Comments on: Spotlight on teen moms http://www.theyoungmommylife.com/2009/05/07/spotlight-on-teen-moms/ a real look at a 20 something mom Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:23:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=454 By: African American Mom http://www.theyoungmommylife.com/2009/05/07/spotlight-on-teen-moms/comment-page-1/#comment-843 African American Mom Fri, 08 May 2009 19:49:52 +0000 http://www.theyoungmommylife.com/?p=876#comment-843 I saw this interview and I thought the same thing. She handled those questins much better than I would have. He asked for the business but she was not giving it up. I am going to guess he asked her these questions because now she is all of a sudden a spokesperson and yet she really is not drawing from her own experience. There is no "reallness" being shown from her. Maybe had she drawn from her experience which we really don't know about....clearly, then those question could have been avoided. However, it was as if Chris Cuomo wanted a play by play. He could have tastefully asked her if this was a planned pregnancy. Obviuosly, if she wasn't spilling on her own, then she did not want to tell. Which brings me to this theory: Why are she all of a sudden a spokes person and she doesn't want to tell us about her experience? What are other teens suppose to draw form nothing? NOTHING! I saw this interview and I thought the same thing. She handled those questins much better than I would have. He asked for the business but she was not giving it up.

I am going to guess he asked her these questions because now she is all of a sudden a spokesperson and yet she really is not drawing from her own experience. There is no “reallness” being shown from her. Maybe had she drawn from her experience which we really don’t know about….clearly, then those question could have been avoided.

However, it was as if Chris Cuomo wanted a play by play. He could have tastefully asked her if this was a planned pregnancy. Obviuosly, if she wasn’t spilling on her own, then she did not want to tell. Which brings me to this theory: Why are she all of a sudden a spokes person and she doesn’t want to tell us about her experience? What are other teens suppose to draw form nothing? NOTHING!

]]> By: Tara http://www.theyoungmommylife.com/2009/05/07/spotlight-on-teen-moms/comment-page-1/#comment-841 Tara Fri, 08 May 2009 13:57:44 +0000 http://www.theyoungmommylife.com/?p=876#comment-841 @ Sarah - EXACTLY! It's more powerful when you can speak from experience. Bristol might not be the average teen mom (living in the governor's mansion and all) but it's still rough. She's still a single mom, regardless of the luxuries afforded to her. I say leave her alone. She didn't sign up for this... @ Sarah – EXACTLY! It’s more powerful when you can speak from experience. Bristol might not be the average teen mom (living in the governor’s mansion and all) but it’s still rough. She’s still a single mom, regardless of the luxuries afforded to her. I say leave her alone. She didn’t sign up for this…

]]> By: Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com http://www.theyoungmommylife.com/2009/05/07/spotlight-on-teen-moms/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com Thu, 07 May 2009 15:21:47 +0000 http://www.theyoungmommylife.com/?p=876#comment-837 I can't watch the film at work, so I'll have to hit up this website again when I get home this evening, but I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE. Regardless of my politics, I don't think any child of a public figure has signed up for having their intimate lives dissected by the media. Moreover, a young woman like Bristol Palin who has experienced pregnancy and is in the throes of new motherhood is far more qualified to speak about the benefits of abstinence than a woman her age who has refrained from sexual activity. This might not be the best analogy, but I look at it this way. If I want a kid to fear herpes, I find someone who HAS herpes and ask them to discuss herpes with the kid. If I want a kid to fear smoking, I find someone with smoking-induced lung cancer. If I want a kid to fear drugs, I find someone who went to prison for possession. And if I want a kid to consider refraining from sex, I find someone who had an unexpected pregnancy. Great topic! I can’t watch the film at work, so I’ll have to hit up this website again when I get home this evening, but I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE. Regardless of my politics, I don’t think any child of a public figure has signed up for having their intimate lives dissected by the media. Moreover, a young woman like Bristol Palin who has experienced pregnancy and is in the throes of new motherhood is far more qualified to speak about the benefits of abstinence than a woman her age who has refrained from sexual activity. This might not be the best analogy, but I look at it this way. If I want a kid to fear herpes, I find someone who HAS herpes and ask them to discuss herpes with the kid. If I want a kid to fear smoking, I find someone with smoking-induced lung cancer. If I want a kid to fear drugs, I find someone who went to prison for possession. And if I want a kid to consider refraining from sex, I find someone who had an unexpected pregnancy.

Great topic!

]]>