age, but simply, are you ready to take the responsibility? Jamie Lynn took the responsibility of having a lead in a television series which requires a lot more time and energy than most people understand. I say wish her well and teach your own children to take responsibility not to condem others for their decisions.
Comment: How many more articles about freaked out writers who are afraid to talk to their kids about sex will we have to read or be subjected to? It seems to me these writers should have thought about having "the talk" before they had children. Tell me who's more irresponsible Jaime Lynn or grown women scared of the sex talk?
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Comment: My wife got pregnant with our first child when we were 15 years old and we have managed to raise our daughter to be a wonderful young woman. She is now 23 years old and married to a great guy; they have no children as of yet but may someday. We also have two fantastic sons and neither of them got their girlfriends pregnant either so the whole teen pregnancy thing is not self perpetuating in any way.
Did we make a mistake? Yes. Did we regret it? At the time yes we did. But my wife is now about to graduate with her MBA after several years of hard work and I am currently in my third year of my B.S. in Legal Studies. Teen pregnancy is not the end of the world. Jamie-Lynn Spears is in a far better position to provide for her child than most young women her age but that does not make it right. What I find simply amazing is the incredibly judgemental people who are writing in to this board talking about what a terrible person this young lady is. She made a mistake and has taken responsibility for it. The world needs to leave her alone and let her live her life in the best way she can for her child and herself!
Comment: bglah
Comment: Lets be honest -- you can talk til your blue in the face to your kids and be the best possible role model there is but can any parent compete with the media? Please!!! Any parent out there who thinks that they can keep their kids out of trouble just by "keeping the lines of communication open" are sticking their heads in the sand. Kids always think their parents are the dumbest people on the planet. If their idols are of questionable moral character, that gives kids license to commit similiar acts and avoid taking responsibility for them as their idols can get away with it and still be "cool".
Comment: Not all kids think their parents are the dumbest in the world. It's the hypocrisy. Kids are very attuned to what's going on in their household and the quickest way to turned a kid off is to not practice what you preach. Communication is key, but there should also be no fear. A kid who is afraid of their parent will not under any circumstances discuss anything with that parent. As far as role models go. Not all kids follow them blindly they have other things in their life to offset that and the child who doesn't well the parent needs to help their children develop other interests instead of sitting in front of the tv.
Comment: And, finally, excuse me?!? Cosmo Kramer, please. What are you people smoking over there at Newsweek? Are you high? Do you not see just how rife with sexual content *all* the tween content is on the Disney and Nickelodeon kids shows? All they talk about is sex, sex, sex. Where do you think America's female tween set is getting their fashion tips and ideas from in the first place? So to whine about having your 7 year old kid being exposed to what's in The New York Post is disingenuous, at best, and the fact that you could write this nonsense in a national magazine is more of indictment of your ongoing abdication of your parental responsibilities than anything else, so spare us the moralizing, elitist tone, and go foist it off on someone that will take it seriously, and while your at it, go have a look in the mirror before you project your failures off on your readers, and the media, of which you are a part, which puts all that fabulous Burberry and those Manolos to die for in your closet. Thanks! That'd be great, Corporate Wonder Writer Girl!
Comment: Ugh, the news made me disgusted. This 16 year old girl is a role model. Little girls all over the country want to be just like Jamie Lynn Spears. This kind of role model should not be glorified. They need to cancel the show. There are TONS of other actresses who act responsibly.
Comment: Alright let me explain to you the many reasons why your comment was so retarded I am forced to reply.
1) Your comment is inferring that not getting pregnant is actually responsible, which also basically says that you are for abortion. You are therefore saying that she is not to be glorified for refusing to get a much simpler and less painful operation for the sake of life. This shows your retarded opinion on life... For the record, let me summarize your ideology: Killing isn't as bad as sex!!!
2) The show isn't cancelled. It ended. Therefore the entire reasoning of your comment is nonexistant. Maybe you should research what you say before you type it. You know there are pills for people who don't stop and think, right?
