Crying

I RARELY cry when I watch TV or movies. Today, while wasting the day out of the heat, Lavin was watching 16 and Pregnant. Of course whenever my teenagers watch these shows I walk through the living room shaking my head. Next thing you know, I am sitting down watching it with them. This happens a lot.

For hours now I have been watching a marathon of this show. You know it is HOT outside when I am watching a marathon of 16 and Pregnant. I watched 2 different couples get pregnant and have their babies. I was just disgusted that they were thinking they could take care of a child. Watching them struggle through the first weeks with the exhaustion and so on, I saw even more why this show is so popular. It is exactly what it is like to have a baby. I think the teenagers that watch this see that it is not what you want to do with your life. However, it has to be better than the fate another baby suffered at the hands of my daughter's friend, let's call her, "Bara".

This last episode I just watched had me crying. These two 16 year olds decided that they could not take care of the baby and they gave it up for adoption. It went through the whole process and at the end, as hard as it was, a very nice, stable couple got the baby. I was so proud of these kids for making the right decision. It was very emotional.

I know that I have three daughters and I do not know what will happen with any of them so I need to be careful about my comments on this topic. I can't wait to see the season finale next week that shows what has happened since the season was over. Dr. Laura would be proud of them.