June 19, 2008
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Cool To Be Pregnant
I was reading an article that was exploring the idea of whether teenagers considered it cool to be pregnant.
The article mentioned Jamie Lynn Spears and her pregnancy. The article also cited the movie “Juno.”
But the focus was on 17 teenager girls who are expectant moms. It is being reported that the teenage girls made a pact to get pregnant together.
A psychiatrist was quoted as saying that the pregnancy of Jamie Lynn Spears and the “Juno” movie may have played a factor in the pact the girls made. Here is the link: Link
Do you think teenage girls look at it as cool to be pregnant?
Comments (177)
How can it be cool to be pregnant..media these days.
If they do they’re stupid, so probably.
If they did, they’re fucking morons.
@DrugInducedDuck - Ha! Jinx.
Sadly yes.
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Not if they are wise…
I surely hope not, but I guess it’s plausible. Whoever told them it was needs to be shot. But hey, as long as they take care of the baby and provide it with all it needs, more power to them. I know I couldn’t have done it that young.
wtf. No.
Any sane person would know getting pregnant for the hell of it is probably one of the stupidest things you could ever do.
It’s certainly not “cool” to be pregant.
Get pregnant if you want children – that’s the only reason any girl should have.
It may be considered cool to be pregnant. It’s all over the media right now. But wait until the nine months are up and they become “moms”. I’d love to see a follow up.
eh! i am a teenager and don’t think it is cool. sounds pretty painful to me…
i had to work at the hospital and saw several teenagers give birth. the ones that had wanted a child usually have a HUGE reality check when all is said and done.
How completely foolish would they be if they did?
That makes no sense.
Well…as a teenager I can tell you that I’ve never associated teenage pregnancy with coolness, or heard anything like that. But it doesn’t surprise me that some diluted teens out there came up with this.
Babies are now pets, or a fashion accessory. It’s sick.
I’m twenty-five years old and I STILL don’t think it’s cool to be pregnant. There’s nothing appealing about being swollen and having to pee all the time!
I really don’t believe that girls think it is.
no, but there are stupid girls who want kids as teenagers.
the school shrink said they were all girls that were in the low self esteem range and wanted those babies to have someone to love them unconditionally. in other words, girls with no grasp of reality whatsoever. This is nothing new for that age group. what was new and very sad, was them getting together and making a pact. now I have an even better idea of where my tax dollars are going, tyvm.
Do these girls realize it’s not just about “looking cool”? Because they’re probably not going to think it’s very cool anymore when they have a real, live baby nine months later waking up ever hour to be fed! Having a baby is a huuuuuuuge responsibility.
uhh didn’t they watch the end of Juno? The part where she gives away her child, because she knows she’s not ready to raise a kid?
Being a teenage girl myself, I’m saying “Aw hells no!” to that one. But, even though I am of the older teen set, my mind is probably still that of the younger teen set. So who knows, maybe it is cool. I spend too much time with the guys to know what a real teenage girl thinks of the subject.
Omg, idiots.
Teenage girls are not stupid like that and I wish that they wouldnt make them out to be.
Its without thinking of all the consequences that they do get pregnant and need help in learning how to be a mom. But after its said and done, why should they be depressed the whole nine months.. I mean its done so get on with plans and that does not mean that they cant find ways to make the pregnancy cool from here on out. I do not condone pregnancy…in fact I wish that we would stop making babies for at least a generation… or a decade ..please.
But adults dont give enough credit to youth these days…
I join the rest in saying they look stupid……
I’m a teenage girl, and I say absolutely not. Teen pregnancy makes for good movies and for good celeb gossip, perhaps, but nobody wants to actually experience it themselves. That’s just ridiculous.
I’m 17, do i consider getting pregnant fun? No, my sister is 24 and pregnant and i think thats to young in my books. why would i want to stop my fun so early?
Do many other teenage girls think its fun? yes, do they after they have the kid? no. They’re dumb young and full of cum. Having a kid is not fun when you are a kid.
i definitely believe those media influences have changed things. my older sister is 18 and she’s pregnant, and happy about it. it’s a little sick.
Abortion is way cooler.
If they do then they are extremely stupid.
I’m a teenager. I don’t think it’s “cool” to be pregnant at my age. Honestly, what kind of life could I offer a child as a child myself? I want kids. Waaay later. Way way waaaaaaaaaaay later.
My friends threaten to push me down the stairs if I get pregnant.
Its always so obvious that famous people are going to screw up. I wasnt surprised at SpeaRs. meh
i do think teens think its cool to be pregnant. my girlfriends and i joke about how “youre only ‘in’ if youre pregnant”. the movie juno is cute but i think that teenagers are smarter and the know better than to let a movie and celebrities influence their life that. its just stupid. i have a a close friend who is pregnant and shes eighteen. although shes young, i didnt think too much about it. everyone knew her and her boyfriend were gonna get married so we all just looked at it like an early start on familyhood.
