okay, so as many of you know... teen mom, 16 and pregnant and teen mom 2 are one of my guilty pleasures... no, my crack. i must admit, last season's 16 and pregnant wasn't my favorite(and to boot, i hear that girls are purposely getting pregnant to audition for the show) made it much less appealing, plus, the girls were so... indifferent. indifferent towards their mates, their kids, their situations and it was aggravating.but i was really excited to watch teen mom season 2. after all, season 1 of teen mom was gritty and explosive.
joanna and i often talk about our favorites and our most disliked teen moms. out of season one, my favorite teen mom/couple was catelynn and tyler. they made the right choice for them and their baby. they ended up choosing wonderful adoptive parents for their baby girl(which doesn't always happen). i just think with all their struggles(having absent/drug addicted/alcoholic/ locked up parents), they wanted to better their lives and grow as teems and people and then take care of business. i'm just proud of them for overcoming so much and being so grown up about things when they could have chosen otherwise and been in a very difficult situation.
i also liked maci, but not as much as i liked catelynn. i had no connection, sympathy/empathy for amber or farrah. i thought farrah was a spoiled brat. i get that she misses her ex and father of her baby, but instead of leaning on those who love her the most, she chose to push them out, act out and just make wrong choices and then when she needed her parents she chose to let them back in. i also think she was a irresponsible mother... she left her baby in the hallway when she moved into her apartment!!! and amber, oh, amber. first off, she looked drugged up in every episode and her violent, explosive temper towards gary was probably only a glimpse of her violence towards her child. she was sleeping while her child was awake screaming. her home was filthy and disgusting. her poor daughter looked like a rag-a-muffin in almost all the episodes. ugh, moms like that should have their kids taken away. i just can't believe their are people in this world who pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to try to get pregnant and then there are shit moms like her who just keep popping kids out. it's sad and disgraceful.
OKAY, on to the next season... teen mom 2. starring: leah, chelsea, kailyn and jenelle.
here we go...
WOW. it was an intense first episode(full of heart break and drama). from the first time i was leah's 16 and pregnant i had mixed feelings about her being immature and for her cheating on corey. corey was doing all he could to provide for her and his two babies. you could see the love he had for leah and how she treated him was so shameful, but after the 16 and pregnant reunion, you could see that she knew how far she'd taken it and how she was sincere and wanted him back. then, she eacame my favorite(of the teen moms). i was super excited to see she had made the cut because i see that she isn't stupid and that she's a teen and she realized what she had done to ruin her and corey's relationship. i saw the clip where her and corey got married and oohhh, i'm just so happy for them and i hope their baby is okay.
chelsea is my next favorite(joanna's favorite of the season) and i can why. she has a huge support system and really good friends and parents, but the girl has no self worth or self esteem. she takes adam back in one of the clips that have aired and i was appalled. how could such a bright, beautiful girl take back such a piece of trash who did'nt even want his baby. in 16 and pregnant he abused her emotionally and verbally and then called their baby "a mistake". he is the worst father and shouldn't even have the right to see that precious little girl. chelsea's dad tries so hard to help his daughter with her self esteem and chelsea's so worried she'll end up alone, that she takes that fool back. ugh, girls that can't see their worth really anger me. it doesn't matter how many times you tell them how amazing they are, they don't believe it but you gotta let them figure out for themselves and then they can start to change their lives.
i really liked kailyn. i felt so bad for her having such a flaky mom but was so happy that joe's parents had stepped in and treated her like a family member. they let her move in, they supported her through so much and helped her and joe work on their issues as a couple. in this season, joe breaks up with kailyn for being ungrateful and miles on his car and feeling unappreciated. i'm sure there was more that we didn't see/don't know about. i feel bad for kailyn, she must feel like she's stuck or in limbo. her mom is still flaky and unreliable, so she moves into joe's parents basement(which must be awkward) but then she goes and starts dating her co-worker and that just doesn't sit well with me. if she wants to move on with her life, fine but don't do it while living at your ex boyfriend's house. it's not right!!!
and now, the season 2's version of amber: jenelle.
ugh, jenelle. i didn't like her in 16 and pregnant. i didn't like anything about this girl. she treats her mom and her mom's boyfriend like trash. she ignores her kid and all she does is party. i actually read something that said she advocates smoking weed while your pregnant and that she did during her entire pregnancy. what a great mom. throughout 16 and pregnant and teen mom2, jenelle has acted like she's a great mom, that she does all this work to care for her little guy and in reality, she did nothing except go out and leave jace with her mom. her mom made so many valid points but jenelle was either too stupid or high to understand what her mom was saying. and in this last episode, jenelle pushes her mom. that kind of behavior should never be tolerated. i can't imagine what would happen to me if i hit/pushed my mom or grandma. i would hope that someone would take me down for doing something like that. jenelle adds nothing to the season expect for ratings for her outlandish, wild behavior. she is a horrible mom and i'm glad to see that barbara is taking legal action to raise jace. jenelle obviously isn't capable, nor does she want the job of being a good mother and parent. you know, it's sad that jenelle and barbara can't handle things like adults because poor baby, jace is sitting on the floor hearing all of this and it's not fair to him at all.
so those are my thoughts on 16 and pregnant and teen mom. if you watch, please let me know who your favorite/least favoirte girls are and why!!!
Oh girl, I am right there with you! I cannot stop watching even though I know it's terrible. . . Amber's 16 and Pregnant episode was the very first one I watched several years ago while we were on vacation at the beach, and then we went back and watched them all (which was easy since they are on all.the.time).
ReplyDeleteMy friend, Kendra, and I text during the episodes and then email back and forth about them. When I was in Arizona, I would go over and we would watch them together and then pause all throughout to talk about them. . . It was one of my favorite things ever.
Last season, we were really appalled that no one stepped in and advocated for baby Leah (Amber's daughter). As a former social worker, there was clear neglect and child endangerment going on and I am so happy that this is finally being investigated. At first it was funny and outrageous, but now it is just downright criminal. . .
Maci was so sweet in the beginning, but when she decided to move I lost a lot of respect. She had a great support system, involved parents helping her, and I feel like the move was just a step back. She was trying to go back to being a teenager, but now she's a mom and she needed to do what was best for her baby- not her. Also, I still think Bentley is Kyle's. Dude- he looks JUST like him AND she admitted on a reunion special that she was cheating on Ryan at the same time as she got pregnant. . .
My heart just breaks for Caitlynn. She was in an impossible situation and I REALLY hope she is able to make something of her awful life. I don't really like Tyler because I think he treated her so poorly in the last season and was really really selfish. At least he turned himself around a little bit at the end, but I really don't see them lasting and I hope Caitlynn can get away from that life and succeed.
Farrah. Oh Farrah. She was Mike's least favorite, but we learned a lot from Farrah. She clearly had well educated, successful parents. So what went wrong? This is our example of what happens when parents spoil their kids and don't teach them limits. . . This was SO good for Mike to see what happens, and he comments all the time on if we have a little girl "she can't turn out like Farrah." (And thank goodness for Teen Mom, because otherwise he would have spoiled his baby girl terribly!)
My husband picked all 4 of the girls for this season (I got him hooked, too). Nice work, right?
Okay, I gotta go eat breakfast. More on Teen Mom 2 after I eat my Lucky Charms (my other crack).