is the media promoting teen pregnancy?

all of a sudden, teen pregnancy is everywhere. there is Jamie Lynn Spears, shows like "secret life of an american teenager" and movies like "juno." Now im not bashing it cause i am a teen mother but it certainly wasnt planned. And i know alot of teen pregnancies arent planned. But i know quite a few girls who did it purposly cause it looks so glamorous in the media. shit look at those 17 girls in that high school who all got pregnant at the same time. And the ages keep getting younger and younger. What does everyone think of this? do you think it is a problem?

If anyone like "Anti-Teen Parenting" or whaever her name is answers, you will just be ignored. I want real opinions from people who actually have something to say

thanks girls!

I honestly don't know anyone who went out and got pregnant because of a movie. Maybe that's just me though. I've always loved babies, I've always been really good with babies but seeing movies and shows with teens who were pregnant didn't make me want to run out and get pregnant. All of the girls that I have been friends with throughout middle school and highschool who got pregnant did not plan their pregnancies. So idk, maybe it's just not a problem in my town. I just don't see it.

There are tons of other posts like this, if you search for them. At any rate, IMO you (generalized) cannot blame the media for the choices girls make. I think that a combination of shitty parenting, lack of proper education about bc options and all over crappy morality for the most part. Not that moms who are young have no morals, but the dipwads that get knocked up for the fun of it or bc they cannot be bothered with being careful, are tards and have no self esteem.

I actually think that some of the shows like secret life would make girls think twice about having a baby young. the girl in that show isnt happy she is pregnant nor did she plan it! The media doesnt control what people do so when Jamie lynn spears got pregnant it wasn't there fault. and Juno gave her baby up for adoption I dont think any of those shows make teenage pregnancies look glamorous!

I dont see it as an issue i was preggers long before Juno and Jamie lynn. But i think so of the issue is lack of teaching my mom never told me a damn thing about sex till i was 17 and all she said was condoms are protection not premission. Which really didnt do me much good because i had been having sex for 2 years already. I got preggers pretty much cause i wanted too. I was 18 and you know sometimes ppl are lonely and need someone to love. Thats how i felt my parnets showed little to no affection this always left a hole in my heart. I wanted someone to love me and well a baby would have to love me that was my mind set back then.

A lot of girls I went to high school with had unplanned pregnancies and majority of them only kept the baby because they thought they would keep their boyfriends. Not because they loved the child that was growing in their bodies. There was this one pregnant girl I knew who would threatened to commit suicide whenever her and her boyfriend would fight. Talk about pathetic and immature.

I think that the claim being made is that it "Glamorizes" teen pregnancy, and I don't think that's the truth at all. I think it's doing a good job of showing slightly what it's like. Sounds lame, but even being 19 I can relate to how Juno feels a lot. I think it was good these movies came out also, to maybe show adults who like to stick their heads in a hole about the possibility of their precious little Tiffany or Brittney who they think would NEVER get pregnant...

Quoting ~*Vicky Lynn*~:“ There are tons of other posts like this, if you search for them. At any rate, IMO you (generalized) cannot ... [snip!] ... that get knocked up for the fun of it or bc they cannot be bothered with being careful, are tards and have no self esteem.”

Agreed.

i think it is, you see alot of teen pregnancys happening now that the media is starting to get pregnantt( jamie lynn),Ya i have to say i think that juno and all then movies make kids thing that being a teen mom is easy ,and there is nothing to it... or that being pregnant is cool.... I have to agree that the media has to do alot with teen pregnancy... what they need to do is invent a movie / show that shows teen really how hard it is being a teen mom with school, work,and handling a baby... maybe then we wont have so many teens getting pregnant

Maybe you've focused on it because you are a teen mom? (IDK? not being mean) Since i've been pregnant I've noticed alot of pregnant women teens, married, not married, women claiming to be men claiming to be pregnant. And Jamie Lynn Spears is just one celebrity that has been pregnant. I have nothing against teen pregnancy. I am a result of teen pregnancy, both my sisters were pregnant teens, and I have a friend who is my age who had her 1st baby at age of 13. I just think you've focused on it because your a teen mom. IDK?? I could be wrong.

Quoting ~{M}ommy to be~:“ i think it is, you see alot of teen pregnancys happening now that the media is starting to get pregnantt( ... [snip!] ... how hard it is being a teen mom with school, work,and handling a baby... maybe then we wont have so many teens getting pregnant”

lol Juno gave up her baby. So I don't think that glamorizes teen parenting as being easy.

im a teen mom but i think the media is showing it to be wonderful and everyone will spoil you when its really not that wonderful once you get strech marks and a fat ass. i know alot of girls in my town who have purposly gotten pregnant because they think it will be fun to have a baby and most dont even care who they sleep with just as long as they get pregnant.it makes me mad hearing girls talk about parenting like it'll be fun easy like a doll. they seem more upset when there not pregnant, thats twisted.

Yeah, lol, because I saw Knocked up, and when the baby was ripping through her vagina passage, I said "Hey! Cool, I wanna do that!"

lol I joke,

Your right though, it's totally the new thing, and I noticed (on here especially) when teens do get pregnant, they always have something about how they want twins. I can assure you though, I didn't get pregnant to be hip,

Quoting ~{M}ommy to be~:“ i think it is, you see alot of teen pregnancys happening now that the media is starting to get pregnantt( ... [snip!] ... how hard it is being a teen mom with school, work,and handling a baby... maybe then we wont have so many teens getting pregnant”

How does juno make teen pregnancy look easy! She gave the baby up for adoption!

i too will be a teenaged mother. when i was in high school, atleast a quarter of the girls were pregnant. i know a lot of them happen coincidently or by accident, but i also know that quite a number of them are actually planned pregnancies. why would you do that to yourself? i think my son is a miracle waiting to happen in my life and im happy, dont get me wrong, but it wasnt a planned pregnancy. i think young girls do see it portrayed in the media and think...oh that looks awesome. look at all the attention shes getting cuz shes getting. they think of this as good attention when in reality they dont know half the things that i bet are going through everyone elses minds. i think they like the idea of being pregnant rather than the idea of actually being a mother and caring and being responsible for another life. i also believe that they think their parents will always be there, when in a lot of cases it doesnt happen that way. i was pregnant and marriedat age 17 and my mother never once stepped in to help or offer up any type of advice. she is happy that she will have a grandson but she thinks that i got myself into this so its up to my husband and i to deal with it. i dont mean to make it sound like my son is a problem to be "dealt" with. but you know what i mean. but this is solely my oppinion as a teenaged mother.