@theslayer1992 - Im proud of your thoughts of way later. haha just watch those friends of yours when they are following you ..
Pregnancy certainly is en vogue in Hollywood. Angelina Jolie, for example, is a very glamorous pregnant lady.
If they do they need a good psych.
Hell, no!
only if they’re not thinking of THEIR life.
Why? What has happened? It is a sad thing.
I asked my 14 year old daughter “Do you think it would be “cool” to be pregnant?” Her reply…”OH HELL NO!! Why would someone want a kid as young as I am??”
being 18 years old I’d have to say NO! It’s certainly not something I am aiming for.
As an educator, I find this post (and the responses thus far) intersesting. I don’t think it is fair to lump every teenage girl into the category of thinking it is cool to be pregnant. Certainly, there are those who do, but they have always existed. It isn’t anything new under the sun that there are those girls who think it is cool. It also isn’t anything new under the sun that there are those who simply make a mistake, those who save themselves for marriage, those who use protection, those who manage to be very active with no protection and still never end up pregnant. Every case is different.
Are there girls who think it’s cool? Yes.
Is this a new fad or trend in our girls? No.
All Juno and Jamie Lynn have done is bring teen pregnancy into the spotlight. And let’s face it–it worked. People are capitalizing off of it–said psychiatrist included.
As for the girls mentioned, they are a small minority in a vast array of teens.
I could see how it’s no longer “taboo” and is even somewhat acceptable.
For some girls it’s what expected.
I wouldn’t say it’s “cool” but some would find it that way.
I’d like to think people aren’t that stupid, but they probably are.
NO.
I’m fourteen and I do not think it’s cool. Why the heck would you want to take care of baby so young?! It totally ruins your future forever.
I’m totally against it.
well i am seventeen and i don’t see anything cool about it.
i have a lot more goals to acheive before i want to get married and i will be married before i have a child.
i am embarrassed for those 17 year olds. having a child should be so much more then a group project or a whim.
Heh. They think it’s cool to spread their legs for guys. Wait till they spread their legs to give birth.
not so much as thinking it is cool. but have you considered that maybe they do want to be mothers at that age? it sounds stupid, yeah, but the minds of teenagers are strange as it is and putting it into statistics makes it seem over dramatic.
As I understand it, the school in question actually has a high support network for underage mothers, with childcare and medical, so it’s entirely possible that the girls took the pact to gain the benefits that the school awarded.
I don’t think it’s the media to blame. The media is always blamed for the choices that others made, making it sound as though none of us have free will or the ability to choose and think for ourselves.
I blame the school and the pro-life culture that the school endorsed: it backfired on ‘em when the girls wised up and realized that they can get freebies from the school and government. The main question I would ask is: are the girls actually doing well in school or did they realize that they weren’t going to get out there and make it and got a head start in the direction they were going to take anyway?
I think most teens know it’s not cool to get pregnant (especially intentionally) when they are not able to support a child…but as the they say, there’s one in every group. I guess it’s their choice and all, but it’s definitely not the choice that I would make.
It’s sad that the actions of a few are being used to make generalizations about all teens…teens aren’t all the same. If we made generalizations about adults based on most of the news we see, one would think that all adults are criminals, scam artists, etc. but we know that is not true.
Why does the article blame “Juno” and Spears’ pregnancy? These teens should be able to tell the difference between their lives and a fictional movie and also the difference between their lives and the lives of celebrities. If a famous, rich celebrity gets pregnant, she may be able to easily support the child because she has enough money that she’s able to leave work for a long time. However, this is not true for the average person. It seems to me that if these teens made this choice, it’s because of something in their own lives, not just because of a movie and a celebrity.
On another note, I find it strange that the person quoted in the article thinks tattoos and piercings are an “epidemic.”
Jedi Master 713
For the stupid ones, probably. and Dan, not each of those 17 was in on the pact. Some of them had accidental pregnancies.
@SpiritualBattlefield - I’m 18. I graduated high school a year ago. I see your point, but if teenage mothers are getting so much positive attention specifically for their pregnancy, it sets a poor example for other girls, making them think that pregnancy would be awesome. Most teenagers are really not very responsible – with exceptions.
@MCTCanadian - They still think the pregnancy was glamorous, because the character was so lovable. They ALSO think the adult woman character (who elected to raise the child by herself) is glamorous, so maybe they wanted to be a combination of these two characters.
@Wukei - Actually, when in recent history were they not seen as such by the majority of women, even those who are “old enough”?
@Don_Cauchi - I think you’re being unfair. Most people don’t think in those terms in high school. They think in social terms, definitely NOT economic terms, especially young girls.
And they probably weren’t doing very well in school, because they had to be rather depressed to go for something like this and they had to be very dependent on what some of their peers said.
I don’t think it’s seen as being “cool”–but it is more socially acceptable now, moreso than ever before.
Also, I don’t think we can blame celebrities and movies for teen mothers. It’s more about a lack of sex education and improper parenting.
