TLC's New Show 'High School Moms' Premieres Sunday: Should Pregnant Teen Reality Shows Be Banned?

by SodaHead Celebs Posted 2012/08/09 16:00:00

Related Topics: High School Moms, Tlc, 16 and Pregnancy, Teen Mom, Teen Pregnancy, Reality Shows

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	Yes, get them off the air!	645 votes	67%
	No, they can be helpful to teens	323 votes	33%

First there was "16 and Pregnant"... then there was "Teen Mom"... now, there's "High School Moms." TLC's new six-part series on -- you guessed it -- teen pregnancy will debut Sunday and it will follow teenagers at Denver's Florence Crittenton High School as they cope with pregnancy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. What a unique reality show idea!

According to the official description of the show on the TLC website, "'High School Moms' follows the real-life drama at a Colorado high school devoted exclusively to pregnant girls and teen moms. Every day brings new challenges to the school’s dedicated teachers and students, as the girls try to balance schoolwork, sonograms, diapers and dreams of a bright future."

We're glad these girls are getting the support they need, but do shows like these glamorize teen pregnancy? Or do they actually DETER teens from getting pregnant? We're about ready to make the claim that they should all get off the air -- for good!

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Artisan Rose ☽✪☾☥ 2012/08/09 17:36:10

Yes, get them off the air!

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Alex Reeves 2012/08/09 17:44:15

No, they can be helpful to teens

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Its a free country. We chose what we watch, and we shouldn't be limited to only shows that SOME people find useful. Don't watch it if you don't like it. It's also useful to teens showing how stressful being a parent in high school can be. It's like Beyond Scared Straight for sluts

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wpsark_... to Alex Re... 2012/08/09 18:48:10

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scared straight is a good show. that's one reality show that has a good purpose.

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Atlas 2012/08/09 17:43:05

No, they can be helpful to teens

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Even though the premise of reality television is irking in general, I don't see any reason why this particular show should be banned over any other. It could be beneificial to teen mothers and fathers to have to witness, in some form, all of the terror of parenthood before they opt out of that box of rubbers.

Teens are having sex regardless of how good of a parent you think you are. Better to have well informed, wise, decision making children than oblivious experimental ones.

There is no such thing as having too much information or being too well prepared.

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Any to Atlas 2012/08/10 02:07:29

You speak the truth! I saw some pregnancy related reality show in high school and it just furthered my conviction that I would never turn out like that.

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Any 2012/08/09 17:36:24

No, they can be helpful to teens

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I don't think that these shows glamourize teen pregnancy, if anything they deter many young girls from getting pregnant. I saw Teen Mom TWICE and wanted to gouge my eyes out. I would never want to be associated with the idiots on that show. If anyone "idolizes" those girls then they are already too far down the drain to be helped.

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dv to Any 2012/08/09 17:38:00

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Exactly

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Artisan Rose ☽✪☾☥ 2012/08/09 17:36:10

Yes, get them off the air!

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Any to Artisan... 2012/08/10 02:04:53 (edited)

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I doubt anybody actually thinks that.

Edited: I doubt anybody who would have made a good decision in the first place would think like that.

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Kibbles to Any 2012/08/10 07:33:44

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there we go.

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Artisan... to Any 2012/08/25 17:21:40

Unfortunately, there are girls who purposely get pregnant for stupid reasons.
The pregnancy pact was a group of girls who tried to get pregnant at the same time so they could raise their kids together.
Before I graduated, a crapload of my friends got pregnant, and another girl at school got pregnant because she actually thought she could get on MTV.

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Any to Artisan... 2012/08/27 03:42:36

How dumb are the people (girls and boys included) at your school? I suppose there were quite a few pregnancies at my high school as well but since I didn't know the girls I just chalked it up as silly accidents. I can't imagine someone idiotic enough to actually make that decision, but I suppose they are out there.

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Artisan... to Any 2012/08/27 04:09:25 (edited)

From my freshman year to my senior year, I've seen 3 to 4 pregnancies PER YEAR.
The people at my school ( lot of them black who make me ashamed to BE black) are very very stupid. A good number of the kids I've met have the grammar and spelling of 5th to 6th graders, cuz they spend their time skipping school and doing drugs!

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Skylaris Alanis 2012/08/09 17:32:50

Yes, get them off the air!

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OMFG.

COMING FROM A HIGHSCHOOLER:

TAKE THESE DESTRUCTIVE STUPID REATARDED SHOWS OFF THE AIR! I'M SO SERIOUS.

STOP TRYING TO DUMB US DOWN.

