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* AbusiveParents: Not any of the girls themselves, but their parents ([[FridgeHorror who are obviously soon-to-be grandparents]]). The mothers of Catelynn and Farrah come to mind. However, some of the teen moms have had their parenting skills (or lack thereof) criticised. This could be put down to simply not knowing what they're doing, being incredibly young, genuinely not caring or a mix.

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* AbusiveParents: Not any of the girls themselves, but their parents ([[FridgeHorror who (who are obviously soon-to-be grandparents]]).grandparents). The mothers of Catelynn and Farrah come to mind. However, some of the teen moms have had their parenting skills (or lack thereof) criticised. This could be put down to simply not knowing what they're doing, being incredibly young, genuinely not caring or a mix.
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''16 and Pregnant'' is an Creator/{{MTV}} reality series produced by Morgan Freeman, (No, not THAT Creator/MorganFreeman) and was first broadcast on June 11, 2009. It follows the stories of teenage girls dealing with the hardships of teenage pregnancy. Each episode features a different teenage girl; the episode typically begins when she is four to eight months into her pregnancy, and typically ends when the baby is a few months old. The series is produced in a documentary format, with commercial breaks preceded by an animation of an elaborate cartoon depiction on notebook paper of each episode's highlights.

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''16 and Pregnant'' is an Creator/{{MTV}} reality series produced by Morgan Freeman, (No, not THAT Creator/MorganFreeman) [[Creator/MorganFreeman THAT]] one) and was first broadcast on June 11, 2009. It follows the stories of teenage girls dealing with the hardships of teenage pregnancy. Each episode features a different teenage girl; the episode typically begins when she is four to eight months into her pregnancy, and typically ends when the baby is a few months old. The series is produced in a documentary format, with commercial breaks preceded by an animation of an elaborate cartoon depiction on notebook paper of each episode's highlights.
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** Farrah herself has been accused of taking her daughter, Sophia into adult situations involving men as well as having her feature on her {{OnlyFans}} accounts (NOT in that manner but still seen as inappropriate considering what the site is used for).

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** Farrah herself has been accused of taking her daughter, Sophia into adult situations involving men as well as having her feature on her {{OnlyFans}} [=OnlyFans=] accounts (NOT in that manner but still seen as inappropriate considering what the site is used for).



* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted; the girls are often an object lesson in how being pregnant so young can ruin your life: chaining you to a {{Jerkass}} boyfriend (if they even stick around at all), making it extremely difficult for you to finish school (let alone attend college), and keeping you in debt, potentially shattering any dreams you might have for the future.

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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted; the girls are often an object lesson in how being pregnant so young can ruin your life: chaining you to a {{Jerkass}} boyfriend (if they even [[DisappearedDad stick around at all), all]]), making it extremely difficult for you to finish school (let alone attend college), and keeping you in debt, potentially shattering any dreams you might have for the future.



* ButWeUsedACondom: Sometimes. The entire point of the show is to hammer home the need to protect yourself against pregnancy and STIs.

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* ButWeUsedACondom: Sometimes. The entire point of the show is to hammer home the need to protect yourself against pregnancy and STIs.[=STIs=].

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* ButWeUsedACondom: Sometimes.

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* ButWeUsedACondom: Sometimes. The entire point of the show is to hammer home the need to protect yourself against pregnancy and STIs.



** Chelsea has a pregnancy scare after hooking up with Adam after they had split up. She is seen talking to her friend about the possibility of being pregnant again and when asked if she would keep it, she says she would have.
** Jenelle has an abortion after she splits up with her ex-boyfriend, Gary. She is shown to be upset but decides it's the right decision. She gets together with Nathan weeks later, thinks she's pregnant but is actually not. When she does get pregnant with Nathan's child, they argue and he all but says she should have an abortion because they can't get on.
** Farrah has alluded to the fact that she wanted to have an abortion when she initially found out she was pregnant however, her family pushed her to have the child against her wishes.



* WhatTheHellHero: Farrah is called out by a few different people on being more interested in getting a new boyfriend than taking care of her baby.
** Jenelle too. We rarely see her with the kid at all and she was recently picked up on marijuana possession. It's no wonder why her mother is trying to take custody of the baby!

