TLC's Worst Show Ever - My Teen Is Pregnant And So Am I... (How Is This A Thing?)

[@sixteenleo]

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[@Psy_duckling]

Day 2 of asking where love is blind season five part three is

[@salis-salis]

You can't spell Raycon without *con* 🙄 yeah I got nothing... good for them to support our guy! 💯

[@Inertia596]

Perfect description of the south as someone from Tennessee 😂

[@rosefromtitanic2264]

For some reason for a couple days this video said “blocked in your country” but now it’s back up was that a glitch?

[@ssjup81]

Leo…you obviously don’t understand how a woman’s body works. If she and her hubby weren’t planning on having another child and got caught, it’s not like they weren’t using precautions. We don’t know the details. Also a good amount of us may have irregular cycles or don’t ovulate properly. Either way, it’s not impossible. She’s only 40. Even using BC pills, there’s still a failure rate even though the percentage is low and like I said, if your cycle is irregular then that means your ovulation probably is as well making it even more of a challenge to determine when you can and cannot have sex. The only 100% method is abstinence and realistically that’s not happening with a married couple. 😂 Unless there’s something you cut out in this video, we don’t know if they were or weren’t using some form of contraception. My aunt and uncle weren’t planning on having a third child and she ended up pregnant. She had her tubes tied after the third one. She was in her 40s. Also, the mother saying she got pregnant at 16 was probably not a flex. She was probably hoping her daughter wouldn’t be in the situation like she was. Some parents are usually hoping their kids are so preoccupied by extra-curricular activities that they wouldn’t engage in sex and stuff at all. Two of my aunts got pregnant at 16. Both had the notion and belief that you can’t get pregnant your first time. This was the 70s, though..both in the south. Edit: The mother probably got pregnant at 16 and had the baby at 17. My mother got pregnant at 24 and had me at 25. Nine months is a long string of time ya know. 😝

[@AlexandraUtschig]

This is what happens when you teach abstinence only and not comprehensive sex education.

[@mercurialmelody]

Yup.

[@Mama_Bear524]

This

[@springss1861]

True, especially since you can’t rely on parents to properly teach this (especially if they have to take care of 9 children)

[@Katz_Pajamas]

Not sure if mom gave too good of an example of abstinence being a pregnant teen herself, and having an unplanned pregnancy with this man. All this is also a result of Mom wanting to be friends with daughter, having unrealistic expectations, or just ignorant to daughters activities bcuz she's too busy screwing her own man. She needed to be putting daily bc pills in her daughter's smoothie or at the very least a plan B or trip to the clinic to discuss "options" she might be open to. I might be exaggerating a bit but I see her as just way too uninvolved and that was the problem. I agree with more sex education was needed, but I dunno about the abstinence part. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@FitnessGuru91]

Naw this is what you get to when feminism promotes the idea of sexual empowerment to young women across the west....

[@klemchowder1692]

i once had a coworker who was so excited to be a grandma at 34. "i was pregnant with my second child when i graduated high school and my baby is following in my footsteps" but she said this as if it were a good thing

[@CrayCrayslab]

Nahhh fuck that 💀💀💀

[@mercurialmelody]

It's a fucking epidemic but, no, let's eliminate sex education and outlaw birth control. I don't even want to think about the associated medical costs.

[@bdel80]

Generally, when the mother is a teen mum/mom, if she has a daughter, the history repeats

[@RollingCalf]

​@@bdel80yep. Hoes beget hoes

[@jenniferp4612]

How embarrassing

[@bbgal688]

The worst show was adult adoption.

[@Xylus.]

This

[@TheJarlath9]

Ielll that shit was weird😂

[@linger6666]

The way it only got canceled because he was saying racist things on tik tok 😂😂 insane

[@clottadams5028]

They gave up way too early on that show. It could have gotten a lot worse and they chickened out. TLC needs to get rid of anyone with a moral compass that stopped that train wreck. They need people that won't pull the lever to save five people from being crushed by a trolley.

[@Exscinatu]

YES! Yes it fkn is omg I forgot about that show.

[@AetherMagicChatroom]

This is why access to birth control and reproductive care and education is so important

[@jnunya1805]

That is not true. So, look at the statistics- urban youth become pregnant at 2x the number than suburban or rural. The difference is the "Margaret Sanger" effect. 2017 NYC, more babies "Sanger'd" than live birth. Every urban area n the US has their own "Margaret Sanger" clinic. So, LOGIC would tell you- if rural areas have more teen pregnancy than urban area.....WHY are all the CLINICS In ***URBAN*** AREAS?

[@Swaggyshaggyyy]

Me and my mom are both pregnant at the moment I’m 32 and she’s 34 weeks pregnant it’s not a negative thing you can be educated and take birth control and still get pregnant as long as you have a uterus it’s possible I was told I couldn’t get pregnant and that wasn’t true obviously 😂 it just happens sometimes it was a surprise but it wasn’t a bad thing for me or my mom and I have my mother going through the same thing as me

[@GoodluckSubscription]

If youre educated and still get pregnant dude that on you you were reckless no excuses

[@Swaggyshaggyyy]

@@GoodluckSubscription your an idiot 💀

[@RaroHi]

Girlie pop, this show is about teenage girls being pregnant, not 32 year old grown women.@@Swaggyshaggyyy

[@dawndawn710]

Apart for the dad saying, " you don't own her, she's mine!" I really give him props for talking to the kids and trying to give advice. I bet $100 that the teen boy doesn't have a father in his life or at least not a good one.

