Thanks, Jamie Lynn

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.

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.

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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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!

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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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!!