[NEWS] Spears family screwed?
 

In a recent interview, it's been revealed that JAMIE-LYNN SPEARS is 12 weeks pregnant, at the mere age of 16. The father is a 19-year-old she met at church.

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It's just sad. No family, regardless of fame, deserves to go through difficulties like this.

Jamie-Lynn seemed quite happy about the baby news. It looks like she's gonna keep her baby and she's really positive about. Her mom seems quite alright with it too. Oh well, as long as she's happy I guess. But I think it's quite stupid of her though. Geez, she's just 16 years old. 16!

It's so ironic... she met the guy in a church. LOL.

You guys are surprised to see a girl who's 16 years old pregnant? :eek As a doctor, I actually made an appointment to a 9-years old girl who was pregnant. Now that's what was surprising/shocking. 16 years old pregnant girls? I've lost the count of how many of those I had to give prenatal assistance :laugh

Also, who cares anyway? It's her life. She was careless, yeah, but w/e

Yeah, I know it's not the appropriate age and should be discouraged...but here in Brazil it is so common, is not even shocking at all.

what she´s pregnant!? o,o

I found this out yesterday and when I rushed to tell my brother he said, "Everyone was talking about that like a week ago".

I can't believe it though. She is absolutely too young. At least where I'm from, teenage pregnancy is extremely uncommon. A 16 year old found pregnant would be like the shocker of the century, so this is really surprising. That family really is screwed.

...wasn't there already a post on this somewhere? :yconfused

It's not our problem, and it's not that common in this day of age; but as a celebrity with her own TV show on Nickelodeon I think she should be a better role model. :/ How the heck did she even get that job in the first place?? She's a terrible actress. XP

:roflmao

I agree with Bondie though but I'm use to 16 year-olds getting pregnant. I'm went to a school full of pregnant teenagers. I felt like a was at a hospital. :laugh Teenage pregnancy is high amoung African-Americans, so finding out that a girl is pregnant is a "yea, whatever!" with me.

I was surprised that Jamie is pregnant when I first heard about it because she always seems like a good girla nd never put herself in that situation. I'm over it and if she's happy with having a baby at a young age then fine by me. I going to look down on her thought because she should be a shamed of ending her "life" so short. I'ma selfish 18 year-old and I don't have time to take care of a child.

My mum's 29 and I'm 14. You do the math. I don't see anything wrong with it really, if they decided they wanted to have a baby then so be it. It's their life.

^ I doubt they "decided on it" ..

^ Hmmm, who knows? Or maybe she'll reveal it all for a large amount of money in a few days, in the magazines.

^ maybe. I hope they can handle it though, for the sake of the child. It all depends on the person.. some 16 year olds can take better care of a child than some 30 year olds.

I don't think Jamie decided to have a baby...she just got knocked up by a 19 year old 'highschool sweetheart', and we allll know how the majority of those relationships end. I was watching Chelsea Lately last night and they said some pretty mean things about this! But I think Americans have become desensitized to a lot of stuff now, so nobody is really trying to help the teenage pregnancy issues, and it's huge. You'd think something like this would cause an uproar for major changes and making a point how education for these young women are ruined because they get pregnant too young and their lives change. Seen it happen to much when I was in highschool and I'd never see those girls again, and they become stay-at-home mothers ..American economy is really shot right now too, so having more babies isn't really helping, and now we have a role model to young girls getting pregnant...It's disappointing. Hopefully everyone will just brush the issue off as 'That crazy Spears family!' and not get influenced by this.

Sorry I rambled too much lol

I'm glad somebody can look deeper into the issue rather than only focusing on the "good x evil" + "role model" fairy tale crap that is shoved by media's sensationalism.

She has the means to take care of the baby, I'm pretty sure she has more money than the average american household. hasn't she been doing tv her whole teenage life? I heard she has been paid millions for her interviews.
She can have the baby, if that whats she wants then good luck for her & the baby I suppose.

