Is Bristol Palin Glamorizing Teen Pregnancy With Her Fancy Fashion Photo Shoots?

She gave birth to 2 babies out of wedlock (and she's a supposed Evangelical Christian too!) she should not even be dating boys. She is a child who needs a real mommy to look after her, not Sarah Palin.

NO, SHE IS NOT! She is showing that, when you make a life choice, you accept the consiquences and you move on and you live life and take care of yourself and anyone else who happens to come along. While, terribly acted, she did a PSA with 'The Situation' [bad idea, but perfect example of the 'populators' lol]...But, she is there telling people what she did and letting them see that there is a life afterward.

She is only being targeted because she's the daughter of a politician. But, she's taking care of her baby...and she did that show and earned some money...she's got a job at home, and she's not on food stamps. She's setting an example, of beging grown enough to 'play' and being grown enough to pay and take care of her baby and herself. I think she's a great mom and role model. She tries.

I watched you on Dancing With The Stars EVERY time and I just GOTTA SAY GO BRISTOL!
You are beautiful and you have lots of good qualities.My bet is on you, have fun and surprise all
of these folks! BJ

She is making a good living for her and her child. She has the notoriety to do these photo shoots and she shouldn't be a fool and turn them down. Her child should feel as welcomed and wanted as any child. Her child is not the issue....it's the behavior that is the issue, the behavior of not practicing abstinence or at least not practicing safe sex. You shouldn't hate her because she has opportunities that other teen moms usually don't...it's just her life and the hand she was dealt. Deal with it!

She is sending the wrong message. She's saying one thing, and showing another. Who do you think is paying to feed, clothe and shelter her and her child? If your parents aren't famous and don't have a lot of money, do you think you'll be parading around in gowns and living in your own lovely space? More likely you'll be living in a bedroom in your parents' house and on welfare, wondering if you're going to have enough money to get through the month, and with dim prospects for improving your lot if you can't go to college or you've dropped out of high school. That's if you're lucky enough to have parents who can/want to take you in. Otherwise you may end up on the street, in a shelter or in a dismal apartment in the projects. You won't have any money-making opportunities drop in your lap if your mother isn't famous like Bristol's is. All teens are going to see is how cute Bristol's baby is and how much fun it looks like it is 'playing house' and serving tea in your designer gown. They won't hear her words that being a teenage mom is tough and she wishes she could have gone to college like her friends. I would think that Bristol should be visiting/interviewing disadvantaged teenaged moms -- and maybe even helping out those moms with contributions to relevant causes -- rather than doing spreads for magazines and tabloids. Even though she couldn't go to college right now, she'll be OK because of her family's money and fame and the opportunities that come to her because of it, but not going to college would be a serious economic disadvantage to the average teenage mom.

I had my first daughter at 17, I wish there was someone like Bristol for me to look up to when I was raising my girls. While she's honest that it " Sucks " I think the image she shows is that IF you end up in this situation things don't have to be bad. Life goes on +1

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She is also getting paid to discourage teen pregnancy! Nothing like sending mixed signals..

seriously, what mother wouldnt "coo" over her baby. she carried him/her for about 9 months, felt him/her kick, heard the heartbeat, saw sonograms, and freaking gave birth to him/her. i am going to be a mom soon, i am due August 26th of this year, and I am engaged to my fiance who is our baby's dad. I already "coo" over our baby girl and am already in love with her. I see absolutely no problem in thinking her child is the best in the world because I already think ours is too! Yes, she is a teen, yes she isn't married, but who are we to judge people when we aren't the ones who should. What right do we have, to talk about people negatively behind their back, or even to them face-to-face? Gossip is NOT the right way of talking about things, especially negative gossip!

In my opinion.... shes living her life show me a someone u had never crossed a bad path in their life and made it good!!! Babies are precious and a beautiful gift from God!!!!

The only one's "glamorizing" are the media, if the "media" would stop "sensationalizing", is that a word?, then these public figures wouldn't have a platform. I say hey you guys want to pay for her pictures, then good for her if she wants to take advantage of it! Children are always a blessing, regardless of the circumstance of their birth.

