16 and Pregnant: A New Show on MTV
Wednesday June 10, 2009
MTV's 16 and Pregnant is a new reality show featuring young teens who are navigating life as pregnant women. The show premiers tomorrow night, June 11th, at 10 pm ET.
It's probably not a school night where you live, so if you can stay up this late, I would highly recommend watching this with your teen. Chances are your teen knows girls who are pregnant, but this "behind-the-scenes" look at teen pregnancy and parenting could be eye opening. I love using popular shows as ways to open up conversations with teens, and this might be a great time to bring up your expectations of your teen about sex and to have a bit of "the talk".
I've worked with a number of teen moms. It is a difficult situation for the teen mom, her family, the father of the baby, and the child. If this show can open up a conversation about sex and its consequences, and helps to prevent a teen pregnancy or two, it will be a success.
It's probably not a school night where you live, so if you can stay up this late, I would highly recommend watching this with your teen. Chances are your teen knows girls who are pregnant, but this "behind-the-scenes" look at teen pregnancy and parenting could be eye opening. I love using popular shows as ways to open up conversations with teens, and this might be a great time to bring up your expectations of your teen about sex and to have a bit of "the talk".
I've worked with a number of teen moms. It is a difficult situation for the teen mom, her family, the father of the baby, and the child. If this show can open up a conversation about sex and its consequences, and helps to prevent a teen pregnancy or two, it will be a success.
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