A stock plot. An adolescent girl who hasn't finished her education, her maturation of body and mind, and isn't in a stable relationship gets pregnant. Don't expect the father to stick around if he's similarly underage.
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Five people who had a child as a teenager reflect on how the experience shaped their lives. For those who grew up in the nineties and noughties, sex education may have felt like it was entirely geared towards not becoming a teen parent. The average age of parents is now at an all-time high But is anyone ever really ready to be a parent? Here, five people who had a child in their teens look back on their experiences and reflect on how it's shaped their lives.
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Katie, boyfriend Joey Moes and daughter Molli starred on Teen Mom 3 , but have since stayed clear of the spotlight. Details are scarce, but we do know that following the couple's split, Katie began focusing full time on being a mom. In late , Katie announced that she had been dating someone named Tyler. Tyler and Katie welcomed a new baby daughter in yet have continued to keep her out of the spotlight.
It is the first spin-off of 16 and Pregnant , and it focuses on the lives of several young mothers as they navigate motherhood and strained family and romantic relationships. Season 9 premiered on January 26, Are You the One? However, Palin departed the show following an announcement on Instagram in April In August , Mackenzie McKee from Teen Mom 3 joined the cast as a guest mom for the last few episodes of season eight. Mackenzie McKee officially became a main cast member on season 8B. An aspiring model, [3] Farrah Abraham from Council Bluffs, Iowa is the mother of Sophia Laurent Abraham, whose father, Derek Underwood, was killed in a car accident on December 28, , two months before her birth. In January , Farrah's mother, Debra Danielson, was charged with assault in an Iowa court for hitting her. She started seeing a therapist to discuss the rocky relationship with her family, because she couldn't cope with her mothers actions as well as dealing with her emotions regarding Underwood and his death. Farrah eventually proved to Derek's family through a paternity test that Derek was in fact Sophia's father and then was faced with a lawsuit filed by Derek's mother for grandparents' visitation rights, despite no previous contact with Sophia.