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[[caption-width-right:350:The original ''Teen Mom'' cast. [[note]]From left to right: Amber Portwood, Farrah Abraham, Catelynn Lowell, and Maci Bookout[[/note]]]]

''Teen Mom'' (2009-2021) is a {{Reality|TV}} franchise and spinoff of ''Series/SixteenAndPregnant'' created by Creator/{{MTV}} that documents the day-to-day lives of several [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin teen moms]]. The original ''Teen Mom'' (later renamed ''Teen Mom OG''), which ran for 9 seasons, focused on four notable ''16 and Pregnant'' Season 1 alumnae, providing insight into their struggles with raising children, reconciling with their families, and embracing their newfound celebrity. ''Teen Mom'' has since been spun off into several other shows (despite being a spinoff itself), with each new series featuring a different set of women, typically other ''16 and Pregnant'' alumnae.

!!Shows under the ''Teen Mom'' umbrella:
* ''Teen Mom'' aka ''Teen Mom OG'' (2009-2021) [[note]]Featuring Maci Bookout, Farrah Abraham, Amber Portwood, and Catelynn Lowell[[/note]]
* ''Teen Mom 2'' (2011-2022) [[note]]Featuring Jenelle Evans, Chelsea [=DeBoer=], Kailyn Lowry, and Leah Messer, and later Briana [=DeJesus=], Jade Cline, and Ashley Jones[[/note]]
* ''Teen Mom 3'' (2013) [[note]]Featuring Briana [=DeJesus=], Mackenzie [=McKee=], Alex Sekella, and Katie Yeager[[/note]]
* ''Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant'' (2018-) [[note]]Featuring Jade Cline, Brianna Jaramillo, Kayla Sessler, Ashley Jones, and Lexi Tatman, and later Rachel Beaver, Kiaya Elliott, Madisen Beith, and Kayla Jones[[/note]]
* ''Teen Mom: Young Moms Club'' (2018-2019) [[note]]Featuring Alyssa Abrenica, Chandlar Walby, Cheyenne Latu, Nicole Pleskow, Nikki Hussey, and Heather Miinch[[/note]]
* ''Teen Mom: Family Reunion'' (2022-) [[note]]Featuring Amber Portwood, Ashley Jones, Briana [=DeJesus=], Cheyenne Floyd, Jade Cline, Leah Messer, and Maci Bookout, with appearances by Farrah Abraham and Catelynn Lowell[[/note]]
* ''Teen Mom: Girl's Night In'' (2022-) [[note]]Featuring Maci Bookout, Amber Portwood, Cheyenne Floyd, and Catelynn Lowell[[/note]]

!!Contains examples of:
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: When she's not being verbally abusive or hitting up her daughter for face-lift money, Farrah's mother Deb wears completely inappropriate miniskirts and belly-shirts, shills her line of pasta sauce, and chugs wine while wearing bunny ears.
%% * BrattyTeenageDaughter:
%% ** Farrah, in particular, bounces between this and ChildrenRaiseYou, often within the span of minutes.
%% ** Jenelle. Sadly, as the show has gone on, it's become clear how much deeper her problems go due to mental illness and drug addiction.
%% * DaddysGirl:
%% ** Chelsea and her dad, Randy.
%% ** Amber's daughter Leah and her dad Gary.
* DelicateAndSickly:
** Leah's daughter, Allie, suffers from a rare form of muscular dystrophy, and often needs medical treatments.
** Mackenzie from Teen Mom 3 has very severe diabetes, which made her pregnancies very high-risk.
* DisappearedDad:
** The father of Janelle's son Jace, Andrew Lewis, has only been seen once on the series and even then only on Skype.
** The father of Farrah's daughter Sophia died in a car crash shortly before she was born, but Farrah, to her credit, makes an effort to teach Sophia about him.
* DomesticAbuse: Amber, toward Gary, and much of their arguments are on camera. Likewise, she hits him, too.
** During the 3rd reunion of Teen Mom 2, Andrew admits he did hit Jenelle.
%% * EmbarrassingFirstName: Leah's twins Aliannah and Aleeah go by Ali and Grace.
* FromBadToWorse:
** Farrah. First, the father dies in a car crash. She's forced to live with her family, which is less than ideal. Then, we learn her mother is physically abusive. If that wasn't enough, the father's family first tries to prove that he isn't the father and then when the paternity test says he is, immediately sues her for not giving them enough time with the baby. The cherry on top? She wanted an abortion, and it's implied her mother used emotional abuse to make her have the child. How much of this is truth and how much is ManipulativeEditing is up to the viewer.
** Jenelle. She went from a misbehaving teenager to a drug addict and frequent inmate of the local jail. She was also diagnosed, to little surprise, as suffering from bipolar disorder.
** Amber. She dealt with a range of issues including depression and lack of education and has admitted that she was on some form of drugs for most of the show's taping. She is out of jail and has her GED at least.
* GlamorousSingleMother: Critics claim that the show portrays the girls this way, but the moms face a number of problems both in and out of the show.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Most of the girls on the show have spoken against abortion, particularly Catelynn, Mackenzie and others. When Briana and her sister both got pregnant at the same time, her sister opted for an abortion, while Briana kept her baby. Farrah had wanted an abortion, but her mother refused to let her get one.
%% * LittleMissSnarker: Farrah's daughter Sophia.
* MandatoryMotherhood: It's implied that some form of this was Farrah's situation, as her mother refused to let her have a termination.
* MyNaymeIs: Leah's daughters, Aliannah, Aleeah, and Addalynn. Understandably, as they've gotten older, the girls started to go by Ali, Grace (a middle name), and Addie, respectively.
* NonchalantDodge: Amber took a swing at Farrah for her disrespectful comments about her boyfriend, only to discover that Farrah is a bit quicker than Gary.
* NotBloodSiblings: After Catelynn and Tyler started dating, his dad started dating her mom.
%% * PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Maci's special, ''Being Maci''.
%%* SpinOff: ''Teen Mom 2'' and ''Teen Mom 3''. Attempted with a show centered on Maci called ''Being Maci''.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Jenelle's son Jace is raised his grandmother, Barbara.
%% * WhatTheHellHero: All of the girls get called out on their bad behavior at some point.
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