Yup, I'm guilty of watching it too. At first when the show first aired I have to say I enjoyed it, I thought it was really giving a glimpse into teen parenting. After all I became a mom at 18 so I felt like I was kind of watching the things I went through. I can't say exactly when I noticed that things seemed to be off, but when I did I became discussed with the show. There was still a while where I even continued to watch, why I don't know. MTV has done a fabulous job of making a joke out of teen mothers, in my opinion.
Everyone has an opinion I'm sure and mine might a bit on the strong side. As a teen mom I was broke and of course started out living at home like they did on the show. The problems for me started when there were boob jobs and such, no teen can afford to just go out and augment their breasts. How were they affording the apartments and things they were renting on a small part-time job and or no job at all...it doesn't happen. Nice new clothes every time you watched to new hair-dos and even tans, really?! I could hardly afford diapers.
As the seasons rolled on is when we find out the they are getting paid by MTV, well that explains it. I thought the main objective was to try and stop teen motherhood not make girls run out and get pregnant to be on a show. Teen Mom made it look to easy and fun and then as girls heard about the money being paid to these girls...BINGO, there in lies a new problem. They need to find a new way to show this in truth not in a fantasy world. Show some true teen mothers struggling everyday to make things work so todays youth sees truly how hard it is.
As I said when I started, this is just my opinion and I'm not trying to hurt or offend anyone. MTV stop making a joke out of teen motherhood, because for the girls doing it without your money it's an extremely hard job.