3) How can someone be disgusted by a 16 year old getting pregnant? I mean, think of you getting pregnant. THAT is an abomination of nature. A woman who is about 50 having a baby is pretty damn gross. If you get pregnant you might explode from the massive size of your freakchild and your own massive size. Summary of your illogical thinking during this statement: "Someone who has sex in their sexual prime where they have the least chance of catching an STD is evil and possessed by the devil whom I would know about if I attended church more than just at Easter and Christmas". Now be silent you self-righteous retard.
Comment: Rougen. What the hell are you talking about. There is nothing self righteous about htis person's statement and when did disgusted become the equivalent of abortion!
Comment: Nice try. NO COOKIE.
First of all, not getting pregnant IS being responsible, at least on this planet. Getting abortion is not the "easy way out" either, but I don't want to get into some religious argument right now. Second, you are not witty. Not in the slightest. So stop trying. Also, you are crude and very crass and calling people retards isn't going to get you anywhere. As I???ve already told you, get off the internet; you???re giving adults even more incentive to believe that teenagers are ignorant fools.
Comment: The only person making retarded statements here is you rougen! "Your comment is inferring that not getting pregnant is actually responsible, which also basically says that you are for abortion" Is this a joke? How does being pro safe sex also mean pro abortion?? You are just another one of those conservatives who thinks that everyone who is pro-life is pro-abortion. Get a clue! You're wrong!
Comment: Where in the HELL did all of THAT come from? I did not see anything in the statement by djmimi that in any way implies that he/she is for abortion! Where did you get that from?
Your comments after 3) are also amazing and offensive! Where did your "summary" come from? I saw nothing in this person's statement that even suggested that they think that "Someone who has sex in their sexual prime where they have the least chance of catching an STD is evil and possessed by the devil whom I would know about if I attended church more than just at Easter and Christmas". Talk about being a self-riteous retard!! Your reply is abusive and absurd not to mention poorly thought out and insulting for no reason whatsoever!
Jamimy-lynn Spears already said that she is going to keep the child so your rant about abortion is nonsense. Abortion is an option in this country (and in most other developed countries....as well it should be!!) but she is not even entertaining the notion of having one.
You need to either think more about what you are saying or be silent yourself!!
Comment: Being able to make it as a teen mom (and clearly Jamie Lynn won't have the same challenges involving finances that most teens face) is not the same as living a self-actualized life. How much better would things be if everyone waited to have kids until they were financially, emotionally and physically ready to have a baby? Alot better. Sure, adults can be horrible parents, too, and teens can be great ones. Our age doesn't define who we are inside. Many of us wouldn't be here if our ancestors hadn't had poorly planned 'surprises' along the way, but in Jamie Lynn's case - yes, she is throwing away her lucrative career. Will she have some sort of entertainment career? Perhaps something involving a reality show (*Gag*) or B-movie, but she was on a better trajectory than that. Her rep is tarnished in Hollywood now, even though that fact reeks of hypocrisy. If your reputation was valuable to your livelihood, wouldn't you guard it with your life, above most other things? And if you were a sexually active teen with a lucrative career based solely on your reputation (she is a terrible actress and has no other evident talents), wouldn't you make darn sure you were using protection and lots of it? I do blame her parents because they did not teach her well or keep her shielded. Perhaps that's impossible in Hollywood, but they could have at least tried.
Comment: I am a "teen" (as morons put it) and I would like to point out that YOU ACTUALLY WATCH THE SHOW HAHA. Also, her "acting skills", just like any Disney or Nick star, are meant for kids, not you. Next, no one uses the word darn again. In fact, I don't think anyone did if your generation, about 5 decades ago. Finally, I will close with the point that she is a rich actress. She DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER ROLE. She is set for life. Thank you, now go back to breastfeeding your 16 year old who hasn't yet seen a member of the other sex and doesn't plan on it for 2 years. Oh, and when they tell you they are gay, don't say I didn't warn you. : )
Comment: Wow. Rougen, it's people like you that make me ashamed to call myself a teenager. How about you start working on your immaturity before you post.
