MTV surprised me

Hey Voxers!
Hope you're having a fabulous end of July.

So this evening I settled down to watch some tv and to my surprise the season finale of 16 and pregnant came on MTV. Now I know most of you are shaking your heads right now in disbelief that such a show even exists. It does and it's actually pretty good. Each episode follows one teenage girl through her pregnancy and for a couple of weeks after she gives birth and does a good job of accurately showing that pregnancy is a big deal and not something you just decide to do on a whim. You see just about everything in these episodes from the strain that the pregnancy is having on various relationships to the agony of labor. Anyways the season finale was a big reunion type thing with Dr. Drew presiding over it and looking back the these young womens' journeys and asking them questions about their experiences. What really struck me is the poise with which these young ladies carried themselves and took responsibilty for their actions. Universally all of them wound up pregnant because they didn't use birth control or didn't use it every time, but during the show they said that looking back and knowing what they know now they would have been much more vigilant about using condoms or the pill or whatever.

Moral of my post though is this show (at least the finale) should be required watching for middle and high schoolers...and though MTV may no longer play music and may produce such smut as the show based on Hot Chicks with Douchebags, it actually did a really great job with 16 and Pregnant and showing teen pregnancy from all sides and not glossing over anything.

Hope you all have a fabulous Friday and weekend!!

xo ~Tati

P.S. Pictures from tabling to come from this weekend!