[@Mama_Bear524]

Ya I think he’s a good dude. It’s normal to be mad. But he really seems to care and he was very vulnerable which is nice to see

[@superflatjellyfish]

Apart from. I'd bet.

[@clarissa8477]

Yeah I think those talks with the dad are exactly what the boy needs to turn into a good man and father. A male role model is so important for teen boys.

[@Zathustraspoke]

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[@_..-.._..-.._]

@@clarissa8477You explained it all. 😉 Clarissa 😂

[@ksis86]

My mom got pregnant with me at 19 and it made my parents lives more difficult. You know what they did? Gave me the sex talk when i was young and put me on birth control as a teen. Thanks to my parents actually caring about me i was able to avoid repeating their mistake and waited until i was 26, married, and financially stable to have my first kid. I cant stand parents that act so surprised when their kids come home with a baby when they literally did nothing to prevent it 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@billbombshiggy9254]

19 is an adult. I had my first at 19, and then a miscarriage, and then my second at 22, and the third (gave him up for adoption) at 23. Then I got a tubal. Our lives were tough but they were fine. We made it. All but the youngest one, are adults and learning trades and working. I married the guy who knocked me up all four times. We later divorced, but cohabitated and co parented for the sake of the kids. I am now remarried, but at 19 i was an adult and I wouldnt change a thing if a genie gave me the chance.

[@RaroHi]

19 isn't an adult and having a kid without being financially stable proves how immature you are. @@billbombshiggy9254

[@amberlawson7867]

My mom got preggo with my sis as a teen, she had gone and asked her own mother for birth control and was told no and that it was her own problem. She told my grandmother that she asked and got told no, she raised my sister the best she could. From the start she made sure we knew what sex was and none of us had kids as teens. I could talk to my mom about anything sex related, its how parents should be

[@shyranhilaw4352]

I don’t think teens should be given birth control. It’s like giving them a hallway pass and plus pregnancy isn’t the worst thing that can happen when you factor in diseases. Sexual education should be a priority though.

[@RaroHi]

Birth control can be one of many options to supplement things. Currently it seems like there's a big drive to not use condoms, where things like IUDs or birth control can successfully protect someone.@@shyranhilaw4352

[@katm6744]

Popping out babies and not educating them properly.....Then they pop out more babies...ugh

[@mingmingandmikki]

According to fam med stats daughters of teen moms are over 50% likely to become teen mom themselves.

[@Idkanythingrlly]

I know a girl who had her first kid at 12 - her mom was 32 or so at the time. Then she had her second kid at 16, to the same dude (who was 19 when they had the first one...), and now she's getting married to him when she turns 18. Understandably, people feel awkward about getting an invitation to the wedding, let alone attending. You can tell this girl didn't have the chance to be a child by her Facebook posts. I feel bad for her but she thinks she is living her best life. It's her mom who gave her the impression this is all normal and okay but, if I was in the same position, I would've gone to the police after the first baby. She gets upset that people 'don't understand' - she doesn't realize that it's not understandable.

[@nicojustnico00]

That girl is a victim :(

[@kenyaillianart4346]

Jesus fucking Christ, the poor kid got her childhood wrecked by a predator and her mom was ok with it???

[@Elissa_Marie]

That’s really sad. She’s been groomed by him. It’s disgusting the mother knew about it the entire time and didn’t do anything when her daughter was 12 and pregnant by him. She could’ve easily sent him to prison if she would’ve cared. Hopefully one day she’ll start to realize what he’s done to her and get her and her children far away from him.

[@lemonweirdo]

did the hospital not contact cps? that sounds illegal

[@mrpeach2023]

Why didn’t the hospital contact the authorities when she gave birth with the first child?

[@beyedoc]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. When you have a lot of children, like in this case NINE, you just can't give them all the love and attention they need. And if even one of those kids is an introvert or has sensory issues, it's going to be a very stressful and overstimulating environment for them.

[@clottadams5028]

The Dad, Jason, was like: "Alright, got my coffee, I'm off to work. No one else get pregnant while I'm gone. Okay? All-right then."

[@elizabethwojcik1620]

​@@clottadams5028 man it's almost like birth control might exist.. 🤔

[@msjkramey]

My dad was number 6 out of 10. It was rough. He barely talks about his childhood and he left home at 17 to join the army just to get away from that place, which just gave him fun, new trauma

[@growingoaks]

Saying "it's going to be" implies that there's zero possibility they could be given the tools they need to not feel overstimulated. Thinking and stating such absolutes with absolutely zero proof is possibly one of the most arrogant things people can do lol

[@skrunklypooks]

i agree. its also usually a kink when theres families with this many children and its honestly pretty gross

[@fizzliebob]

I just realised... the daughter's admitting that she used to be the kind of girl that judges pregnant teens - but those are the kinds of 'family values' you grow up with and get from your parents... then we find out her mum was pregnant a year earlier than her... so was her mum telling her daughter it's bad to be a pregnant teenager, after being one herself?

[@catus-cactus]

Her mom isn’t a pregnant teenager. She an adult

[@abbyelectric]

@@catus-cactus her mom *was* a pregnant teenager. she literally says that she first got pregnant at 16, in case you weren't paying attention.

[@pithygrapefruit]

If her mom was a teen mom and told her own daughter not to follow in her footsteps, then good for her. No one should endorse that.

