16 and Pregnant documents the life of young mothers and their struggle through pregnancy. The show does not paint a pretty picture. These young women go through issues of the baby fathers not wanting to be apart of the children's life, parents not agreeing with their child's choice to be pregnant so young, and the teen mother facing the fact that she may not be able to graduate high school. Still, their life is being documented and they're paid to expose such a personal part of their life. So then I wonder, does shows like this promote pregnancy for television time and a pay check?
The mothers from Teen Mom have been all over the tabloid magazines. The amount of fame that they have received must be appealing to our teenage audience. The 50-60K(an episode) must definitely look appealing. Shit- for 50K I'd rewind time and get myself pregnant. The amount of opportunities that these young women now have for putting their life on television is crazy! You saw what happened to the "hide yo kids, hide yo wife" man. He's been on every news show, he's been on the BET awards (smh), AND he's gotten paid out his ass! I hear he's even dropping an album. I digress...
If we are really trying to raise awareness amongst our teens about pregnancy, let's try talking to them. Handing them condoms instead of giving them a platform like television, a huge paycheck and lots of publicity.
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