I know that there are blogrings on xanga that are titled teens TTC (trying to concieve) and they are all pretty hardcore about it. I think they are dumb and I hate them. I deffinately didn’t try to get pregnant and I didn’t think it was cool either.
i don’t understanf why people think it’s a good thing to be prego.
I think in their demented minds they think its cool. Ill just laugh to myself when these little Girls stay up at 3 in the morning trying to quiet the baby, having to wake up at 6 am to get ready for school. Ill also laugh at the parents out loud for not keeping a closer eye on their children.
What the heck is wrong with society now????
My little 10 year old cousin’s mom (my aunt) is in her early 40′s. She told me her classmates were laughing at her bc her mom was too old. I asked how old are her classmates parents? She said around my age (im 25). !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the heck in god’s name are these kids thinking?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes…granted my aunt started having children a lil late (few years after the norm) but at least she had her own car, own home, own money, own husband, and the most important thing….was a responsible adult! Tooooooo many people w/o a career are popping babies….too many kids are having kids.
I really hope when the time comes for me to start a family, the generation im in isnt worse than it is now.
Of course not cool at all! Being Mom/Dad involves responsibility though it’s a joyful thing to do and it will make one feel proud. I don’t think ‘Juno’ glamourizes teen pregnancy and it just highlights a pheonmonon now. Totally agree with MCTCanadian about the ending of ‘Juno’.
The hopelessly naive might think so… As a general rule, though, probably not. At least, I hope not.
It’s just a fad. It’ll blow down in nine months.
Hey, oObuBBLes71iOo, it’s interesting. In Hong Kong, we are getting more late pregnancy! More and more woman are having their 1st baby after 30 because they have their own career to develop and then get married late. Quite a number of local TV/movie stars even have their 1st baby at 40! Of course, we still have teen pregnancy issue here (it’s universal, right?). But I know in Japan, women is used to marry in their early 20s and become parant around that age too.
My first thought, when I saw Juno, was that it glorified teen pregnancy ~ it was obvious (to me). I didn’t understand the rave reviews at all. Especially from parents. It wasn’t “cute” … it was sad. It was all twisted and wrong. …. P.S. Why wasn’t Jamie Lyn’s boyfriend charged with statutory rape? She wasn’t of age…
Ok, while I think Jamie Lynn is not a good role model because she got pregnant, inevitably it is the parents’ job to make the children realize that Jamie Lynn is not someone to look up to. So if teenage girls think getting pregnant is cool, that’s really their parents fault and that’s just sad.
And at the very least, I hope the girls who think teenage pregnancy is “cool” fail at getting pregnant because they’re just going to pass on their stupid genes, and probably take really shitty care of the poor child, so the child is going to grow up dumb and fucked up.
Pregnancy pacts? That’s bullshit. Don’t these girls realize what it takes to raise a baby? Not to mention that they can’t even afford the child and if they keep it, their parents are the ones who are going to be stuck raising the baby ad it’s not fair to either of them
No. One of the girls in a club I do at school is pregnant and while no one gives her shit about it, no one is saying how cool she looks. We’ve all just been treating her the same.
cool
I hope not, but it seems like no one is really talking to their kids about the issues that they really should. It’s also nice to see that immediate blame is going to a movie and teen star. Why not blame the parents for talking to these kids about taking the messages of the media the right way, and not following bad examples?
I don’t think teenagers know anything…with few exceptions of course.
I was 16 when I was pregnant with my oldest.. the ONLY pregnant chick in the school – definitely wasn’t a cool thing then (everyone is pregnant now from my old HS) but I enjoyed it.
Probably wouldn’t have enjoyed it if everyone and their sister was pregnant though.. yeah. Stupid bitches trying to copy me
It wouldn’t surprise me with the things they come up with. And most of it is crazy stuff they get off TV and movies!
Wow, when I was reading through the comments I saw how someone said something about there being trying to conceive blogrings and I looked them up…I didn’t even wanted to believe it existed but there are so many of them so happy to be pregnant with their boyfriends/husbands and they’re still in high school or barely out. How stupid can some girls be? There was one girl who’s description thing said something like “I’m 17 and expecting on (some date here). I’m not with the baby’s daddy anymore but that’s ok!! I can’t wait!!” Wow..just wow.
@DrugInducedDuck - my thoughts exactly
wow! i can’t believe that! that’s sad in a way, having a baby is not a fad >.<
it’s responsabilty! this is why i can’t stand the media!
Not if they have a brain in their head
The psychiatrist is full of shit! Juno was both a sad and funny film. A serious character study of a teenaged girl who was going through multiple emotions as she was faced with the possibility of parenthood. It was NOT glamorous in any way whatsoever. Did the psychiatrist watch the same film as I did?
Jamie Lynn has stayed pretty far off the radar screen throughout pregnancy.
I just fail to understand the fucked up association the shrink is making between JL and Juno to these stupid, stupid 17 year old girls.
