{"id":579,"date":"2010-02-15T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriacrist.com\/blog\/?p=579"},"modified":"2010-02-15T11:32:46","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T15:32:46","slug":"babyteenmama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriacrist.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/babyteenmama\/","title":{"rendered":"BabyTeenMama"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Okay- so here we go.\u00a0 My dance with the pro-life profiteers. My side step with pop culture.\u00a0 My\u00a0soap box moment.\u00a0 I usually keep my mouth shut about extreme religion, money and sex.\u00a0 No, really.\u00a0I do. Opponents don’t listen anyway.\u00a0 \u00a0But I am dusting off the tree stump to take a stand about a fast rising media trend-which, in my opinion, is on the brink of\u00a0a baby catastrophe:\u00a0 Idolizing teen pregnancy.\u00a0 Thank you cool hip MTV\u00a0for following\u00a0the life of several oops, I got pregnant teen girls.\u00a0And in\u00a0the midst of showcasing”popular girl” “pretty girl”\u00a0 and “party girl”-all preggers and uncertain about life after baby-unless of course, MTV gives them the option to be featured on teen mom-there was not much mention of the\u00a0biggest casualty.\u00a0\u00a0The babies of teen moms.\u00a0 The future does not look so bright for any of them.\u00a0Unless of course,\u00a0they all have a deal with MTV for when they turn\u00a09 or 10 and end\u00a0up on a reality show of their own:\u00a0 “I was a teen mom’s baby and look at me\u00a0now”.\u00a0\u00a0MTV seems to be creating a really scarey sub(pop) culture among teen girls:\u00a0 “Should I get pregnant and then submit myself to the show-in the hopes I will finally get the attention I have been wanting my whole life”……cause, God knows, having a baby-raising a child at 16 was not the kind of attention I was looking for.\u00a0 Quick, bring in Dr. Drew and analyze that.\u00a0 In fact, I think I saw Dr. Drew, tan and fit- almost smirk when he had to ask the panel of teen moms how life has changed- since they<\/p>\n

1. Got pregnant<\/p>\n

2. Dropped out of school<\/p>\n

3. Broke up with baby daddy<\/p>\n

4. Went on welfare<\/p>\n

5. Got pregnant again with different baby daddy<\/p>\n

Each had gotten a “teen mom” make-over-but not one had gotten a life make-over…or do over.\u00a0 How can they at 17?\u00a0\u00a0 And what will happen-when stakes get really high and teen mom remains unemployed mom, and pregnant again teen mom without a baby daddy mom?\u00a0 Is MTV gonna pitch in to help?\u00a0 Probably not since season two is underway and all the attention will be on the new\u00a0 batch of 16 and pregnant about to bust with a baby.\u00a0 Will the prolife pros step in and help?\u00a0 Probably not-since they are just happy a baby was born, forget about the circumstances and what lies ahead for that babyteenmoma…….I\u00a0 mean, really?\u00a0 This is a good life for a baby?\u00a0 I’ve not known any teen mom who could handle the situation.\u00a0 Sorry. Not one.\u00a0I see the results daily of children who were raised-well, sort of, by a teen mom.\u00a0\u00a0Teen mom is rarely still in the picture-and if so, by a thread and a whole team of other people who are raising the child.\u00a0 In truth, the system raises these children. It is not pretty.\u00a0 The children are not well adjusted and each has the internal scars to show for it.<\/p>\n

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