Comments on: A Made for TV Story: 16-Year-Old “Good Girl” Gets Pregnant http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2007/12/a-made-for-tv-story-16-year-old-good-girl-get Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Margie http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2007/12/a-made-for-tv-story-16-year-old-good-girl-get/comment-page-1#comment-308 Margie Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:25:41 +0000 http://ourbodies.s467.sureserver.com/?p=428#comment-308 Is motherhood a double edged sword? Perhaps our bodies are better able to handle pregnancy at a younger age; however, speaking on behalf of myself, my girlfriends, and the "boys" (who were really young men, but just boys in so many ways") that we were dating, were no where near ready to handle parenthood in our teens and early twenties. There was no way we were mature enough mental, emotionally and intellectually to be good parents. Not to mention, we were not at all financially ready. Is motherhood a double edged sword? Perhaps our bodies are better able to handle pregnancy at a younger age; however, speaking on behalf of myself, my girlfriends, and the “boys” (who were really young men, but just boys in so many ways”) that we were dating, were no where near ready to handle parenthood in our teens and early twenties. There was no way we were mature enough mental, emotionally and intellectually to be good parents. Not to mention, we were not at all financially ready.

]]> By: Hilary http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2007/12/a-made-for-tv-story-16-year-old-good-girl-get/comment-page-1#comment-307 Hilary Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:35:30 +0000 http://ourbodies.s467.sureserver.com/?p=428#comment-307 I hate it when people wring their hands and say "Whatever shall we tell the children?" as if the MESSAGE is more important than the reality. Reality is, sex happens. Reality is, pregnancy happens. I love Ariel Gore's take on Jamie Lynn's pregnancy: <a href="http://arielgore.com/" rel="nofollow">http://arielgore.com/</a> I hate it when people wring their hands and say “Whatever shall we tell the children?” as if the MESSAGE is more important than the reality.

Reality is, sex happens. Reality is, pregnancy happens.

I love Ariel Gore’s take on Jamie Lynn’s pregnancy:

http://arielgore.com/

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