I'm personally only againts teen pregnancies when the mothers don't have the means to properly take care of the baby. as long as the baby is fed & clothed & loved properly I don't really care if the how old the mum is ...

actually constant popularity growth benefits the economy, plenty of european countries (inlcuding mine) are facing major economical difficulties in the future because of the birth rate is negative

What I mean by the economy in the U.S, Halla, is that for these young girls getting pregnant by young men and leaving their education to take care of their baby makes it very hard for them to place better jobs when they get older. Most girls I knew only went for their GED and not diploma, and so their future careers are for low wage jobs, if they can get one that is. It's not healthy for the guy either, because he has to focus all his work on making enough income (especially if their parents aren't very supportive or are low income themselves, which is usually the case) to pay the bills and support their child. I don't want to get too off-topic, but right now in the U.S, jobs are hard to get for young people, and gas prices don't help much either for commute.

Now for planned parenting, girls who are in good financial standing and support, whatever age, I'm all for. I just think about the emotional impact it will have on young women and the health of their babies. I used to work at a place where lots of low income young mothers would come in with like, 4 kids, and paying with foodstamps because they couldn't afford to go shopping at places like Wal-mart or other grocery chains, so I see what it does to the younger generation when society overlooks things like this. It's not fair to them or their children who have to live off of really cheap food and live in more dangerous neighborhoods. But that's what happens when my society ignores ongoing problems like that.

I think I went way too off-topic, sorry.

Emphasis on the bold text. :laugh

And people are saying she's "responsible" unlike Britney? How do we know that she won't take good care of it or not?

Oh boy this is a good image for Nickelodeon. :roflmao

Oh because nickelodeon already had that really "good image" by featuring all those disgusting and violent cartoons.

There are so many things I want/could say about this, but knowing me, it's best I just kept my mouth shut.

Love to "the_angel_song" though. I was thinking a lot of that as well.

Off topic, but I've always wanted to say this: I never really got why the majority of industrialized Europe never considered mass outsourcing or immigration. You have a negative birth rate in countries like Sweden and Japan and yet there's still way too many children coming out of countries like India and the continent of Africa. The population is declining here, but the global birthrate is still sky-high.

Did it reach already that far? X_X omg

haha i have a friend who had her first baby when she was 16...so this doesn't shock me much...She said she was keeping the baby, so hooray for her! Ive always loved Jamie...her role on All That back when she was on there was hilarious...

Well, I hope she's a better mother than Britney, that's all I can say. (no offense britney, but your mothering skills isn't exactly something to boast)

I guess it could come as a shock, even when you see it everyday or hear about it. And the sad thing is, this issue is not really looked upon hard enough.

I heard about this at school. R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S!

Yeah I hate Nickelodeon these days. In fact I hated that Zoey 101 show since it first started. I cant stand Jamie's accent. >.< What happened to the old shows? Anyway...

^ yea and not feed it cheetos and leave it with the nanny while she goes clubbing

Pregnant at 16... Same age as me and my friends and i can't imagine them being pregnant, still so childish rofl.

again - things happen and we can't blame her for that. They're making such a big deal because

A) she's 16 (which isn't really shocking - so many teenagers are sexually active nowadays)
B) She's part of the Spears family.

Heck there's some things I certainly regret right now that I shouldn't have done...

Anyways, wish her the best and good luck to her.

not suprising... and thatz sad...

i heard brittany and Jamie Lynn's mom was writing a book on parenting and after the info about the baby on the way, the plug was pulled on that lol

UGH its disgusting how much attention this is getting. She is pregnant and she's 16 so what >_> Why is the media so focused on this junk. There are so many pregnancies now at the age of 16. Why not focus on the overall population about this topic rather than Jamie.

I heard about this on the radio a couple months back. Zoey 101 can't be pregnant. Way to kill your acting career Jamie.
And all Britney could say is "Get on the Pill, y'all"

Even though it may not be 'shocking' I don't believe getting pregnant at 16 in that kind of society should be 'accepted.'

At least those cartoons didn't go around having sex and getting pregnant while being underage at the same time.