[@clarissa8477]

I’m sure her mom told her not to be a teen mom, hence why the girl judged them before. Part of being a parent is helping your kids learn from your mistakes.

[@NoOneReallySpecial]

A parent that was a teen mom can still tell her kid(s) not to be a teen mom and be safe and not be a hypocrite. My mom told us that and protected us and ensured that if we were going to have sex, we could talk to her and get birth control and stuff cause she knew teens had sex but she told us to be smart and wait til we're ready. My sisters were smart and protected and didn't have any scares or anything. None of us wound up pregnant even as adults because we didn't want kids.

[@alexiggutierrez]

It's less about condoms not existing and more about the area they're living in being so influenced by religion that there isn't proper sex education or just there's an all-around disapproval of any sort of contraceptive. There's a reason most of these shows take place in the midwest or the bible-belt.

[@allthingsspooky3818]

I got pregnant at 17. As much as I love my daughter, she's 10 now, I missed out on my youth and I had to figure out how to be a mom while figuring out who I am with little support and no support at times... it's been the hardest experience of my life. I got my tubes tied because I had my one and have been so traumatized by everything I've been through throughout this experience I never wanted another. JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE ESTABLISHED AND LIVE YOUR LIFE!

[@ktvcartoons]

I wish you the best! It sounds like a though situation, but rember that waht's important is that you and your daughter love each other. I wish and hope you can live your best life!

[@PhineasTheHedgehog]

Same. My son is almost 10

[@Andiandru]

Just because once was a traumatic experience, doesn't mean than the next ones are gonna be traumatic too. I think your decision was rushed and you took the chances of your daughter to feel sibling love. However, it's better not to have them than to play chances, so I wish you the best and I hope you heal and enjoy life with your family

[@HusnaArtz2]

@@Andiandru You don't know the extent of how traumatising it was. Don't make her feel selfish for not giving her child a sibling when her health is the biggest priority.

[@b3nt079]

​@@Andiandrugod not the really bad "but that's selfish because now she can't have siblings" thing.. Single kids are perfectly fine. You don't have to have three of them to be fulfilled in a family. Plenty of parents choose to have one kid because they might not have had good experiences with the first pregnancy, or had a traumatic birthing experience, or simple case answer, don't want another! All reasons are perfectly valid.

[@yourgirltheory]

Lol I was today years old when I learned that, for some reason, TLC stands for The Learning Channel.

[@nihilistteddy3]

It used to show educational content. I loved the channel when I was a teenager. I used to love watching videos of surgery on there lol

[@msjkramey]

It was originally an offshoot of the Discovery Channel. You could even earn community college credit by doing assignments that went along with the programming. It was actually a really inventive and well-intentioned channel originally. That was all before my time though

[@locan9937]

its like Bianca del Rio said: "Its on the learning channel, because it teaches you what you dont want to be"

[@mercurialmelody]

They used to show medical/science shows and literal surgeries. Those were the days.

[@gothic4151]

Are we gonna pretend the mom didn't say she's pregnant with her 8TH child. Also the daughter's kid is going to be about the same age as their uncle. That's going to be absolutely insane and i feel bad for the babies

[@soyuzsovietsky]

That is wild when it happens. I have 3 nieces and nephews who are years older than me. Thankfully it didn’t happen like this.

[@laurenmarco6162]

I have a nephew older than me and his mom always reminds him to call us Uncle and aunt out of respect and he gives that "that's weird look" . Also I never understood when I was in fifth grade my friend had her uncle in my class. She would call him Uncle and I thought it was a joke but was confused as to why he doesn't react to it until years later that he is her actual uncle!

[@EricaGav06]

My nephew is two days older than me. He grew up like my brother. What makes this bad?

[@Asethill01]

My father in law was 40 when my brother was 19 my neice and sister are the same age

[@pandarox9697]

there are a few kids in my school that are aunt and niece or uncle and niece that are the same age and they're like great friends

[@KayDazzle90]

I mean...Teen Mom was a whole show, and it had a similar cast. A lot of states do "abstinence only" sex-ed, so they don't learn anything useful about protection

[@pretendlovers]

yea i agree and only when i went through sex-ed when i was younger, they focused so much on "stay away from sex, things will happen" but rarely ever touched up on using protection or actually practicing safe sex

[@sophieschaefer01]

I also wonder if the first mom/grandma possibly doesn’t believe in birth control and that’s why she had an unexpected pregnancy 😬 so unfortunate

[@rhashadcarter2051]

sheeeeiiiittt at my school sex ed was THOROUGH😂😂😂 they went over PH, periods, Contraception, diseases all that.

[@littlelilly1352]

@@pretendlovers because a lot of people think telling them how to have sex is like encouraging them giving them condoms is encouraging it when actuality they’re going to do it what they say you shouldn’t do it if they’re gonna do it at least teach them to be safe about it

[@nadeshnash4506]

​@littlelilly1352 y'all are weird, maybe it's a cultural difference thing, but kids have no business with that when they are below 18. Plus, am sure those two knew about condoms, they just chose to not use them.

[@jenniferp4612]

The sad reality is that this poor girl subconsciously got pregnant to escape her home life and having to take care of 7 siblings. The older kids basically become parents to the younger kids. Because there's no way mom can do everything and give attention to every child

[@chishalakabwe6231]

TLC seems to be a home for showcasing social misfits, extremely awkward situations, and stuff an ordinary person just wouldn’t want to come across…ever.