I dont think that teenagers at 17 would think its cool. I believe they would be mostly scared if anything.
woman want to find love, get married and have babies.
as a teenage female, I sometimes get jealous when I see a happily married preggo because she “has it all,” in my eyes. she has a man who loves her AND wants to have babies with her.
pregnant females are the “alpha female” if you will.
plus she gets to have big tits.
i think it’s sad. with birthcontrol options these days–how are so many still becoming pregnant so young? it’s sad. they have no idea the life they are creating for themselves and their child(ren). i see young teen moms at the mall all the time, and it’s sad. they should be in school and doing fun teen things not cartaking a baby. it’s a soapbox for me, and i’ve worked with far too many of them as a social worker.
While the main character in Juno was in fact pregnant, that wasn’t really the purpose of the movie. The purpose of the movie was about finding strength and finding love in a world where not many people possess such qualities.
Jamie Lynn Spears is just an idiot. Honestly, look at the family history. Would anyone really think it’s cool to be just like her?
In my opinion, I think the girls who are making a pact to get pregnant are really doing nothing more than seeking out attention. The media’s covering them. Bloggers are going nuts. It’s a perfect way to become a b-list celebrity. Actually, it may be worse than a b-list celebrity, but a sort of celebrity nonetheless.
It’s sad that now society is going to start blaming movies as the source for young people’s stupidity, which is not the case, at least not in my opinion.
Not USUALLY.
Then again, irresponsible teen mothers are common, but a stereotype. If they’re good mothers, who am I to judge?
Teenage girls are idiots. I know, I used to be one.
All I can say as far as the influences are concerned is at least the ‘role models’ (gah, yeah right) of Jamie Lynn Spears and “Juno” gave their babies a chance at life and didn’t just run right out and get an abortion (though in the movie, Juno intended to before changing her mind) and end it all.
it’s probably cool if they have nothing else to live for than give birth at 16 and not know how to raise their children of have their parents raise it for them. then their lives are completely screwed because they wanted to be cool and give birth at 16!
No. What teenage girl would want to ruin their dream of becoming a model by getting pregnant?… UNLESS! They might want to model off the newest fads in the maternity section…
I’m a teenager. I don’t think it would be cool to be pregnant… but *I* want to be a mom. I think it’s just the age.
But it is okay for full adults living out on their own to think being pregnant is cool? You know people never address agism in this country.
Also, I like how everyone is badmouthing teenage moms like no one can live a productive and full life after giving birth as a teenager OR as if they can’t create a healthy enviornment to raise children in as teenagers with the help of family members. Even in a normal pregnancy the family should be providing assistance and support.
-Sickened.
i never looked at it as being cool for someone to get themselves knocked up while still in high school. the ones that do…which i know there must definatley be out there, i remember some of the girls i knew putting up pictures on their myspace about how excited they are about having this kid, even though they were like…15yrs old.
Pregnancy pact??? How freakin’ stupid is THAT…
No woman EVER thinks it’s cool to be pregnant. Ig.
Those kids are just ruining their lives by getting pregnant. They have to go through pain and then they have to pay for the baby and care for it. It just takes up important time they could be using for something else
Thats unbelievable! Why would anyone think getting pregnant is cool? As of the Juno movie, I agree that it makes pregnancy seems like a much easier deal than it is, especially on the pain and responsibility side. But if pregnancy is really the trend among high school girls, the government should make the labor movie I watched in my bio class a mandatory to all high school — it surely freaked most of us out.
I think so. With the media basically saying it’s alright to be a pregnant teenager, these girls decide to do it. They think it’ll be cool to have their own baby to dress up but they don’t realize if their parents don’t kick them out, then the parents have to take care of the kid.
Well, I don’t think it’s cool to be pregnant, but I know girls in my school that might think otherwise. I come from a small school with a lot of very religious people that go to it and some girls have already married befor graduating. And some of them already want children.
I remember one time in middle school, a group of girls I was sitting with at lunch asked me what kind of man do I want to marry and how many children I want. I said I wasn’t sure if I ever wanted to get married and if I did, I would most likely adopt a child because there is already a tons of children born into the world without parents.
Well, they didn’t like what I had to say at all.. They told me that I must get married and have chilren or I’ll die alone. And I couldn’t have just one child or else I’ll end up spoiling it and adopting is only good if you already have two or three children because you can only have a mothers instinct to raise a child if you have already given birth to one. Then they stared talking about their own plans, like how the want an odd number of children (five or seven) and how they want to start early like their mothers… I did not say much back to them because It was seven to one and they would rip me apart, but at that moment I was glad I was raised by a feminist.
I usually don’t believe in a lot of studies only because they try to get the media attention over useless correlations and statistical proves. It’s very annoying. Being pregnant when 17 is very young and it’s a sad thing because most of these mother’s aren’t prepared emotionally or mentally.
Most gals i know think that getting prego is a no no.. but if it happens taht those movies help them relize that a child is a life… but they deffatnyl arent doign it becasue its the “in” thing… lol thank god for that!