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* WhatTheHellHero: Farrah is called out by a few different people on being more interested in getting a new boyfriend than taking care of her baby.
baby. She's since done multiple sex tapes and released adult toys which the other moms on the cast allegedly had a problem with.
** Jenelle too. We Jenelle. She's rarely see her seen with the kid at all Jace and when she was recently picked up on marijuana possession. It's no wonder why does see him, she looks like she's more interested in her phone and gets in repeated arguments with her mother is trying to take custody of the baby!before storming out.



** Kailyn in a way. She was allowed to stay with Jo as long as she didn't date. However she ended up dating someone else and she went back to living with her mother for awhile after telling Jo.

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*** She was repeatedly helped out and bailed out by her lawyer and her mother when she kept failing drug tests during her probation. She (in)famously stated to her lawyer that she couldn't go to prison that week because she was going to a {{Music/Kesha}} concert.
** Kailyn in a way. She was allowed to stay with Jo as long as she didn't date. However she ended up dating someone else and she went back to living with her mother for awhile after telling Jo.Jo and being kicked out. More recently, she's been criticised for seeming petty about her ex-boyfriends/husband and how she deals with it on social media.



** [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/farrah-abraham-sex-tape-released_n_3222625.html And now Farrah has done a sex-tape with a male pornstar.]]


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** Chelsea. She was clearly struggling with getting over Adam in the early seasons but despite his awful treatment of her (and their child), she continued to hook up with him, unprotected!
** Corey and Leah, possibly. The early seasons saw her and Corey marry after having their twins super quickly. However, they divorce when it's revealed Leah cheated with an ex-boyfriend from school. When Leah finds love with Jeremy, she continues back and forth with Corey about whether they have feelings for each other and to try again - all whilst Jeremy hangs about like a lost puppy.

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* 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.
** Not just in the show. From her breast augmentation to making a sex-tape and entering rehab, this girl is finding herself in worse and worse trouble in real life...

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* FromBadToWorse: Most of the girls have quite tragic stories.
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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.
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viewer. Not just in the show. From her breast augmentation to show; Farrah has had extensive plastic surgeries as well as making a sex-tape two sex-tapes and entering rehab, this girl is finding herself in worse and worse trouble in real life...life...
** Jenelle. She finds herself pregnant with her ex-boyfriend at the age of 16, who is then absent throughout the pregnancy. She signs custody of her son to her mother, Babs who she has a tumultuous relationship with. She then bounces from different boyfriends, struggles with drug addiction, goes on probation and has an abortion. Jenelle finally seems to meet a nice guy who she argues with but still has a child with. She continues getting in trouble and meets her current husband, David who she has another child with. They are marred by rumours of domestic violence; he kills their dog after it nips their daughter and are now not allowed to appear on the show...
** Leah. Gets pregnant with her boyfriend of a month and has twins at the age of 17. They decide to get married (whether this was from outside pressure or not is down to interpretation). One of the twins is revealed to have a severe disability. They get divorced and Leah finds love with a new man, Jeremy and they quickly get married and have another child. Leah begins suffering with anxiety and migraines, which leads to a struggle with painkiller addiction. She then divorces Jeremy and nearly loses custody of her children.

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* AbusiveParents: Not any of the girls themselves, but their parents ([[FridgeHorror who are obviously soon-to-be grandparents]]). The mothers of Catelynn and Farrah come to mind.

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* AbusiveParents: Not any of the girls themselves, but their parents ([[FridgeHorror who are obviously soon-to-be grandparents]]). The mothers of Catelynn and Farrah come to mind. However, some of the teen moms have had their parenting skills (or lack thereof) criticised. This could be put down to simply not knowing what they're doing, being incredibly young, genuinely not caring or a mix.
** Farrah herself has been accused of taking her daughter, Sophia into adult situations involving men as well as having her feature on her {{OnlyFans}} accounts (NOT in that manner but still seen as inappropriate considering what the site is used for).
** Jenelle has been accused of being party (or more so, witness to) violence against her children, particularly Kaiser from her current husband, David. She's also shown in the past that she's been quite selfish and cared more about partying and getting high than trying to gain access of her eldest son, Jace.
** Kailyn's mother, Suzy, was shown to be an alcoholic during Kailyn's run on Teen Mom 2. However, Kailyn said her mother had never been malicious towards her and was suffering from an illness. The two now don't communicate after Kailyn left her son, Lincoln with Suzy who then got drunk whilst she was supposed to be babysitting.