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

They should change their name to The Learning Shit Against Your Will Channel.

[@DumbBunnychic]

You realize they got popular from MSD right? Weird shit is their comfort

[@mikehuff9793]

That dad has the patience of saints. I’m from the Deep South and seen many a 17 year old get their asses kicked by pissed off fathers. This man ……wow. I wish I had his self control

[@Mama_Bear524]

Ya I have to say I admire him. He seems like a good guy

[@SirenAngelique]

Agreed, I felt my own temper going at Derek's attitude, so for especially a southern dad to be able to step back and say "hang on, this isn't how I want this to go, let's be open and honest," that takes a lot of maturity

[@AmbassadorKat]

I thought the same thing he’s really putting in work bless him

[@caroline2900]

what i’ve found about them: “After separating from Derek, Kristen tied the knot with Aaron Michael Mills in December 2015. Along with Hudson, the couple raises their two adorable daughters” “Melissa still resides in Greenville and celebrated 26 years of togetherness with her husband, Jason, in February 2023. She is a doting mom to all her eight children, including Noah and Kristen.”

[@vanapirarayne738]

Glad everyone is doing okay.

[@OneIroNauT_1]

Thanks for taking the time to look that up and post it. I realize Leo is just joking, but this type of situation still happens a lot. It’s good to know that everyone is doing well.

[@xletragedyx]

26 years? I thought they were 37...

[@pugglebiscuit9600]

@@xletragedyx thats the update from last year bro, this show was filmed like a decade ago

[@goingferalluvs]

Wait which greenville, NC or SC

[@Dixiedingo_LBB]

I speak fluent southern I was raised in the Carolinas-- dad was trying to get at the fact the girlfriend wanted a real, intimate connection with him, and he's not giving her that because he still has a juvenile sense of intimacy. Which is like. Feels like we should've had this conversation at least a few weeks ago, but better late than never, I guess.

[@MissKilljoy]

Exactly, from someone else who speaks fluent Southern. She wants cuddles, soft kisses, movie dates, and hand holding. Not sex.

[@aidank9893]

Thank you for the translation, that makes much more sense now lol

[@Carolyn.Scareolyn]

There was no rush to get pregnant. They’re clearly very religious and neither of their parents talked to them about sex. They probably didn’t even know they could get pregnant.

[@tecnapurin]

I was thinking this too. It's not about rushing to get pregnant, it's the result of what happens in a culture that doesn't teach teens proper sex education along with shaming teens (especially girls) who start getting attracted to their peers. Add in the issue of limiting access to abortions, and you end up with situations like this.

[@halloweeninmay6810]

Yea I thought that comment was a little tone deaf(idk if that’s the right term) when he said it

[@Alison-ku5ko]

Lmao that’s such a stupid comment in 2024. Particularly when one has SIX siblings with a SEVENTH on the way!!! 🤣

[@Alison-ku5ko]

@@tecnapurinthese comments are ridiculous these kids grew up with shows like TEEN MOM etc.

[@halloweeninmay6810]

@@Alison-ku5ko what are you talking about

[@locan9937]

So let me get this right. Mom got her first child with 16 and she did think her daughter at 17 wouldnt have sex!? Like. What the hell.

[@NoFoxGvn]

“She’s mine’” “NO ShES MINe” No… she’s her own person noone owns her.

[@sebswede9005]

"She's ours". *Russian anthem intensefies*

[@egg9495]

Oof. Men arguing over who owns a human being and calling her 'that'.

[@mandird7952]

I felt like he wasn't referring to her...but her body part. 🤢

[@mrpickles-hb6zx]

Like when girls argue over a guy and try to ruin his life for not picking them

[@waifu_png_pl6854]

@@mrpickles-hb6zx like when weird manosphere guys bring up completely unrelated shit just to feel superior about themselves

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

@@waifu_png_pl6854 Like when weird gender warriors bring up unrelated terms like the 'manosphere' to discount other peoples comments and feel superior about themselves.

[@rabbit.of.the.moon_]

Unfortunately, most of America outside of urban areas is extremely evangelical & the schools aren’t allowed to teach sex education

[@marianagoncalves3529]

Thats crazy

[@mskinetik]

Bumpkins

[@Yourmuthasaidso]

​@@mskinetikYes, very hee-haw type mentality

[@jamienicole2122]

⁠@@YourmuthasaidsoNot everyone that lives outside an urban area has a “hee haw” type of mentality, where did you get the information that formed that opinion because you sound very ignorant and discriminatory. 🙄🙄

[@thegameplayer125]

and with the evangelism movement growing stronger in this country as times go on, the problems are gonna get worse rather than better and we probably won't care at all since it's what god wants for this country

[@hazybubblegum]

my mom turned 17 in April and then in june i as born. I didnt't have my daughter until i was 29. I was basically raised by my grandparents. Seeing how i grew up, prompted me to not want kids and when i did get pregnant at least i was at a age where i would be okay with it, but also live some life and not be tied down like my mom was until she had a crisis and left us with our grandparents and never came back, trying to get the experiences she had to miss out on parenting when i was 5. Never wanted my daughter to feel those things, from simply just having a baby so young. My daughter is 5 now and i could never imagine leaving her liek my mom did. But im also a lot more mature than she was because im an adult and was able to do those things she missed out on.

[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

You sound amazing❤ I wish you and your little one the best

[@mandird7952]

This sounds like my story. Even my only child being born when I was 29. You sound like you're doing everything you can not to repeat the same mistakes. ❤

[@prachisaini1]

All the best mama you came out tough and you will keep winning in your life all the very best dear ❤.