Go back to playing with your makeup.
Comment: I can't believe the author has the gall to be so open with the fact that she is not going to discuss the star of one of her daughters favorite show's unplanned pregnancy. At 7 years old she doesn't need to get into detail with the issues of intercourse and contraception, but her acknowledgement of her daughter finding out from somewhere else and preferring it that way seems to me what might have happened with the Spear's girls. I don't think any mother wants or even anticipates their daughter becoming pregnant in their teens. If you are waiting for a comfortable time to bring up issues you'll be dealing with them when they are forced upon you. Waiting for your children to bring up issues to you is gambling a lot for the sake of your own discomfort. Shame on you!
Comment: FINALLY.....SOMEONE WHO SEES THE TRUTH!!! Well said (clapping)!! This issue is soooo much bigger than Hollywood or Jamie Lynn. This is about the PARENTS, and HOW can a parent WANT their child to find out from someone else about teen pregnancy involving the child's role model????!!! What kinda parenting are we doing?? This is Jamie Lynn and Britney's problem....their parents are obviously just like this author. WOW!! Kudos to you friend.
Comment: I must be confused, what is so hard to say a TV star made a mistake? and now she will have to deal with the consequences one way or another. her life will change and she will be a bit pissed (one the hormones wear off) at the impact on her time and freedom. If she is stupid and marries the father - be ready for some real headlines.as it makes a very difficult situation much much worse.
I can't understand why we are shamed into silence by sex and sexual behaviour. It should be clear by now that we cannot outsource this part of our parental responsibility. And blaming this on TV, culture and values are just excuses for lack of parental involvement.
To the writer, this is profoundly simple to talk to your daughter about. Choices and consequences - and babies take time, money and a great deal of effort to raise - 16 year old girls are not up to the task, pregnancy at too young an age is a no win situation - terminating the pregnancy carries with it psychological responsibility just as having the baby will. and solving all of life dilemmas in 30 mins only happens on TV sitcoms.
When I was a child (I am female) and a situation arose for my father to talk to me about someone being "knocked" up I was sat down and spoken to as to the problems with this and why I needed to be the master of my reproductive capacity. Thanks Dad.
Comment: As an undergraduate student at the University of California Berkeley, and a teen mother at age 14, I can say that life is not over after a teenage pregnancy!!!! Rather than further stigmatizing teen parents, the media should rather focus their attention in creating awareness about the many young women, who successfully balancing their undergraduate studies and children. Let???s promote that there are support services in place at many universities, such as family housing, parent grants, and child-care facilities that can allow them to continue their dreams.
I???m not saying that that I think teen pregnancies should be acceptable, but if we can???t fix the root causes attributing to the problem than I say lets stop criticizing and start encouraging these women toward success.
I also think this issue goes beyond morals and has a lot to do with national policy failing to provide young adolescents and their families with good schools and sufficient means to ends poverty.
Comment: you are an examble thanks
but are you a twin posting the same comment twice
Comment: As an undergraduate student at the University of California Berkeley, and a teen mother at age 14, I can say that life is not over after a teenage pregnancy!!!! Rather than further stigmatizing teen parents, the media should rather focus their attention in creating awareness about the many young women, who successfully balancing their undergraduate studies and children. Let???s promote that there are support services in place at many universities, such as family housing, parent grants, and child-care facilities that can allow them to continue their dreams.
I???m not saying that that I think teen pregnancies should be acceptable, but if we can???t fix the root causes attributing to the problem than I say lets stop criticizing and start encouraging these women toward success.
I also think this issue goes beyond morals and has a lot to do with national policy failing to provide young adolescents and their families with good schools and sufficient means to ends poverty.