Oh yeah…it’s pretty damn cool to be the so called “Cautionary Whale” (haha, that was a good movie after all) in high school. It’s fun to be pregnant and gain weight, get morning sickness, have swollen ankles, sore feet, and all that. The elastic sewn into jeans=HAWT! And then the best part? You get to push this parasite out of your (comparitively) small vag! So cool.
i think they want to be noticed.
spread legs to get pregnant get them noticed. big bellies get them noticed. babies in their arms get them noticed.
we need to notice our teenage girls more … in a better way
i AM A TEENAGE GiRL AND i DONT THiNK iTS COOL TO BE PREGNANT, BUT i LOVE BABiES. ALOT OF TEENAGE GiRLS LOVE BEiNG AROUND BABiES SO THEY GET THAT STUCK iN THERE HEADS AND THAT MAKES THEM WANT KiDS.
@obsoleteanomaly - He-he, sorry but that was funny.
I’m 17 and i work in a store that sells children’s clothes. we have people, girls, come in shopping for infant clothes all the time. since i started there in October, a lot more younger girls have come in buying infant clothes, either pregnant or with the tiny baby in their arms. Most have a mother, and not a boyfriend, beside them helping them. As teens we make mistakes (not that a baby is a mistake!!) and we make some poor choices. we have an unnatural urge to fit in, and if getting pregnant will make us fit in we’ll do it.
but some of us (like me) don’t want kids EVER.
I think most teenage girls think pregnancy will automatically make them more mature, more adult, and get them more respect and status in society.
What a bunch of morons. I hope one of their kids turn out to be a great future president or the one who cures cancer. Everything happens for a reason, I suppose…
NO!!! It is an very bad thing to do before you are married and your body might not be ready so the baby might die and who would want to have that happen to a child?
I don’t believe a large portion of society will be persuaded by Juno or Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy. The media will have to do much better than that.
There is probably some teen girls who do find it “cool” to have a baby, but they still will face immense scrutiny.
@TigerIly - @Southernlass - @impossibleangles - @Wukei - Those maternal shirts, that usually ONLY pregnant women wear, are still in style it seems….they’re sold in the teen section as well. So maybe being pregnant is in style…lol
I am a teenage girl.
While it is less socially unacceptable to be pregnant, it is not and will never be considered ‘cool’ for unmarried high-schoolers to be pregnant.
Oh man..
I hope not. That would be more than disturbing. Maybe some WEIRD teenage girls..haha.
Misery loves company. That is why these media darlins are making it look good. And that age group is pretty well easy to impress. Sorry not anti teen just pro experience (I can say that almost 40 here).
Being “cool” for only 9 months and struggle for the coming YEARS, not worth it.
That’s the dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever heard, but it’s unfortunately pretty true.
County schools in my area only reinforce it.
if they want to ruin their life at a young age…more power to them.
i’m not saying all teenage mothers are ruining their lives, just the ones who do it on purpose.
I know a lot of girls that have gotten pregnant and I was always amazed every year that the # of girls getting pregnant at a young age kept going up.
One article I read said the increase in teenage pregnancy just made it seem like it was normal and okay.
I know WAY too many teenage moms.
I just wish our school district had comprehensive sex education rather than abstinence only.
Getting pregnant is not the same as following the fashion trend or getting a “cool” hair cut. They can’t throw it away and go on to the next “cool” thing. Having a child is a life changing experience and requires a lot of responsibilities.
If they do….they’ll soon find out otherwise!
jus tha dumb broads. lmfao.
Being pregnant is very cool! Â Being a terrific mother is even cooler! Â If you’re 17 and you can handle the physical strains of the first, and the life-long emotional, physical, mental, financial tolls of the second, that you’re EXTRA cool!
I’m 35 and motherhood is hard for me. Â Doesn’t make it uncool, at all–but I’m sure that when I was 17, my non-pregnant friends would not have looked up to a pregnant girl at all. Â In fact, we had one and we felt pretty sorry for her.
I certainly didn’t think it was cool. I lost all of my friends when i got pregnant last year. I now rank pretty low on the coolness meter.
Okay…
first… smoking is cool
second… divorce is way better
and third…. pre-marital sex is hot
What’s next? Oh yah… pregnancy.
They will be time when God will destroy America when they decided that its not against the moral that the gay marriage is legalized.
all those myths…. how come people come to the point of accepting this beliefs? Either the people are too naive or the media streams are really strong. I personally go with the first one.
Umm…i disagree with the movie Juno comment.
I don’t think it really had anything to do with it.
They just need an excuse to be whores.
Oui oui! Well certainly not all; plenty are well aware that babies take a lot of work that teenagers can’t give, but there are also many who glamourize what raising a child will realistically be like. Oh, and teens love attention. Pregnancy guarantees attention. You can see where I’m going with this.
