A Worrying Problem
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008Celebrity teen pregnancies always manage to hit the headlines time and again, more frequently now than ever before. American Idol star Fantasia Barrino made news when she became a mother at 17, and them came Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney Spears’ sister and then again Sarah Palin’s daughter—all teenage moms setting new trends in motherhood. Popular American TV series Grey’s Anatomy and Gossip Girl featured some episodes with teen pregnancy story lines. The issue of teenage pregnancy is worrying concerned adults all over the world who believe the media hype about celebrity teen pregnancy is projecting the wrong kind of role models for the youth.