Comment: When i read the first 5 lines i was shocked. I mean you would think that Jamie would learn from her sisters mistakes you know? when i was little i remember being a fan of Britney Spears and it was until she started hanging out with Paris Hilton and marring that freak shot that her life went down hill, but it's not just their fault it's also the media's fault (no offence), because these stars get hammered all the time. Their life is hard but as a "normal" citizan our lives are harder.
Comment: When i read the first 5 lines i was shocked. I mean you would think that Jamie would learn from her sisters mistakes you know? when i was little i remember being a fan of Britney Spears and it was until she started hanging out with Paris Hilton and marring that freak shot that her life went down hill, but it's not just their fault it's also the media's fault (no offence), because these stars get hammered all the time. Their life is hard but as a "normal" citizan our lives are harder.
Comment: i think everyone needs to leave the spears family alone!! Why are people mad at britney? B/c shes not the little 17 year old girl she used to be anymore!! Well you guys...shes a grown women now! So let her live her own life!! And she deserves her kids back too!! Why k-fed wants them so bad? SO HE doesnt have to work! What a lazy bum!! Doesnt he have 2 other kids with another women? Why the hell isnt he fighting to raise them? He needs to be a real man and get a freaking job! And stop bumming off of britney!! And so what if jamie lynn wants to have a baby at 16! Leave them the hell alone!!
Comment: I think everyone needs to leave the spears family alone! Everyones mad b/c britney is not the same person she used to be! well people....she has grown up now, shes not a 17 year old little girl anymore! Let her live her life! and she deserves to get her kids back! Why the hell k-fed wants them so bad? So he doesnt have to work!! What a lazt bum!! Doesnt he have like 2 other kids with another women? Why he doent fight for their custody? he need to frekaing leave britney alone and act like a real man and get a job!! and stop bumming off of britney!! and if jamie wants to have a baby at 16...then leave her the hell alonne!! Get a life people!!
Comment: Trailer trash with money is still trash. Sorry, Spears family, but it is true and you know it. The fact that a 16 year old is pregnany and everyone is talking about it is disgraceful. She does have a choice in this centuty. Because of her religious beliefs she feels she does not? What a shame.
Comment: Sensei has the right idea. You're a moron Jack. First, I haven't been to any of your "Guys Gone Girly Gossip Club" meetings so I haven't really heard ANYONE talking about it. Second, her religious beliefs have already been pretty much violated since SHE ALREADY HAD PRE-MARITAL SEX YOU MORON. Third, appologies usually go to the one offended and since the Speares family is too rich and they all have much better things to do than waste their time listening to everyone that has an ethical qualm with them. You, my friend, are gay.
Comment: WOW...you're an amazing example of what is wrong with America...hahahahahaha
NO further comment!
Comment: could not agree with you more...
Comment: Hello have been (that was suppuse to be hello kathleen)but I still like -spech recognition system ,and i still
feel ok towards mr bell gates
actually kathleen,all human need to know the differentce,whom should be free,,, is it our lives or our desires
because apearently one of thems the other in the long run being with our desirs harm the body and the comunity and also not listening to our desires makes our lives not comfortable
so i think injoying our needs is the key
it is also of amusing that I am from Saudi Arabia and you are from United States and we share the same fears .
that is humenity !
in spite of all politics
think you ( that was suppose to e thank you)
Comment: corrections
sixth line thems should be them harms
last line to e thank should be to be thamk
Comment: Here we go again. As if hearing about Brittney on a daily basis is'nt nauseating enough! People, these are two different girls. Please do not compare one to the other because they are related. Nor blame the mother for Brittneys actions as an adult. Go to any high school and count the number of girls who are pregnant.
By the time our kids are in sixth grade the schools are pulling them into a room and teaching them all about sex. What do you think is going to happen. These kids are going to experiment! It's not just parents lacking the responsibility to talk to their children, it's the school system teaching what parents should be and at to early of an age as far as I am concerned.