Haha and Jamie is supposed to be an idol for all these kids...and she turns around and does something like that. Wow, I feel sorry for the Spears family...they're all messed up...

^ And I agree with you Mitkki

What did you expect? For her to make a full article speech on the consequences of earlier pregnancy? For her to reprehend her sister in public? She was clear and straight to the point: this is the solution for this problem. And that's what it is, she's right there. Simple and clear.


Yay for prejudice!*sarcasm*
It's not a matter of being "accepted". It should be prevented, but once it happens, you can't go and throw stones on girls who get pregnant earlier. Marginalization is actually one the huge problems related to this matter, and should be discouraged because all it does is make this problem worse than it already is.


Do you live on planet Earth? Or if you do, do you actually breath oxygen through a big bubble or have you ever seen sunlight? Anyway, violence is a much WORSE problem than teenage pregnancy, not too mention many of those cartoons encourage terrible hygiene habits. And it's not like she displayed on TV all the stages she went through in order to get pregnant for the public. That's a very unrealistic point of view there.;)

exactly!

yeah! anyway, media is focused in this junk because they know the average citizen loves circus shows and to feast on other disgraces. Unfortunately, it sells.

i was on the train this morning going to school when i see this guy next to me, and he had a newspaper and it said that jamie's boyfriend now wants to marry her, lol.

Impact, you're from Brazil...abortion is banned there because of catholic influence, right?

unfortunately, you have no say or right to dictate upon on others, as harsh as it is. It feels good to have a god-complex on how people should run their lives, because you feel as if you're making their lives better. you're not. sorry.

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oh my god.

what I just read is the beginning of the string of small, inconsolable excuses where we can somehow use factors like income and education to justify an inevitable and eventual (governmental) control on what is and has been taken as a fundamental biological right.

...the subconscious desire of a society where children are born in the ideal circumstances. what you have unknowingly unearthed is a very scary political issue where we will have to one day deal with the technical process of who can have children and who cannot, because you feel as if certain people should not have children. do you see where this is going, and the bigger issue outside teenage pregnancy? you give the gov't power over your base biological existence, and they can do anything. and they will, because you just demonstrated how you want to control the populace for the benefit of THE AMERICAN ECONOMY

there is no end once it begins. a poor woman of 17 has every right to have as many children as she wishes as does a woman of 30. I understand the problems that come with this, mainly irresponsibility on the poor woman's fault. but I also see the problems that come with DICTATING MORALITY

I don't know if this was sarcasm, extreme assumptions, or...wow. Don't twist my words to prove some wacked out future that might arise from statements I made about countless situations young mothers face in my country. I was hoping people could see through my posts that I wanted governmental action on making a point to educate the younger generations about the reality of getting pregnant so young, because they sure as hell don't in the places I lived. You want to know why? Because it's 'taboo' to talk about birth control pills and protection so openly in school, just because the subject matter :no Shame, shame, shame.

Maybe this different perspective will shed some light?

Well, that's somewhat true. It's legally banned, even though I won't be getting on a discussion about it, since it's a controversial/polictical topic to be discussed on AHS.

Well said. It's really weird how people make this dicotomy of good x evil. As if the world is made of "role models" vs "corrupted/dirty people". Every human being has their share of negative points. There's nobody perfect, but unfortunately, many people seem to believe Disney's fairy tale role model princesses do exist, and they strongly believe on that, and what's worse, want to mold and shape people to be exactly like those.

Well you do have a good point...no one is perfect. But it still doesn't really make it right. I'm not saying Jamie is a bad person or anything but is she really setting a good example for the kids who admire her? Then again I highly doubt they'd turn around and do the same thing...but I think it's the parents who will be most offended. But you know, there is such thing as morality :/

maybe she'll actually be a role model on what you shouldn't do? LOL :laugh

i dun care with this family n NICKELODEON
except SPONGEBOB he5

eh...Britney is cursed :shakehead

OMG..
that is terrible for spears family..
she's juz 16 years old..same age with me..
i cant decide it..