She's not JUST a public figure, she's working at STAYING a public figure, and like her Ma, making as much money as her 15 minutes of fame allow. I find it to be as inept as I do her mother's performances.

She says she never got the "sex talk?" So, her mom and dad were idiots, and now, having suffered their star-struck parenting, she's following suit? That blessed child should no more be in the news than "Mommie Dearest's" children should have been.

She's trying her bloody best to make a living out of her own mistake, even at the expense of her child... like that weird woman with some 14 babies, except in designer clothes. She isn't teaching anyone anything, except that wanting undeserved fame can be hereditary.

YUCK.

agreed caitlin, she's a hypocrite as apples rarely fall far from the tree. I saw the ad on TV "If I weren't so rich, If I didn't have such family support" etc. as her clothes and the room she is in become more impovered with each statement; it made me cringe. Some day her son is going to see this campaign against his birth and be stung by each word that comes out of her for-sale mouth. She is fully up for auction to the highest bidder, morals for sale. Pathetic.

BTW, back in the day, most moms were teens and they got married at like 15...hmmm

I wish the young couple all the luck in the world. I was married at 19 and am proud to say that 51 years later, I am still married to the same man. We raised 3 wonderful children, and have been blessed with 2 beautiful grandchildren. Marriage is what you make it. It is a partnership, and if you enter into it as such, are willing to make compromises and work together to solve any issues, you
can have a wonderful life together.

Leave her alone, she had the baby, loves the baby and is taking good care of him, that's more than some older parents have done. This is a young women making the best of a difficult situation trying to be accountable for her own action we can't all say that!

Honestly, this family has made a very large paycheck by continually being stupid and saying profoundly stupid things. And it is continual! It has gotten to the point where it would make me laugh if it didn't make me so sick.

I don't get this at all! So because she is a spokesperson for an abstinence program, she is supposed to act like she doesn't love her child or want pics taken with him? I think she is perfect for the job! Who are teens going to listen to first someone that was never a teen mom, or someone who is living it and sharing her story on how hard it is to be a single mother at 19? I think saying that she gets stuff cause she is famous, she isn't her mom is!

I think she is doing a nice job balancing the 2, a good mom and sharing her story to try to prevent other teens ending up in her situation!

BF- REALLY? you want her to say he's not a blessing? Yeah she made a mistake, but she is a mother that realizes that children ARE a blessing!Probably grew her up too. And do you actually think our American girls are that naive and stupid as to think they are going to get a glam shoot if they have a baby? Way to dumb down our youth BF. I hate that people like you think anyone but the parents are responsible for teaching our children.Are kids influential-yes, but if you think girls are gonna go out and get pregnant to get a photo shoot- you are the one who needs help. Our girls should be taught abstinence, but no one wants to hear that. Protection is good too, but lets prevent it completely by teaching not to have sex before marriage. Or should I teach my kids how to properly do drugs and where to buy the safer stuff because they are "gonna do it anyway." An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure. Only one way to truly prevent teen pregnancy- teen abstinence. Write an article about that!

While I don't particularly care for these over-the-top glamourous kinds of shoots or how Bristol is using her mother's fame, the fact that she campaigns for abstinence doesn't make these photo shoots and everything "worse." There's no better argument for abstinence than a teen having a baby. (She can reaffirm her belief that sex before marriage is wrong without making her son feel like an unwanted burden his whole life).

If this were a typical Hollywood girl(i.e. not conservative, not a member of the Palin family that many love to hate so much for whatever reason, not speaking out for abstinence), she probably wouldn't be nitpicked in this way. Smart teenagers should be able to look at her situation and realize both sides of what Bristol is doing. She did something wrong that she regretted, she made the decision to let her baby inside of her live instead of ending its life, and now she's making the best of the situation, loving and enjoying her baby like any decent mother would. But a teen with any sense at all will still know that a baby is mostly hard work.

Obviously lots of children in the world, even within marriage, are unplanned and turn out to be great joys and blessings parents can't imagine their live without, despite the added stress and difficulties. You can't just wish a human life away, no mater the circumstances or regrets. It IS a blessing! :)