I was a seventeen year old first time mom. I was a sixteen year old bride. My first baby was born thirteen months after our wedding! I have been married to the same man for 37 years. We had two biological children and adopted five more. It can work out for this girl. She is showing some maturity and responsability for her child. That is what people should be pointing out. Not stressing so much on the pregnancy. She made a mistake in getting not practicing safe sex. She did have ONE partner!
She won't be on the welfare roles. This will affect her career, but she put her child first by making the decision to continue on with the pregnancy and I feel this shows some good judgement on her part. Unlike her sister, she did put her unborn child FIRST!!! As far as the boy goes, my God have none of you ever experienced young love? This could work out for them in the long run. Maybe not. But it is her life and so far, she is acting appropriatly in her decision making. It happens every day. Just because she is the sister of Brittney and has her own carreer the media is making a big deal out of it. Rather then wasing so much space on this story, set an example for young girls and do a story on the average sixteen year old pregnant or with child girl. Show her hardships and the consequences she faces in every day life. Set an example by telling the story of someone who fits in with the average girls life, not another celebrity.
Comment: Are you actually blaming sex-ed for the rising rates of teen pregnancy? Does that mean that drug awareness is to blame for drug usage? Should we also not teach our children about world history in feart that they will repeat the same mistakes? News flash: There are larege number of children who are sexually active before they reach high school. Take this from someone who worked in a middle school. Funny, I don't ever reacall any one of them saying "Gee, that talk about condoms and herpes REALLY made me curious. I think I'm going to try it now." Sex ed is educating our children to the dangers and necessary precautions of sex, not teaching them positions or selling sex toys. As a 17 year old mom, when do you think it was a good idea for someone to be educating you about sex? Because if the schools were to wait until junior or even sophomore year, it seems that it would still have been too late.
Comment: Here we go again. As if hearing about Brittney on a daily basis is'nt nauseating enough! People, these are two different girls. Please do not compare one to the other because they are related. Nor blame the mother for Brittneys actions as an adult. Go to any high school and count the number of girls who are pregnant.
By the time our kids are in sixth grade the schools are pulling them into a room and teaching them all about sex. What do you think is going to happen. These kids are going to experiment! It's not just parents lacking the responsibility to talk to their children, it's the school system teaching what parents should be and at to early of an age as far as I am concerned.
I was a seventeen year old first time mom. I was a sixteen year old bride. My first baby was born thirteen months after our wedding! I have been married to the same man for 37 years. We had two biological children and adopted five more. It can work out for this girl. She is showing some maturity and responsability for her child. That is what people should be pointing out. Not stressing so much on the pregnancy. She made a mistake in getting not practicing safe sex. She did have ONE partner!
She won't be on the welfare roles. This will affect her career, but she put her child first by making the decision to continue on with the pregnancy and I feel this shows some good judgement on her part. Unlike her sister, she did put her unborn child FIRST!!! As far as the boy goes, my God have none of you ever experienced young love? This could work out for them in the long run. Maybe not. But it is her life and so far, she is acting appropriatly in her decision making. It happens every day. Just because she is the sister of Brittney and has her own carreer the media is making a big deal out of it. Rather then wasing so much space on this story, set an example for young girls and do a story on the average sixteen year old pregnant or with child girl. Show her hardships and the consequences she faces in every day life. Set an example by telling the story of someone who fits in with the average girls life, not another celebrity.
Comment: Are you actually blaming sex-ed classes for teen pregnancy? So does that also mean that we shouldn't teach our children anything about world history out of frear that they will repeat mistakes that have already been made? Does that mean that drug prevention programs make kids curious to do drugs? There are a large number of kids who are already sexually active before they even reach high school. It is the parents who choose to close their eyes to the reality of their children's lives who end up with distant, dishonest relationships with their kids. Open communitcation and education is the best way to tackle any problem. And yes, that DOES mean discussing things like and sex and drugs.