@Xacid_tripX - I was just in the middle of writing a post about that. I think it’s really disrespectful to be calling your fellow females whores, even if you don’t agree with what they do. I don’t encourage sex at young ages or getting knocked up before prom, but it just degrades women to call other women sluts, it doesn’t really help anyone’s cause…
And now your site is shut down? That was short lived. Very curious.
If you ask me, these girls and thousands of other teen girls are looking for one thing and one thing only, attention. Obviously, they’ve succeeded. Teenagers don’t think about the future or how drinking tonight at this party and driving home might be a good idea, or how failing all of their classes to hang out with their friends seems like no big deal, even though college is just ahead. These girls simply wanted people to talk about them. They want to be noticed even if that means infamy. It’s as simple as that. That is however, not to say that every teen girl believes this. I mean, wouldn’t that be a little, prejudice?
yah, cuz the “waddle” is sooo “in” these days… and let’s not forget those sexy swollen cankles!
pregnancy is beautiful and lovely in its proper paradigm- but as teenagers it’s not the wisest choice in the world. raising a child is difficult- especially when you’re still trying to grow up yourself.
that said, many a young woman has done wonderfully at being a teen mother- my mom being one of them. wasn’t that long ago that the norm for women beginning families was 16, 17, 18 or so… might sound unthinkable in our day but it wasn’t an issue to most people then… it still wouldn’t be an issue if society comprehended the possibility that not everyone wants to go to college, that some women actually want to be SAHMs and raise a family and care for the home and let their husbands be the breadwinners… and then there are women who decide to have their children first and raise them and THEN go pursue their academic ambitions… i’m looking at that second possibility for myself, actually…
Yeah your rite it is cool to be pregnant!
@la_faerie_joyeuse - Im not saying its a good thing.. Im just saying that AFTER when its too late to change the fact… they might as well make the best of it. .. Anyways, I just dont like adults putting teens down neither especially by assumptions.
Whatever happened to getting high behind the gym? What’s wrong with kids these days?!?!?!
@hidden_beside_me - I’m interested in what you mean by your comment, it just didn’t make too much sense.
YES. I know about 100 chicks that’re pregnant right now.
ok they may think it’s cool to be pregnant, but what about after when you have a child to take care of? nobody thinks of that part. stupid teenagers. . .
As a teenage girl, I would so ‘EWWWW D: NO’, but as an out-of-the-loop teenage girl, I’m inclined to say “o___O I don’t even know anymore.”
…Jamie Lynn Spears had her baby already? O__o Gross.
I’ve no doubt that some do. Since my last child was born when my daughter was a high school sophomore, she didn’t have any illusions about what pregnancy and caring for an infant involved. I may never get grandchildren.
In my opinion as a teenage girl, I do not believe it’s cool to be pregnant, pregnancy takes maturity, and at this age that’s something we lack.
I don’t think it makes teen girls think it’s ‘cool’ to be pregnant, but Jamie Lyn and Juno make it look easier than it really is. For the most part though, girls my age think it’s not a great decision.
Maybe mindless ones.
Teens are stupid!
If they do think it’s cool because the media sensationalize it a lot, then I say they’re misinformed. Calling them stupid is mean, but there’s no other word to describe them. Unless they are of sound mind and knows exactly what they’re getting themselves in to by getting pregnant, then kudos to them. If they just decided that they wanted to get pregnant because “everyone else is,” then that’s a dumb way of seeing things. I doubt these teenagers understood that after pregnancy, motherhood comes next and that one don’t come easy. I may not be a mother, but I’ve been around how many friends who are mothers and watched them throughout their pregnancy and all through raising their offspring, and it’s no walk in the park.
umm i dont think it is ‘cool’ to be pregnant when youre a teenager because it ruins everything that you set your mind to and every dream u have would be shattered. I am talkin in my perspective cuz one of my best friends are pregnant and she is goin through hell cuz of it. Her boyfriend left her and she is all alone in the world bein pregnant. I DONT think it is ‘cool’ to be pregnant as a teen at all.
I think reality would eventually catch up, regardless.
But if a teenager made a mistake and got pregnant but decided to carry the baby to term, that is cool.
They only cite those things because they appear relevant. The thing is, people my age don’t care about Jamie Lynn Spears, and only like Juno because it was one of those indie-gone-mainstream movies.
Trust me, most girls my age do not want to get pregnant
A century ago, they ruled the planet.
It wasn’t cool when I was a teenager, but who knows how things could have changed even in a matter of a few years.
I know some teen girls romanticize the idea of pregnancy when they see someone else with a baby like “Ooo, babies are so cute! I want one of my own!” or “A baby will love you because you’re it’s mommy and that’s just awesome!” I don’t think most teens let it go beyond that wishful stage but I’ve known a couple who took it further and discovered they were in way over their heads.
Honestly, I hope that being pregnant doesn’t turn into a “coolness” factor. Babies need stable, nurturing families and most teen parents are in no position to fill those needs for a baby. Heck, some adult parents aren’t even able to meet those needs.