[@music0cool]

When you learn that in most cases of teen pregnancy, the father is in his twenties or thirties...

[@rlee1701]

In the US, our governments have managed to convince too many people that sex education means more sex instead of preventing unwanted pregnancy, diseases, etc. They don't want the schools to teach the kids, but they don't teach them either 🤯

[@StarlaBizarre]

They used to have some really crazy shows on TLC back in the day. My husband and I binged "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" in like a single night lol

[@shethingsd]

That's a truly crazy show!

[@angelinfishnets]

This happened in my area and the babies were the same gender and went to the same school and i dread to think what it was like when they started dating and the possibility of the sentence "he dumped me for my aunt"

[@krystalwashington3500]

TLC used to be "The Learning Channel" now people call it " Trash Life Channel" it's really sad

[@perytonz1608]

man if only teens had the choice to terminate pregnancies they arent ready for! abstinence-only sex education leads to sex without any knowledge of safe practices , demonization of abortion leads to teens having no choice but to go through with a pregnancy they might not want or be ready for. and then you have a kid who may not be in the best situation , not even gonna get into how that can mess someone's development up. its depressing to see these situations happening cuz of how terrible american healthcare education seems to be. land of the free or whatever

[@JA-rh6wq]

💯

[@jnunya1805]

You are misinformed.That is not true. So, look at the statistics- urban youth become pregnant at 2x the number than suburban or rural. The difference is the "Margaret Sanger" effect. 2017 NYC, more babies "Sanger'd" than live birth. Every urban area n the US has their own "Margaret Sanger" clinic. So, LOGIC would tell you- if rural areas have more teen pregnancy than urban area.....WHY are all the CLINICS In ***URBAN*** AREAS?

[@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty]

Which becomes a cycle because they don't want to admit they fucked up to their own kids.

[@Mama_Bear524]

So much this. If I kept my pregnancy at 18 it would’ve ruined me. I’m so thankful I had the opportunity to abort.

[@mingmingandmikki]

Proper sex education is more than abstinence only, but abstinence shouldn't be thrown out the window either. Abstinence is supposed to be plan A when it comes to teenagers. Birth controls doesn't work a hundred percent. It should be a plan B. It's a marginot line. It doesn't have a hundred percent success rate. Even an arm implant is only 99.7%

[@LynnVon3443]

I like how he thinks being nice to his pregnant gf is a flex😂😂😂

[@VictoriaVlogz]

I knew a lady that had ten kids before she finally stopped. She got pregnant while her 14 year old and 15 year old daughters were pregnant as well. She was so happy that she got to help raise her grandbabies alongside her youngest kids. So weird, I would have been mortified if my daughter got pregnant that young and ruined her future. But she was okay with them being uneducated stay at home Moms like her.

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

I mean, she could've just been happy that if they were going to be teen moms that their babies would all be around the same age. For all you know that mom essentially raised her grandkids so that her daughters could actually live there lives. Your comment reeks of self-righteousness.

[@eltoncunningham3739]

Dad was acting the most. He trying to be a movie star...Leo you kept me laughing so much today..I needed it so much.

[@Nicksable0786]

I had my first kid at 16, and I was married early. I’ve made it my mission to that my kids would not do the same. My oldest children have graduated high school and not one of my kids will be or are teen parents. I’d never judge young parents cause it was hard for me and my children are my everything but I don’t want the same hardships for my kids

[@munchmongoose]

So, the access to education about s3x is totally lost in the American South. Access to ab0rtion is rapidly fading. This is a problem that will CONTINUE to GROW. … Also though why didn’t this family support her doing something like passing the baby on to adoption or safe-haven if they REALLY wanted her to keep having her youth??

[@JonahTheWeeb]

34:07 "She went from disappointed to challenged. Not like that but you know what I mean..." GOT ME SCREAMING from laughter 😂😂😂😂😂😂 that was so out of left field

[@NAGAHEART]

as a woman who grew up in Kentucky and left to California and am engaged with no children: I can confirm (aside from the MOM being pregnant at the same time) this is kind of a frequent occurrence, as well as the camo embroidered hats.... but sadly, in a lot of these areas there are few options regarding what to do. it's usually a better case scenario when people get pregnant young as long as they don't end up on drugs. still got a laugh though! esp since i can pull my embroidered camo hat out of the closet my stepmom made for me

[@Alana1997]

I had my son at 19 and it was ridiculously hard mourning the loss of my youth. I had to grow up really fast and found myself moving out at 20, as I didn't want him growing up sharing a room with his mum and having no space to call his own. No I wouldnt trade him for anything including to get those years back, but I also want to make sure that he doesnt end up in the same predicament I was in. It has also put me off wanting more children in the future, because meeting the emotional needs of one child intensifies as they get older and if I had more than one, I don't think I'd be able to give them the equal attention and emotional support they deserve.

[@skysiren4113]

I just find it really gross that shows similar to this try and normalise teen pregnancy and how they treat the girls in general. Saying stuff like "Oh your a grown woman now" it makes me sick to my stomach, it comes across as fetishy in my opinion I know this is sadly common in a lot of Evangelical groups (a lot of schools there aren't even allowed to teach sex education and ways to prevent pregnancy) and the fact they try to normalise it and even blame the women makes me sick

[@anotherinternetidiot6300]

There are still many states in the USA that teach "abstinence" - as in their sex education is "don't have sex until marriage" - as in there is no sex education. USA citizens also have grade 5 average reading level. These are not good combinations and make me very, very sad for these teen moms. It's also very likely that these "abstinent" states are states with anti- abortion laws. TLC really be exploiting when they could be making a change.

