Not really a surprising headline except for the fact that what makes them idiots this time is that they’re having babies just to get on reality tv. Due to the success of Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, industry folks are seeing a rash of teens so hungry for fame that they’re banging a bunch of dudes to get themselves pregnant just to score an audition.
“This is yet another example of the desperation of fame,” Matt Titus, a relationship expert from TheLoveConsultants.com, tells me. “The sad state of reality television has created a lowbrow vehicle for untainted train wreck personalities to display their private lives. Getting pregnant to be famous is like eating as many cockroaches as possible in a one minute period.”
Anyone who has had a child knows that it is the most serious commitment a person can make. Rabbi Shmuley correctly points out that when young girls begin making this ultimate decision in order find fame, it “shows the moral rot in American society.”
“These girls are ignoring the fact that this decision must followed by a lifetime of responsibility,” he says.
A lifetime of responsibility? Can’t you just throw them in the dumpster when you’re done with them or teach them that creepy guys in white vans with candy are always well intentioned? There are options, right? Said the shocked teen to her school counselor.