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Old 04-30-2008, 02:37 PM   #41 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kathy View Post
I've always wondered why some people view it as "idolizing teen pregnancy".
It idolizes it in the way that it shows teenage pregnancy (once again, a tragedy) having an overall happy ending (while being incredibly light-hearted), without consequences. She does become pregnant, but she winds up finding a loving family to adopt said baby so she winds up with an overall positive experience (and so does the audience from what I've heard). I feel as though, in real life, such a situation is more difficult than it appears through this movie (and to minimize the process is to glorify it). I highly doubt that it's an accurate representation of the actual adoption process, as it seems a little too easy and perfect. Again, I'm also not basing my opinions on this movie solely on the little snippets of previews I've seen, but also on the comments of others that have seen the movie.

Teenage pregnancy is something that should be avoided, and it is by no means a light-hearted matter (and I've heard that this movie is nothing BUT light-hearted despite the heavy-hitting topics, and yet, no one has given me the impression that this is a heavy, heart-wrenching film).

Teen pregnancy IS a tragedy. I would be shocked if anyone thought otherwise. No teen is fit to have a child and raise a child, granted that sometimes such a serious event can change a person for the better and a child can have a positive impact on someone's life, but teens are not fit to be mothers. Not only that, but having a child at such a young age drastically limits your options for the future... suddenly you go from being able to do everything in the world, to only being able to do about half of that or less.

Children should not have children. Just because it happens and just because those mothers are able to deal with it, or forced to deal with it, (and may go on to lead perfectly happy, fulfilled lives - along with their children), doesn't make it any less tragic. Tragic things have happened in all of our lives, but tragedy doesn't necessarily condemn you to an unhappy life or an unhappy ending, but having a happy ending doesn't mean the tragedy never happened.
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