Does secret life of an American teenager glamorize pregnant teenagers?

Answer 1

It absolutely does glamorize teenage pregnancy. Although the show attempts to show the struggles that teen parents endure, it also makes it seem that teen pregnancy can be solved with underage marriage. When in reality, many teen mothers are unable to raise their children on their own, and are forced to give the baby up for adoption. Amy is able to keep her child because of her family's stable economic status, which is not the case for many teenage mothers. Many (if not most) of the teens on the show engage in sexual intercourse with little to no consequences. The show is titled, "The Secret Life of the American Teenage", not "The Struggles of Teen Pregnancy". Also, shows like "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom" glamorize underage mothers. They also attempt to show the mothers struggling financially. But the girls are starring in their own TV show. Can the audience really believe that they cannot pay for diapers?