Comment: I'm a bit confused about this... so it's illegal to have sex with anyone younger than 18, but it's legal to get married when you're over 14? Can anyone shed some light on this?
Comment: And what exactly is wrong with "pregnant in snowmobile boots in some rundown house in Osseo, Minn., with cars up on blocks in my driveway"? While it may not be the life I would personally want, many of these hard working Americans are happy with their lives. We should not be so quick to judge another.
Comment: THis statement bothered me also. I knew some people like that when I was growing up and they seemed happy enough. They had their kids, each other, a place to live, adn enough money for food on the table. The author's statement seemed kinda harsh and judgemental to me!
Comment: And, on the other hand, how is this even remotely "news"? For the 99.99% of the time that we humans have been alive on the surface of the earth, and up until about less than 50 years ago in the United States, and in most of the developing world today, pregnancy at this age was/is the norm, not the exception. Maybe, just maybe, if the religious whack-jobs, with their decades long Institutionalized child-raping idea of morality were finally pushed aside, then maybe we can begin to have decent sex-ed in this country, instead of the exploitation of women for their youthful sex appeal, like Ms. Spears has been used, (which makes this pregnancy a natural result), and it might be a little easier to have that conversation with your daughters. Good luck. Oh, and can we stop calling kids "born-out-of-wedlock" by the name "bastards"? That's such a vile and hateful thing to do, given how many single mothers there are in the USA, I don't even know where to start. Whoever uses that kind of language should be ashamed of themselves.
Comment: Both Britney and now Jamie Lynn are clear cut, crystal examples of what happens when a Corporate entity, like the Walt Disney Company raises a kid. They made millions of dollars off of their looks and now that they're done with them, they're going to be thrown to the wolves.
Comment: I plan to have a discussion with my pre-teen granddaughter about this situation. I feel that she needs to know that this is not the idea situation for any teenager to be in period. I also believe that it is a good time to open the discussion up about making good choices.
As far as Jamie Lynn is concerned~she definitely is not role model material for young girls. The Spears family is a hot mess! Hopefully the media will not spend too much time on Jamie Lynn's pregnancy.
Comment: I am a college student in Minnesota. I was raised in very very small town, I have two younger sisters who are about Jamie's age. We were all raised Catholic but my mother was a very liberal Catholic, she taught us about safe sex and that we have a lot of options. I find it interesting that the girls that got pregnant in my class and the ones that are getting pregnant in my sisters' classes are the good, church-loving, gay-hating, abstince preaching girls.
Comment: I am guessing that jamie lynn's mother is probably very impaired on antidepressants, and other psych meds that she had that sweet baby Britney hooked on at one time (prozac). Unfortunately doctors push these drugs on patients these days to hook, and manipulate their patients for money. Especially famous , and wealthy ones like Britney.
Parents on those drugs become very impaired. And are not really mentally competent to be the sole guardian of a minor child. Children need at least one full time parent, or guardian that is in full command of their faculties most of the time. And especially when caring for a minor child. Daily use of any kind of psychoactive medication does not allow that. And should not be used by any parent that is the primary, or sole custodian of a minor child.
I don't know how Britney got her-self off prozac. But it sounds like she did it cold turkey. Which is extremely dangerous to do. It can take months to wean off of antidepressants. Britney must be one very tough cookie. I know of many cases of abrupt antidepressant withdrawal killing some very tough people, and causing others to have a complete mental break down.
Comment: Where on earth did you get your information? No one has ever said that people taking antidepressants are bad parents or are incompetent. And I have never heard of anyone dying from not taking them. In fact I stopped cold turkey without a bit of harm . Your post seems a little out there to say the least!!!
Comment: Painting all Christians as hypocrites, that doesn't seem liberal or open-minded. Waiting for marriage works for a lot of people. For me and my friends waiting for marriage meant that the right things touched, minds, ideas, goals, spirits, before bodies touched. It sure relieved a lot of the stress that goes with , "is he Mr. Right or Mr. Right now?"
