Comments on: Hollywood's Role In Teen Pregnancy

Films Depicting Pregnancy Give Birth To A Lot Of Talk, But Is It A Mirror Of Real Life?

[keithle1]

Black teenage girls have babies all the time. Black guy smiles at them & they can''t wait to have unprotected *** with him. Of course the dude disappears when the 15-year-old girl is pregnant.
Stupid girl is left alone at the bus stop with her stroller.

No stigma in the black community. Girl''s mother was probably a teenager when she had her. They think it''s cute. Give the baby a name no one can spell or pronounce. Bring the baby into the place where they work & everyone oohs & aahs like they have never seen a baby before.

Don''t girls consider using birth control? Why have unprotected ***? Don''t they know about the birds & the bees? Tell the playboy/super stud/ladies man/playa to use a condom or he''s not having *** with you. I know he''s not so charming & handsome that you can''t resist him.

Girls/women do things to themselves. The ruin their lives by making stupid, impulsive decisions. You really want your mother/grandmother to babysit for you while you work your minimim wage job? You going to drop out of high school?

If you have a baby that baby is your #1 priority for 18-21 years. My mother put us first & herself a distant second. You never stop being a mother. Ask yourself if you''re ready for that kind of responsibility. It''s not right, normal or healthy for a teenage girl to get pregnant & have a baby. You have lots of time to have a baby.

BIRTH CONTROL. Which part of that don''t you understand?

[baye13]

If young girls think what they see on tv is real then they shouldn''t be breeding.

[annabell100]

I got pregnant at 18 and had my baby at 19 and it was tough. It was the best thing that ever happened to be but it was seriously tough. I went to college, got a degree and have been working ever since to support my child. I do think that TV/movies make being pregnant and having a baby is easy. I also feel that a woman has the right to choose whether she wants to keep the baby, give it up for adoption or have an abortion. Some babies would be better off had their mothers done one of the second 2. The fact of the matter is is that as a teen having a baby means responsibility. That baby is not going to go away. It is a helpless little being and requires alot of time and money. I think alot of people get caught up in the whole you are to young to have a baby and forget that if that teen decides she wants to keep the child that maybe a little help would be nice. Some emotional support for her and the rest of that family.

[ubrew12]

''Just say No!''
was invented by Nancy REagan and other women in their 50''s to convince HORMONE-ENRAGED girls in their late TEENS to say NO to ***. What a laugh!!! Nancy Reagan was saying ''Yes..Yes..Yes'' when she was in her late teens, as were all of her co-horts!!!

It''s time to realize that teens that want to have s*x are being driven by hormones. The most responsible thing we can do is teach them about birth control and give them access to techniques (like the Pill) that will prevent pregnancy. Abstinence is certainly preferable, and should be preached. But, recognize that, in one''s late teens, 100 million years of evolutionary physiology is demanding a different response from our children. We need to be more understanding of what kind of pressures they are under to procreate!!!

[ubrew12]

Does anyone remember ''Just say no''? Teenaged girls were supposed to use abstinence to prevent pregnancy, NOT condoms. That myth is STILL being sold by Christian Conservatives (supported by the Bush admin) to Africans.

That whole idea was a big LIE. Now, an increase in teenage pregnancies is supposed to be HOLLYWOODS fault!!! Yeah... right...

[otdky07]

Why should my taxes pay for someone else''s irresponsibility. It''s a sad thing to see that single mom''s with absentee fathers are the norm. There is a term for a male child who is born out of wedlock. But I guess the acceptance of the trend has made the real meaning obsolete. Hollywood has already made marriage a joke, I guess their trying to trivialize having a child as well.

[tuliptou]

i am a 19 year old mother and i am absolutely in love with my baby. i do not appreciate the way cbs has "put down" teen pregnancy in this article. no my baby was not planned and yes i am young, but nothing better has happened to me in my life than my baby girl. maybe the news should be less one sided and should also show the positives of bringing a child into this world, at any age.

[tuliptou]

i am a 19 year old mother and i am absolutely in love with my baby. i do not appreciate the way cbs has "put down" teen pregnancy in this article. no my baby was not planned and yes i am young, but nothing better has happened to me in my life than my baby girl. maybe the news should be less one sided and should also show the positives of bringing a child into this world, at any age.

[juancarlooos]

Those girls were so well spoken, and not too hard on the eyes!

[cydnegml1]

Unfortunately, it has become "socially acceptable" to have a baby as a teenager. We have schools that cater to pregnant teens by providing them with daycare. Our schools have taken out intense *** education because they want to be "politically correct" and don''t want to "offend" anyone. I am a"baby" nurse and also work within my community to decrease the number of teen pregnancies. However, until parents realize that its not o.k to be a teen and pregnant and teach their kids about the availablitity of birth control instead of ignoring the issue, the problem will only get worse. Each state needs to develop programs that enable kids that have an increased risk of becoming pregnant incentives to help pay for college and give them goals to work toward so that when they do have a baby, they can take care of it!