One of my new guilty pleasures is the MTV show "16 and Pregnant." Each week, the show highlights a different teen mom and goes through her pregnancy, birth and first glimpses of parenthood.
For those of you who may be shocked at MTV for glamorizing teen pregnancy, do not worry. They portray teen pregnancy and parenthood as one of the most un-glamorous things you can imagine. Some of the moms choose to get engaged to the baby's daddy, while others choose to be single moms and not even inform the father that they are pregnant! They deal with rumors at high school, juggling school/jobs/personal lives, and having to grow up much earlier than their friends.
Most of the pregnancy books have been telling me not to watch shows that could cause me to get upset, and they specifically name MTV because pregnant mothers could get worried about how their children will behave when they are teenagers. Honestly...this show makes me think I can certainly be a mother if these girls can do it!
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