As a teenage girl myself, I DO NOT think it is cool to be pregnant. At all.
I think people can take anything to mean anything.
My best Friend is pregnant and shes 15.
she doesn’t think its cool. so Jamie Lynn can go back to being
Zoey for all i care.
I read this article as well. Honesly, I don’t feel celebs, or movies are the issue. More often it is parenting. What is going on at home that these kids don’t understand what they are jumping into?
Being a teenager myself. I’d probably say that yeah… they do think of it as a fad or something with all the publicity about teenage celebrities or whatever getting preggers.
And I guess people might glamourise(sp?) getting pregnant with all the people in photos lately like “LOOK AT THEM AND THEIR BABY! THEY LOOK SO GOOD TOGETHER!”.
Anyways, yeah, that’s how I see it. But personally, I’ve been like, “I couldn’t care less if I became a teen mother.” not because I’m a whore or something, it’s because I’ve seen the dirty, crappy, butt-wiping side and somehow, I felt fufilled whenever I babysat. XD
As a teenage girl, I feel I must weigh in on the subject.
First, teen girls can be tricked into thinking anything is “cool”. Mix in body issues and somehow distorting that, and you’ve got yourself a full on fad.
With the way teen pregnancy (not pregnancy in general) is looked at in today’s age, though the popular media and such, I can see how it can be considered something “cool”. The movie Juno does give off the idea of ‘get pregnant, it’s fine, just give the baby up and be back to normal- like it never happened. Not like it will affect your life other than hormones or whatever…’ If kids want a slightly more real idea about teen pregnancy, watch “Too Young to be a Dad”, the Lifetime movie. I had nightmares about teen pregnancy from it. It’s meant to be all sappy and lovey or whatever Lifetime viewers are into, but it freaked me out. It’s not even from the girl’s point of view! These types of movies almost promoting the idea that teen pregnancy is nothing more than a 9 month vacation from ‘normal life’, and then you can go back to whatever, are making this into a trend.
The teen idols of today’s generation are nothing to look up to in this department either. Yes, Jamie Lynne Spears. This Nick starlet, pregnant at 16, is the apple of little girl’s eyes. Her and that Nazi Hanah Cabana are who little 5, 7, 12 year old girls emulate. ‘Well, if Zoey 101 can live a normal life with a baby, who says it’s so hard?’ Little kids are impretionable. Yeah, some arn’t supid. But some will give into any peer pressure to look cool.
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I just don’t know anymore….
And the fact the most of the fathers are in their 20s, including the homeless guy….messed up.
Seriously messed up.
I really hope they don’t think it’s cool. Teen pregnancy happens but raising children is difficult.
That’s messed up. :
Dumb ass.
Who in their right mind wants to get pregnant before they can even fit into their prom dress?? I swear kids today are insane. They are completely insane and I blame MTV.
@Gerald_Washington - I want one….but as a sleep shirt….I never intend on getting pregnant.
oh I hope not. I got pregnant at 18 and it was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.
Coming from a teenager perspective, I think pregnancy is an absolutely beautiful thing. But personally, I don’t think it’s “cool” to get pregnant as a teenager. The negative aspects of raising a child as a teenager outweigh the positive aspects, which is why it’s not such a good idea to get pregnant as a teen. I think this issue is getting a lot more awareness though due to Jaimie Lynn Spears and Juno, and therefore it’s not as taboo as it was twenty, thirty, fifty years ago. While it’s still not completely 100% socially acceptable to get pregnant at such a young age, it’s becoming increasingly more acceptable.
When I was a teenager, becoming pregnant would have been completely mortifying!
I kinda feel like its cool to be pregnant now (all my friends are doing it), but given that we’re all in our late 20′s/early 30′s its a bit different.
Did you hear that one of the fathers is a 24 year old homeless guy?
yes it is DEFINATELY considered cool to be pregnant as a teenager. I got prego at 18 && I gained so many more “friends” or what i thought were friends at the time. teenage girls want to be veiwed as popular, tough && gorgeous. if they get prego, all the other people see them like that. they get instant “high school fame”. stupid? yes. reality? defintely. && theres no way it can be stopped.
@SpiritualBattlefield - As a teen, I agree that adults generally don’t give teens enough credit for their personal decisions.
Generally, it is important to support girls who have become pregnant – it’s good for them and for their child. However, there is a fine line between support and glamorizing. Don’t give them so much attention that it entices other girls to get pregnant for the same treatment.
Not at all..
When we are teens, we don’t have the life experiance to really grasp what will happen to our lives when a child comes into it…I don’t care how much or how many others think that they do. But upon having one, your reality rushes in very quickly. Not so romantic then…but still, every child is a gift.
