Everyone has Secrets..
As silly as it may be for a college student to still be watching kid shows, I have been a bit obsessed with this show called The Secret Life of an American Teenager. Its about a fifteen year old high school student who gets pregnant from a one night incident at band camp with the school’s bad boy. I enjoy this show because it shows how easily it is for anyone, even a fifteen year old, to get into a difficult situation and how one handles that situation.
In this past weeks episode the young girl and her new boyfriend, who are supposedly in love, decide to get married because she believes that will make everything easier and remove the stress she is having. I really disagreed with this because it seems to show that marriage will take away all problems when in reality it can make things even more difficult, especially for a couple of fresh into high school students. Getting married adds an even bigger responsibility to a persons life. You are now not only caring for one person but for two, and in Amy’s case, the young pregnant girl in the show, two other people.
However in the same way this show provides a good message to young woman who are thinking that having unprotected sex is alright and that nothing bad could ever happen to them. This young girl got pregnant after the first time she had sex and is now having to endure a very heavy burden. This show illustrates the true struggles a teenager goes through when they are pregnant, both the ups and the downs. Difficult decisions such as should I give the baby up for adoption? Or should I go to a different high school so nobody can gossip about me? All these questions are not unusual to think about. Sex is not something to take lightly. I believe its a big decision that one needs to make on there own and not be pressured into. Also, that person needs to use the proper protection because you never know when something unexpected will happen. So look to the future and take it into your own hands.