[@XenonTetrafluoride]

😂 24:17 - I have one son, a cat, and then the two cats who live upstairs, and see me as secondary food mum, and frankly that’s enough kids for me.

[@rosecorley6168]

My mom was pregnant with me while my sister was having her first child. and man that caused a huge rift in my family ...

[@StarlaBizarre]

What the hell does Jason do that he can support a family of 10 plus new babies and the mom that doesn't work and they have a big ass pool like what is going on in the south

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

I dunno, backwards religious practices might be worth it if Jason is making enough for that big ass house, pool, groceries etc.

[@CoachKussenVuist]

To be fair we as an audiance have to consider that they might not have the choicce to abort the pregnancy,due to relligion or state law.

[@robinmarino227]

It doesn’t matter if “boys mature later””” it’s a big responsibility but the girl shouldn’t go through that alone. That baby was a two person job

[@TatertotsTV]

yes its true that girls are much more mature than boys but their still inmature as teen too like the brain doesn't stop developing until twenty five applies to girls as well like???

[@Kenosaurus]

I feel bad for the teenager honestly :(( i think sex ed is so important and having open conversations with your parents or with a trusted adult (as well as the availability for safe abortions and safe sex options)

[@saralynn518]

At least they're not pregnant by the same guy. They are out there though.

[@kitt3nbones581]

Oh no... I hate that you're definitely not wrong 🤢

[@saralynn518]

@@kitt3nbones581 hahaha!

[@TheAlishaPictureShow]

Reminds me of the show 20 Kids & Counting which had the mother be pregnant with her 20th and the same time as her first child and the uncle/nephew dynamic felt so strange to me even as a kid.

[@Mama_Bear524]

The Duggars

[@cortneyjayy]

Wow. When my mom said "I didn't know if you were dead in a ditch" she meant that literally lol.

[@emilyk3825]

Okay what does that dad literally want from him?? He says you need to step up, then he’s like “ShE’s MiNe!” And telling him to f*ck off??

[@Mama_Bear524]

I think it’s complicated. He’s feeling a lot of things.

[@jordangann7438]

Teen mom was a predatory show, Dance Moms was a predatory show, this show seems predatory also. Edit: he definitely didn't have a plan the dude doesn't even have a Pla.

[@Woofarfalpha]

Me on the verge of crying when the bf and dad start crying Leo: the boyfriend looks like a muppet rn

[@DogMechanic]

Every time the mom or somebody says the daughter "made a wrong choice", I get so freakin' triggered. *YOU* made a wrong choice there, ma. You did. You and your husband and every adult in this kids life who should have been telling her to get on BC and use a rubber. FFS. Disgusting.

[@hurayraax1694]

It is very concerning that in a lot of culture this weird dynamic of having uncle/aunts the same age as their nieces and nephews still exists. The strange thing is that for the family itself, they don't see any issues with it and some even enjoy the dynamic but for an outsider marrying into the family it becomes very difficult not to feel disgust and unease because of how inappropriate the relationship/friendship between these two related people feels.

[@daiawade2976]

It doesn't help that religious parents don't talk about safe sex just wait until your married.

[@Xylus.]

As a southerner, I would be offended at the perceived slight against my kind, except Leo is right. Nothing is funnier than people from the south trying to be serious and sounding the way we do.

[@stonecold_pup]

This story is super sad. My heart breaks for the 17 year olds. I'm happy to see the parents, especially the Dad trying to be supportive of the teen couple and pushing the young dad to grow up. I don't imagine this being very common in situations like this.

[@stonecold_pup]

Edit: the Dad and the young dad seem to try at the least.

[@audealisque9881]

Sometime, new life can be a tragedy, as much as death. No sex education (no education), no pill, no abortion rights.... all tragedies.

[@xletragedyx]

Also pregnancy is physically dangerous for adolescents. Pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death worldwide for girls under 20 :(

[@EricaGav06]

Calling new life a tragedy? Making someone feel guilty and ashamed because she’s pregnant at a young age is the tragedy.

[@xletragedyx]

@EricaGav06 it's realistic. Being a teen mom, their chances of living in poverty are pretty high. You're lucky you don't know what happens to children who are born to parents who don't want them or can't care for them. All kinds of abuse and neglect, perhaps family disruption. It's good when it turns out well, but most people probably still wish they'd waited

[@audealisque9881]

@@EricaGav06Saying it’s great won’t make it less difficult. Teenagers are not at fault, they’re kids. But with no education and no solutions, they are doomed.

[@NoOneReallySpecial]

@@EricaGav06 think of the kids. My mom was molested cause my grandma (a poor single teen mom of 2) couldn't find many people to watch her kids with her brother who showed his true colors. My dad was beat up by his parents to the point he had to go to school with broken bones and ask for help and no one did much to his parents, just fixed him up. Then you have my sisters and I and while we had decent lives, we were too poor to really fix our mental health issues and physical disabilities once my dad left the Army. I have had 16 surgeries so far because they let my body fall apart and now I'm fully disabled at 34.

[@rosalindmccollum6012]

How did they find enough people in this niche to even make a show about it?