Comment: Painting all Christians as hypocrites, now that's open minded. . . . waiting for marriage as I and many have done, sure releives a lot of stress. My body is not a rental car, and the right part of my mind and heart touched his before the body did.
Comment: It seems the media picks on certain celebrities but leaves others alone. What about Hilary Duff(aka Lizzie McGuire) who at 16 was dating a 25-year-old? Where was all the media buzz then? What about Private Elvis Presley dating 14-year-old Priscilla? Come on folks. Get ahold of yourselves!
Comment: Liberal ideology? Yeah - right....they met in a Louisiana church! Sounds like a hotbed of liberal ideology to me, ha ha. Yeah, right. Even in the debaucerous '80's, when I was growing up in CA - no one got pregnant at 16!!!! I grrew up in a hippy beach town and we learned about the dangers of sex - PREGNANCY - when STD's were a non-issue. The idea of having a baby at 16 was enough to scare us into some form of protection. So, anyway ....I really hope Nick pulls Zoey 101. I mean, 16???
I'm sorry - but 16 years old is still a baby!
I love Nickelodeon.
Maybe cheermomma2003 got it right, but that doesn't mean my daughter or my sons are ready to be parents - for God's sake!
Comment: Go christians (They met at church)! So much for absinence and premaritial sex. It's great that you can pick and choose morality to fit your lifestyle! You keep praying for those sinners cheermomma!
Comment: Go Christians! So much for premarital sex...I like it that you can pick and choose morality to fit your lifestyle. Yes cheermomma- you go girl- keep praying for those sinners!
Comment: "The idea that my child could throw all that away by becoming a mother at 16 makes my blood run cold." What a crock! I was a straight-A honor roll student at a Christian school when I became pregnant at 17. I didn't throw a damn thing away. I graduated #2 in my class and recieved a full scholarship to a great school, where I major in Electrical Engineering. My daughter is now 5, and I can't imagine my life without her. You say you won't be judgemental, but then you say things like that narrow-minded opinion. So what if she becomes a teenage parent? It's people like you that would make her think her life is over, that she can't go on to accomplish anything. Maybe people like you should shut up and let people like me have a voice and give these girls some hope.
Comment: It's clear why Jamie Lynn Spears got knocked up:
She embraced the liberal ideology of having PREMARITAL sex. Now if she was a good, clean, conservative gal, she would've waited until marriage to have sex, which would've meant she would've been emotionally responsible enough to have a child inside of a loving marriage. Having a child at 16 out of wedlock is going to be emotionally destructive to the bast*rd child and crippling to the teenage mother's mental and emotional development. Having "safe" sex is no 100% guarantee against unwanted, teen pregnancies because condoms may rip, so the only, true way is abstinence. Additionally, having premarital sex encourages soulless sex for lust instead of fostering lifelong commitments that are healthier for any society.
Comment: This is why soo many people can't stand conservatives. If they get knocked up it's the liberals fault. As far as good loving marriages. Please unmarried "conservatives" who get knocked up are forced to marry or their parents rethink the whole abortion thing. This isn't about conservative or liberal. This is about a young girl who made a mistake and a idiotic journalist too afraid to talk to her kid about sex!
Comment: Um, no. She met the boyfriend in a "christian conservative" church in the Bible belt. How'd that work out for her?
As a Catholic in the Northeast with an MBA, a good job, and someone who despises the rampant stupidity and hypocrisy of so-called "christian conversatives," (yes, I know, God talks to Bush and Cheney and the rest of the GOP), people like you would label me a "liberal," where I actually live out the values that conservatives claim to own. I worked my way the through night school to get my degree, pull all-nighters if required for work, have a 2.5 year old and another on the way, and waited until we could afford kids before we actually had them.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
