Their 15 minutes of fame It seems to send mixed messages. Adult Written by aquaA March 28, Even thought i have learned from this show. There are pros and cons. They are purposly showing naive girls getting pregnant to reward them for their negitive behavior. Having a baby is supposed to be a wonderful thing when you are over 24 and you life is already set.
These teens girls purposly get pregnant to be famous. It's sad because they want to make money off like buying dresses, boob jobs, etc of their kid instead of taking care of them or loving their baby. Some girls on this show seem responsible, but some girls not so much or at all. The worst thing is they whine about how pethetic their lives are. Certain ppl think sex is funny Like one girl refuse to take any birth control for a lame excuse. Well you better think twice. People in general need to take sex seriously and it sucks for the child whose parents have to fight all of the time and struggle and take their anger out on them and have regrets.
Give money to the people who are really struggling. Anyways these girls are making more and more teenage girls to become mothers at a super young age. Adult Written by shell4you July 22, I do find it educational in small doses for pre-teens to older teens to let them know of the struggles faced when you have unsafe sex as a teen. Parent of a year-old Written by sfernandez21 April 20, Parent of a 2-year-old Written by giggles February 23, Positive role models.
Adult Written by heidikay February 19, The researchers' findings are inconsistent with the findings in a recent study the National Bureau of Economic Research, issued in January, which posited that the show "16 and Pregnant" led to a 5.
Those researchers looked at Nielsen ratings and teen pregnancy birth rates, as well as search data from Google trends and Twitter. Aubrey says that her concern with those findings is that the conclusions are based on correlational results of aggregate data — there was a bigger drop in teen pregnancy in areas where teenagers were watching more MTV programming, not only the "16 and Pregnant" series.
Aubrey was inspired to conduct research on "16 and Pregnant" when she saw claims being made by celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky that the show was effective sex education for teens. If the goal is to prevent teen pregnancy, is this show doing the job? Trending Stories. University of Arizona in the News. Get the latest University of Arizona news delivered in your inbox. Or, stay in the loop using our Amazon Alexa skill.
This was before 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom were on the air, but at the time critics blamed recent movies like Knocked Up and Juno for romanticizing pregnancy. But such purposeful pregnancies have much deeper roots than seeing a movie or a TV show.
This study — which surveyed female undergrads at two universities — found that frequent viewers of the programs whose fathers often spoke with them about sex education and the ramifications of unprotected sex were less likely to have recently had sex. Viewers whose fathers rarely offered them information about sex, were more likely to have recently engaged in sexual relations. For whatever reason, the study did not look at the mother-daughter relationship.
Spreading the word about contraception, birth control and the risks of unprotected sex through popular media may be having some positive effect. Glamorizing teen pregnancy may be diminishing that effect. The study echoes other research that indicates what matters most when it comes to sex ed is what kids hear at home and in schools.
Write to Eliana Dockterman at eliana. Teen Mom 2, a popular MTV show about teenage mothers. By Eliana Dockterman. Related Stories. In one typical episode, year-old Amber Portwood needles her boyfriend, Gary, to stop buying video games with their dwindling cash.
I need some Gary time! Portwood later served jail time for domestic violence and drugs. A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research argues that the program has reduced the teen birthrate by 5.
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