[@NoProHarrie]

Murica

[@ginaterrey1491]

And they're all so incredibly immature!

[@CrayCrayslab]

The nonexistent sex ed in the south can do wonders 💀

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

You do know most of America is absolutely crawling with stories like this still? It's a horrifying thought, but this is why we keep pushing for comprehensive sex education for all students. It's the only thing we've found so far that works in actually reducing teen pregnancy. Just because a body can TECHNICALLY get pregnant doesn't mean that it SHOULD be pregnant. Unless you live in Matt Walsh's breeding kink head...dude is from another planet.

[@iamthedevilsadvocate]

​@@ginaterrey1491I think there might be correlation between the two 😂

[@JenLyn78]

I feel so bad for Kristen. I was that 17 year old high school senior who got pregnant by my football player boyfriend, also named Derek and we live in the south. Your analogy of not being able to figure out who you are or want to be when you get out of high school and into your early twenties is dead on. I had to grow up faster than I ever wanted to and now almost 26 years later that daughter is grown with her own family and her own life and here I still am unsure of who I am. I became a mama at 17 and that's all I knew for 18 years. I pray that this girl was able to figure out who she is and break the cycle of young motherhood. While it's a blessing in the end it is still a life altering thing to go through.

[@MrChico711]

Could be worse...like them being pregnant from the same guy...😂

[@MalinenCJ]

Don't give TLC ideas! 😱

[@myricn]

@@MalinenCJ seriously 😂😂

[@gjmottet]

Or pregnant by the same woman...just remember they have a contract with Jazz Jennings.

[@crappyaccount]

@@gjmottet jazz jennings doesnt even have a penis though??

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

@@gjmottet Jazz is infertile. Despite the fact that Jazz regrets their transition, they forced the drugs and surgeries on them while they were so young that their body is permanently ruined. In fact, Jazz can't actually feel sexual pleasure, it's really fucked up and sad what they've done to them.

[@MajoraPlaysGames]

Thank you so much for my birthday gift... Trauma, my favorite

[@raindropsandfeathers2245]

Show opens up with a religious family saying grace at dinner and their 17-year-old is knocked up. Someone has been skipping church on Sundays.

[@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty]

Nah, they've been going. I guarantee you they'd rather her be barefoot and pregnant while getting ready for a shot gun wedding than her go to college and dye her hair "like some liberal feminist". As someone from The South, our pastors are SO okay with teen pregnancy that they will get your teen pregnant and marry them for you! And it doesn't matter if they're already married themselves. 🤦‍♀️

[@munchmongoose]

Uhhh… pregnancy has nothing to do with being Christian, but

[@rose-gl4io]

​@@munchmongooseIn Christianity sex is reserved for married couples only. She isn't married.....

[@LakinMae5]

@@rose-gl4iotell that to Mary!

[@rose-gl4io]

@@LakinMae5 lol, she's an exception

[@JessicaG-py3di]

“I don’t show my emotions” as he is bawling

[@Crypt0c_unt]

As someone born and raised in central Arkansas- this shit wayyyy too accurate lmaooo 😂 we all know these ppl ISTG - and I mean literally Derek is my 2nd cousin twice removed 😂😂😂

[@xskeptictankx]

My friend & I babysat for her uncles when we were teens. The uncles were like 3 & 5 years old 😂

[@anactualprayingmantis5054]

There was a nephew and an uncle in the same class in my high-school. That was over a decade ago. I think this happens surprisingly, more often than you'd think.

[@trashpanda3544]

My parents got pregnant with me months after meeting. They were pregnant with me when they got married. The insist i was planned lmao. Its a miracle they're still together.

[@NoOneReallySpecial]

Mine were the same way having met each other at my mom's workplace while my dad was stationed in California, then dad left to Army while my teen mom was stuck with little ole disabled me having constant seizures, then dad came back and she got pregnant again and luckily my little sister wasn't a handful like me (slept a lot) while I was in and out of hospitals and my dad was again in the Army. Then grandma came in to help her out and soon after my littlest sister was born. Minus one period where my parents separated for a few months (never got a divorce just lived in a different place) they have been together my whole life; 34 years and counting.

[@trashpanda3544]

@oldladytrexarms I always know how long they've been married because its however old I am lol. They're coming up to 27 years in September, I was born in December. Honestly I think they're only together because they're both autistic and have 4 autistic kids.

[@Steph_is_back]

I’m 34 and I’m perfectly happy not having kids. I’ve seen how they are online and offline and I’m so thankful I never got pregnant.

[@goingferalluvs]

I feel like she also was doing it without protection, probably was convinced into it cause she doesnt know about safe sex, only how to avoid it

[@valeriezucker8195]

Leo when you do Love is blind season 6 please dont drink everytime someone cries! youll get alcohol poisoning this season is really dramatic

[@sondraann3025]

Please make this a series! Well, a short series since there's only 7 episodes, but I'm weirdly obsessed with this

[@NoProHarrie]

They should show this in schools as a part of sexual education!

[@AidenFeltkamp]

As many ppl are saying, the issue here is religion, both at home and affecting the school/education she receives. There’s no sex Ed and they don’t condone abortion or birth control. It’s a perfect storm for teen pregnancy

[@MonicaLopez-ze3dd]

Add tic toc to that equation 😢

[@spoons250]

@@MonicaLopez-ze3dd This came out in 2008

[@maddie8814]

This is why comprehensive sexual education needs to be an exclusive class in schools that teaches extensively about the financial, emotional/psychological, and physical consequences that both sex and pregnancy has on youth or just people in general. Simply teaching about how sex works is not enough. They are still children. Children should not be having children.

