16 and Pregnant
The other day I had the opportunity to watch live cable television for about 2 hours. When I became a stay-at-home mommy, cable was something we cut out of budget because we honestly didn’t watch it that often.
As I was surfing through the channels, I came across MTV’s “16 and Pregnant.” Normally I would have kept right on going, but some of the girls in our middle school Sunday School class had commented about it and I was curious as to what they were watching.
Wow. Seriously, wow. It was disturbing to me as a mom, youth worker, and a regular citizen. Basically it shows the triumphs and struggles that a teen goes through while preparing and having her baby. I am all about “knowledge is power” but this was crazy. I don’t know if they try to pick the girls that live in a world where setting up the baby’s room, holding hands with the “baby daddy,” and doing a baby registry is all there is to it, but that is how it seemed. Even the girl’s parents discussed her sex life like it was no big deal that she wasn’t married. I felt like going through the television and shaking them honestly.
I am constantly amazed about the way some people go through life with blinders on.
