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"Mommy, why is Zoey pregnant?"
Shocker of the week: Jamie Lynn Spears, sis of Britney and star of Nickelodeon's Zoey 101 is preggers. Her boyfried Casey Aldredge is the father. (The couple is shown at right.)
What the hell.. I don't know what is more ridiculous about this story:
That the 16-year-old TV actress is following in her big sis's trainwreck of a life?
That the mother of both girls, Lynne Spears, has been dropped from the "parenting" book she was supposed to be writing.
That Jamie Lynn, who her mom bragged "is so good she never misses curfew" was allegedly LIVING with her 19 year old boyfriend.
That Jamie Lynn broke the story to OK magazine, which has a history of paying sources for stories. Did she really benefit financially from this sad, life-changing mistake?
That those of us who have kids who watch shows like Zoey 101 -- kids as young as 8 -- clearly need to have a discussion, some kind of discussion, on why stars like the Spears sisters are ultimately not good role models.
I have not had the safe sex talk, let alone the talk about where babies come from, with my 8 year old. Why? Because she hasn't asked.
But when she sees Jamie Lynn's bump, sure to be splattered across magazines from now till June, she is sure to ask why Zoey, the cool high school girl Spears plays, is having a baby. I can hear it now. "Isn't she a kid, mommy?"
Parents, better get your ammo ready. The questions are a comin'.
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Comments
Im trying to understand why everyone is making a big deal out of this. I think this goes back to the fact that lil kids are looking up to tv stars instead of their own parents! What ever happened to that. . . It's a shame that Jamie is 16 years old but at least she was responsible enough not to get an abortion in the first place and handle her responsiblity. And I really dont think its fair that she is automatically being compared to her sister! She is her own person and for all anybody knows she can end up being the best mother to that child.
Posted by: Meca | December 20, 2007 4:47 PM
K - I am with you on this one. When we had our baby girls eight years ago, we were warned about how the media was now affecting raising a child and now I understand. If this had happened 20 years ago, there would have not been a medida storm, the child actor would have been removed from the show to raise her baby in privacy. This isn't about our children "worshipping" child actors, this is about forcing conversations with children who do not have the maturity to understand the issue, nor should they.
Posted by: Mom of Three | December 21, 2007 10:51 AM
I'm relieved that my kids are 13 and 16, so the kind of conversation we get to have about the Spears sisters is a little different than it would be if they were the age of most kids who watch Zoey: 101.
Beth's response to the Jamie Lynn pregnancy: "Whoa. That is one dysfunctional family." Yep. And Abby: "Good grief. It just gets worse and worse for Britney and her sister, doesn't it?"
I was glad for the opportunity to remind my children how lucky they are to have two parents who are still happily married, who love them and care deeply for them and wish them only the best in their lives -- even if that means they're just going to plain old school, not starring in a TV show or being a rock star at 16.
This situation also gave me the opening, once again, to remind them that I believe abstinence is the best policy. I try to preach that as often as possible, but then I temper that message with the next, also critically important one: If they decide to have sex, they better protect themselves against STDs and pregnancy. Because, honestly, as bad as pregnancy is for a 16-year-old, HIV is worse.
Vicki
Posted by: Vicki Brennan | December 24, 2007 10:55 AM
hope you have a good pregnese hope you wont be like your sis hope your better hope your tv shows comes back on.
Posted by: jessica | January 20, 2008 1:32 PM
Hi
It is a natural process and any body did not disturb this process.
Posted by: Avramopoulos | July 23, 2008 4:28 AM
Hi
I think a cycle of natural process is in all world and every person is not disturb this process because it is a nature of human and I think this natures gifted by Allah to every human.
Posted by: Αβραμοπουλος | July 24, 2008 3:53 AM
Hi
It is a great new for a this girl.
Posted by: Αβραμοπουλος | July 24, 2008 3:56 AM
ok all of u who say's it's good, or anyone could of made the same mistake, u are clearly stupid or just plan u don't have understanding or u just nasty and might want the same for ur kid, becuz she is a actress staring in the ever most popular zoey 101.
Posted by: vicky | July 27, 2008 1:08 PM