Some do, at my high school some girls couldn’t wait to be moms….like they literally couldn’t wait. One actually got pregnant at 15 (by her 22 yr old boyfriend, who was in jail for theft by the way) and a month or so into it she had a miscarriage. She came back to school crying, CRYING over her “loss”! I’ve never met a more stupid person in my life, I’d be thanking God for the second chance..and also that I didn’t have to spend the money to abort it myself. I think any girl who thinks pregnancy is cool is a moron and I’m sad that they’re being allowed to breed. But then again, my school was VERY small town and..well yea it was bad all around so I guess my experiences in high school could be the exception, I’m so glad I wasn’t born and raised in that town though haha.
See, this is why all teenage girls (and guys, too, really) should have to spend 6 months working at a daycare center with infants. If they saw how hard it is to actually take care of that darling cute little baby, they’d make sure not to get knocked up.
Although I must say, spending time over on momaroo, I was kinda shocked to see how many of the moms there were very very young.
As a teenage girl, I’m gonna have to say no, most teen girls don’t think it’s cool to be pregnant. I mean, some do, because they’re stupid, but I certainly don’t, and none of my friends do either.
@la_faerie_joyeuse - That is where its supposed to begin with common sense. See the rest of the world cant be all gloomy just to make sure that others dont follow in bad choices. To Each their own choices. I choose not to care seriously whether girls screw up or not.. I mean,yeah, COMMON SENSE should tell a girl to wait….And guys as well… But still Im not going to be weighed down just to save someone else if Im trying to save my own life .
But,hey,its life…Its forever going to happen..Again why I dont care what others do with theirs.
I am 17 and I want a baby. I do not care whether it is cool or not to have a baby, I would just like a family of my own. Juno made me cry, and I think Jamie Lynn has done a very brave thing by having her baby. Media means nothing to me really. I think it is more immediate influences like friends and family who have influenced my decision.
Getting pregnant at the age of 17 is just awful.
Of course not. But it all depends on the society and cultural environment around them. Some ethnic groups in Asia, India and Africa found it acceptable to get married and get pregnant at 17. These people are not expose to media or other entertainment medium like tabloids, cinemas and tv, so they are not influenced by any other means other than settling down early. These underaged moms thrive despite their conditions. They are still able to look after their kids in a healthy family environment.
People thought that Jamie Lynn Spears is too young to be a mom. Oh, come on. She may be young in body, but I’m sure she’s older mentally. How many of you have your own tv shows before you even hit 16? People like Jamie Lynn grow up too fast. She reaches adulthood before you even grow out of your old tattered high school jeans.
I saw a report on the 17 girls getting pregnant. I think it’s a “cool” issue. I’m not a teenage girl, but we all know what it was like to want to be cool at that age. Part of being cool is doing adult things, i.e. smoking, drinking, sex, driving. All the above pale in comparison to being pregnant though — their desire to be cool might be a passing phase, but they will be stuck with the baby. One girl was impregnated by a 24 yr old homeless guy… try explain that to your kid. Shet.
noo. any girls who do are not normal and need help.
teen pregnancy is kinda high in my area, but it’s never gonna be considered “cool”.
As an 18 year old girl, I would have to say no. We make fun of girls who get pregnant. We think they are white trash. If they are not white, we might excuse getting knocked up at an early age as being a cultural difference, but we do not think it is cool.
well i can only speak for this teenage girl. so no
I thought they didn’t…but apparently they do. How stupid.
<— that was my reaction when I read the article this morning.
Did you hear about the teenage girls in Mass. who made a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together?
hell if I would, I don’t want to be preggers until I’m out of college and married
Woah, the best solution to slow down teen pregnancy is by forcing them to watch an in depth documentary about their reproductive organs and what happens before/during/after pregnancy. It will curb their appetite for the day and their sex drive for a good few years. Eduction is key.
With that said, I’m a teenage girl and no, I don’t see it being ‘cool’ to be pregnant.
Whoever dubbed it ‘cool’?
Bottom line is: Aristotle once said “The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.”
meaning that girls/women are ready to start families earlier and sometimes succumb to Mother Nature’s calling, giving rise to Teen Pregnancies.
It’s up to girls to THINK about the cause of their actions and not to act rashly.
I think a lot of them think “they are in love,” and the only way to prove their true feelings is to have sexual intercourse. Which I find ridiculous, because most of the time; not always, but most of the time, the baby’s daddy leaves them.
And the other way I see it is, they just want attention. There are about 4 girls, if not more, in my school who are already or have been pregnant. They just like to show off their baby like a prize, but they go out and party & get high.
I just think it’s absurd.
they look stupid………..
How could it be cool? They’re so retarded. I heard one girl had sex with a homeless guy just to get pregnant. .what.the.hell.
it’s not as uncool as it used to be.
If they think it’s cool, then I’d say that society fails in teaching and encouraging good morale.
But I strongly doubt that they’re extremely proud of being knocked up at such a young age.
It’s absurd that they could think a movie or a celebrity could influence teenagers to do something so radical with their bodies.
No, they don’t find it “cool”. But if they’re mature, they’ll probably accept other girls who are pregnant.