This is just out of curiousity, but did you ever watch Nickelodeon in the '90s.
Because they've gotten so much better since then, in terms of family appropriate shows. :P

It's been some time since I watched nickelodeon. But what's the difference from children from the 90's and children from nowadays? QWhat's innapropriate, is innapropriate. It doesn't matter if nickelodeon wqas grosser in the past. The fact is, they were.

But they don't have character's with the credit card number 12345ballsack6789 anymore. And while I understand that has nothing to do with violence (just being disturbing and gross), at least they've canceled shows like that. So at least they're trying.

I do understand your point, though and I'm not trying to argue with you. I just wanted to point out an improvement. :)
If you can call it that.
lol

Well, thanks for pointing it out. I was not aware they had changed much. You're right, it's been some time since I've last watched it, so maybe my opinions are biased regarding that matter.

Yea, I heard about this news.

It's kinda silly to get yourself pregnant at age 16. In Singapore, it's considered as underage sex. And wth, someone was recommending good parenting eh?

Meh, it's no big deal. I understand why you would think that. :P

some people.....................

Wasn't it considered statutory rape in the state?

It's only statutory rape i she said he raped her but she said that they both decided to have sexual intercourse.

Anyway, it seems that the news of her pregnancy didn't last long. So much for good publicity.

Oh, about the nickelodeon subject, Nick had very appropriate shows. They were great for all ages and the gross stuff wasn't really all the gross. Nowadays, nickelodeon has taken all the fun from their network and turing into another Disney. Mostly all of their shows are aimed towards kids and all the gross stuff is being replaced stupid stuff. Maybe I wouldn't understand nick now since I've grown up out of that stuff.

Children shouldn't be having children. A nine year old's body isn't even DEVELOPED to handle a child.

That makes Jamie-Lynn's nearing motherhood out and out normal.

I know. I'm not implying pregnancy at 9 years old is normal, that's actually really a serious problem. But a 16 years pregnancy isn't anything shocking in my opinion (I think people are overreacting to this), because almost all girls have already reached puberty and are fully grown up when they're 16 (I'm not saying grown up as in maturity, though, girls do mature faster than guys anyway). Of course it's better to avoid and prevent earlier pregnancies (even on 16) because they have their share of risks + the social problems related to the young mother physiology and behavior.

Well statutory rape means that even if she did allow it, the law says that she is not capable of making such a decision. That's why the law was created. The district attorney or whatever could prosecute.

I doubt it though, with the Hollywood favorism of stars, letting them slide in whatever they do.

^I thought the age of consent to have sexual intercourse was 16 (in many states)???

^ I thought for most states it was 18.

I don't think it matters. As long as they're underage, it's still statutory.

^ Well, as long as the age gap is big enough

^
Ah. I don't remember much about it. It's been awhile since I had underage friends.


Man that makes me feel old. =\

its statutory if one partner is a legal adult (in the US that's 18) and the other is still underage. No matter the circumstance.

I wouldn't have divulged his age. really, it wasn't necessary. It was her decision, and honestly, I'm impressed with the way she's handling the situation. She's not placing blame, going to the media with facts before they tore her image apart with rumors, and taking responsibllity. I feel sorry for her, to some extent, because of how young she is, but she's taking charge and I respect that.

She also went to the media, because they had a money fight over the rights to her story. She ended up earning 1 millions dollars on that.

^
so she ended up getting what she wanted to say printed and making money on top of that? That's better than Britney's entire year.
:laugh whatever works. *snicker*

In California, the age of consent is 18, however if the minor is less than 3 years younger than the other partner, consensual intercourse isn't considered statutory rape, but rather only a misdemeanor. The age of consent in Louisiana is 17, but consensual intercourse between a 12-16 year old minor and a person over the age of 17 is legal if there is less than 2 years between the two. The age difference between Casey and Jamie Lynn is just short of 2 years, so Casey is off the hook regardless of where the child was concieved.

Witch did ma research!!! Don't try to pull a fast one on Jamie Lynn Spears fans like myself!