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** Chelsea. Although she's not shown to be nasty like some of the others, she's definitely spoiled and has traces of being bratty. This is usually shown in the early seasons when she's having issues with renting her home and fighting with her ex, Adam - she goes straight to her dad, Randy and whines down the phone.


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** Jenelle goes up and down. She began the show struggling with drug addiction, constantly arguing with her mother and signing over custody of her son, Jace. She seemed to be getting her act together with her boyfriend, Nathan, eventually having a second child and getting engaged. However, they split up and she seems to have spiralled into a somewhat bizarre (and allegedly abusive) marriage with her current husband, David whereby she's been involved in pulling a gun on a stranger in front of Jace, her dog being killed by her husband and them building a house in the middle of a swamp land.


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** Kailyn towards Jo and Javi. She was shown on camera hitting Javi after a stressful argument but they stayed together and got married.


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** Chelsea's ex-boyfriend, Adam never consistently showed up for their daughter, Aubree. He signed over his rights to his second child, has been arrested multiple times and has a drug problem.
** Most(if not all) of Jenelle's exes. They're either in jail, have a drug problem or anger management issues.
** Amber's exes, Matt and Andrew both have pasts involving stalking.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted; the girls are often an object lesson in how being pregnant so young can ruin your life: chaining you to a {{Jerkass}} boyfriend, making it extremely difficult for you to finish school (let alone attend college), and keeping you in debt, potentially shattering any dreams you might have for the future.

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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted; the girls are often an object lesson in how being pregnant so young can ruin your life: chaining you to a {{Jerkass}} boyfriend, boyfriend (if they even stick around at all), making it extremely difficult for you to finish school (let alone attend college), and keeping you in debt, potentially shattering any dreams you might have for the future.
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''16 and Pregnant'' is an {{MTV}} reality series produced by Morgan Freeman, (No, not THAT Creator/MorganFreeman) and was first broadcast on June 11, 2009. It follows the stories of teenage girls dealing with the hardships of teenage pregnancy. Each episode features a different teenage girl; the episode typically begins when she is four to eight months into her pregnancy, and typically ends when the baby is a few months old. The series is produced in a documentary format, with commercial breaks preceded by an animation of an elaborate cartoon depiction on notebook paper of each episode's highlights.

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''16 and Pregnant'' is an {{MTV}} Creator/{{MTV}} reality series produced by Morgan Freeman, (No, not THAT Creator/MorganFreeman) and was first broadcast on June 11, 2009. It follows the stories of teenage girls dealing with the hardships of teenage pregnancy. Each episode features a different teenage girl; the episode typically begins when she is four to eight months into her pregnancy, and typically ends when the baby is a few months old. The series is produced in a documentary format, with commercial breaks preceded by an animation of an elaborate cartoon depiction on notebook paper of each episode's highlights.
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** Not just in the show. From her breast augmentation to making a sex-tape and entering rehab, this girl is finding her in worse and worse trouble in real life...

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** Not just in the show. From her breast augmentation to making a sex-tape and entering rehab, this girl is finding her herself in worse and worse trouble in real life...

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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted; the girls are often shown getting a crash course for how being pregnant will ruin their lives: chaining them to a {{Jerkass}}, make it extremely difficult to finish school (let alone attend college), and keep you in debt and shatter any dreams you might have for the future.

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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted; the girls are often shown getting a crash course for an object lesson in how being pregnant will so young can ruin their lives: your life: chaining them you to a {{Jerkass}}, make {{Jerkass}} boyfriend, making it extremely difficult for you to finish school (let alone attend college), and keep keeping you in debt and shatter debt, potentially shattering any dreams you might have for the future.


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* MissConception: Needless to say, a few girls had no idea how human reproduction worked, or still believed various rumors about what does or doesn't prevent pregnancy.

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