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dv 2012/08/09 17:32:20 (edited)

No, they can be helpful to teens

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It's real life.so drug intervention shows glamorize being a crack head? so you can go be rich and famous on a show? Smh get real if your teen is that weak minded then you need to pay more attention to how your parenting

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adeenmckenziekennedy 2012/08/09 17:29:23

Yes, get them off the air!

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As a teenager, I hate crappy reality shows exploiting teen parenthood. To me, this is horrible! Teen mothers always have it hard already. Why make a reality show about it?
P.S. I am a teenager but I am NOT a teen mother nor do I ever plan to be. I dislike kids and I don't want be a mother in my teens. Or mother period.
I plan on being an author.

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L1Z2 2012/08/09 17:25:07

Yes, get them off the air!

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I wouldn't ban, but I do believe they glamorize it and that's just completely inaccurate.

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MyPaperBleedsInk 2012/08/09 17:24:41

Yes, get them off the air!

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When you consider the story of how two friends became pregnant so they could apply to one of those types of shows.... and how one became all upset when she wasn't chosen..... Yeah, they need to be taken off.

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RoyJLores 2012/08/09 17:13:51

Yes, get them off the air!

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I honestly don't think it helps teen pregnancy at all specially with shows competing for ratings and obviously not geared toward educating teens you want to educate your teen about pregnancy try a movie like Juno instead.

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Hopscotch 2012/08/09 17:07:03

No, they can be helpful to teens

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That way the teens can understand getting lied to twice by different people!

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shiva 2012/08/09 17:06:01

Yes, get them off the air!

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Banning isn't quite the word I'd use, it's a bit too NWO for my taste. However, let's be blunt--the shows glorify the heck out of teen pregnancy. Let's not forget how impressionable teenagers are and they take everything so literally; in combination with the overall entitlement, petulance and superficiality of teens today...id say please don't provoke them any more than they already are, take the shows off air

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Diana to shiva 2012/08/10 20:47:41

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Very well said.

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The Potato Princess 2012/08/09 17:05:57

Yes, get them off the air!

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I think it's kind of exploitative and I don't think they're helpful to anyone.

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Alexander T Steward 2012/08/09 17:03:39

No, they can be helpful to teens

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That's not the only group they help. >_>

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victoriaaaaa 2012/08/09 17:01:41

Yes, get them off the air!

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i think these shows glamorize teen pregnancy.

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Sasssy 2012/08/09 16:58:09

Yes, get them off the air!

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They're showing them it's OK to a TEEN, UNWED MOTHER. You might be on TV and get rich.

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Aly Hart to Sasssy 2012/08/09 18:12:46

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Well the teen part is a problem but there's nothing wrong with being unmarried.

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Sasssy to Aly Hart 2012/08/10 13:09:01

I'm aware of that. They still make it seem like that's the right way to go and nothing else.

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TimothyBrianFoley 2012/08/09 16:55:50

No, they can be helpful to teens

its really part of their lives they get pregnant have a baby and have to raise a child let their world be exposed

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Caitlyn Goodman 2012/08/09 16:50:46

No, they can be helpful to teens

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If you don't like it. Don't watch it. Simple as that.

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Cameryn 2012/08/09 16:49:21

No, they can be helpful to teens

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These are bad options. I don't get why someone would a) want to be on a show about teen moms b) make a show about teen moms or c) watch a show about teen moms, but hey, it's their choice.

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Aleksandr 2012/08/09 16:48:02

No, they can be helpful to teens

Its entertaining to watch.

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♥K14 2012/08/09 16:43:03

No, they can be helpful to teens

First, I don't think they're helpful - that's just the silly answer options.

I think if people want to watch it, they should continue to show it. If, like me, you have no interest in it, watch something else.

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Different 2012/08/09 16:39:42

No, they can be helpful to teens

Why shouldn't they be allowed to be on TV? It is not our fault that they got pregnant before they are finished with school or completely mature.

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FunnyLittleNightmare 2012/08/09 16:37:04

Yes, get them off the air!

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Apart from them being a bad influence on moronic teenagers... the shows really are terrible.

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Gracie - Proud Conservative 2012/08/09 16:34:52

No, they can be helpful to teens

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No, I don't think they're the least bit helpful to teens, they glorify teen age pregnancy! I'm just not for banning, I believe in free speech.

Hollywood is destroying America.

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melissa 2012/08/09 16:29:06

Yes, get them off the air!

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Theses shows are ridiculous do they not understand that the only thing they are doing by airing these shows are prevoking young children to get pregnant! My kids will not be Aloud to watch such thing all your doing is rewarding this kids that have these baby's at such a young age! let them live there lifes like everyone else so then they can see how hard it is to work for a living instead of getting paid to be video taped and put on tv!

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