[@jo.randall]

This is what happens when you only teach abstinence and not education

[@thegameplayer125]

whenever we can't think tlc couldn't sink any lower, they somehow do

[@springss1861]

In a lot of the Southern U.S, sex education is basically just teaching by about abstinence. They don’t teach comprehensive sex ed., they don’t usually talk about contraception and things like knowing when you’re ready and comfortable to have sex. There’s a lack of information and education and that leads to unplanned teen pregnancies. It’s unfortunate but it is the reality in a lot of southern states

[@jennzifur]

And in Catholic schools that topic is just skipped. God forbid girls get pregnant in school because they disappeared. The dads stayed tho. I know birth control was not *it*…but some sort of conversation was needed somehow IMO. This was in the 90s when I was in school, so not sure if they changed it.

[@WithLoveAndkindness]

In our schools in the us, during that time they told us the only safe sex is abstinence. 😅 they focused on abstinence and scaring people with STDs in the USA around this time. Thank god i had a strict mother.

[@Lemonfluff]

"Don't worry about your old one. Your old one is having a new one"😂😂😂

[@HiChloe]

I hate that we can tell the entire community chews dip because Derek literally doesn’t have an example of fully opening his mouth to speak 😂

[@hall0weentwn]

i live in south carolina (few towns from where this was filmed) and hell, even i’m struggling to understand derek

[@jennzifur]

Ahhh man. I wanted you to be in a circle in the bottom right corner translating for us 😂

[@Laurie_Ramone]

I just don't understand how people don't seem aware that adoption exists. As soon as a girl gets pregnant it does not mean she HAS to keep and raise the baby! But apparently that's not a thing anymore??

[@utatanepiko7087]

How can TLC keep coming up with trash lmao

[@clottadams5028]

'Murica. It's actually a Hellhole full of trashy people.

[@laynedoe3455]

Cmon. You and I BOTH know that you hope they never stop 😂

[@utatanepiko7087]

@@laynedoe3455 Lol but that's only because it means Leo will talk about it XD

[@bekanimal]

bc people keep being trash

[@RustyShacklefordLLC]

​@@bekanimalexactimundo.

[@onthe-gotarot7929]

The dad acting like he sleeping with the daughter… she not even biologically his😂😂.. like what’s that story fr? Weird ass people 😭.

[@skylarboyd2066]

My family use to believe in having kids until your final one almost kills you, then God says you can stop sweetie. Almost all my aunts and uncles are close to my age due to this. It's a common practice in the south for the older generations. I was born having all my great grandparents and almost all of my great great grandparents. My nana was a 36 year old grandma taking care of me and her own kids.

[@margusiraptor9729]

I'm kinda missing the criticism on the fact the dad/step dad or whatever is talking about his daughter as if she was a possession. 'You think you own her?! No, I do!' How about, she's an individual human being and she is not owned by a man cause it's 2024... I know it's the South and all, but saying this out loud especially in front of your own daughter and a bunch of cameras is disgusting.

[@NoProHarrie]

The kid who got that other kid pregnant seems sort of more intelligent than the dad.

[@lisasomethingwithanr9170]

You can't tell me this isn't a played out Sims scenario

[@LakinMae5]

Sadly you need a mod to have teen pregnancy in the Sims

[@pierrotpierrot4768]

Leo shading reality show ppl for not finishing their sentences 🤣🤣🤣 oh cmon that’s so petty BUT I LOVE IT

[@juliemiller6966]

Women's brains don't fully form until they're 25 either... don't know why that part gets left off whenever I here that point.

[@NoProHarrie]

I suppose that is just misogyny.

[@juliemiller6966]

@@NoProHarrie It is. The assumption that women grow up faster then men is not based in science. It's a social construct.

[@umustwin]

yup. some people see boobs on a thirteen year old and say she is a grownup. they impose maturity on girls way early on as opposed to boys.

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

​@@umustwinisn't it crazy that we're still using literal Medieval thinking: "She had her first period, she is ready to be married off, we collect our money from the other family, and we expect her to get pregnant tonight..." We should be much more evolved, but when you got fundamentalist religious groups having such authority in the United States this is what happens. You get some backwards ass thinking mucking everything up and ruining lives in the process...

[@gjmottet]

It was a bit off, Women's brains are fully formed between 23-26 and men's between 25-28 so it sort of makes it worse.

[@pizzaqueen9590]

"Its The Learning Channel. Everyday I learn a little more on why I dont wanna be here" lmao. Should be their new slogan

[@halstag1898]

I will say American sex Ed is terrible. (At least at my school it was) I was told straight up, if you don't want STDs don't even touch other people. "The best contraceptive is abstinence." And no I was not in a religious school.

[@mondoseguendo6113]

Lauren Boebert seems like she would fit right in the TLC universe.

[@andyy381]

Been watching your content for a while now and it just keeps getting better ! Keep up the good work 🫶

[@auntiefish4192]

Gotta say I don’t love the scene of two men yelling about which of them owns the pregnant teenager.

[@katrinapettet5030]

You gave me a giggle when you said about his hat being a combo of green and greener while wearing what could possibly be mistaken for a combo of green and greener beanie 😂😂😂. You are the bombdiggity though and totally rock that perfect combo of green and greener beanie 😁👍♥️