Favorite TV Show: 16 and Pregnant

Thanks to Saira, my one roommate, I have come to start watching what I thought was one of the dumbest shows on earth: 16 and Pregnant. I have only seen the show On-Demand so I do not know when it actually airs, but I have become obsessed the past two days. The show actually is very enlightening and depicts in raw detail the pain and anguish many teenage mothers go through during their pregnancy and then beyond.

The girls are typically around the age of 16 and the show films them and their families and boyfriends from when they are about 20 weeks pregnant to when the baby is about two months old. It describes how they lose their friends, how they are viewed by others, how their schooling changes, their relationships with their (ex)boyfriends change and their physical appearance changes. I think it really would be good for all teenage girls to see this as it makes you question how smart it is to put yourself in those compromising positions when you are so immature and a baby yourself. What is shocking for me is the number of these girls who just did not use protection. It makes you realize how important open communication is with parents and their children.