Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Teen Pregnancy

I'm pretty sick of all of the Teen Mom / 16 & Pregnant bashing. What gives? Everyone wants to blame the show and say that teens are getting pregnant on purpose now! From the psychology side of teenagers getting pregnant on purpose I understand that they have reasons (like wanting to be loved, or thinking that that will solidify a relationship: Not that this reasoning actually makes any sense)... But the facts about Teen Mom is that teen pregnancy has gone down 6% since the show aired. Teenagers are going to have sex and Teen mom/ 16 & Pregnant are some of the very few things that are shinning a light on that, educating about birth control and showing other teenagers how NOT glamorous teen pregnancy is. Everyone wants to bash the show but the truth is... What are any of THOSE people doing about it? Teen pregnancy has basically became an epidemic in our country... and that started long before the show started. I don't see how critics can blame the show for an issue that started before the show and that has been statistically proven to have decreased since the show began.

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