Parents are teens’ first and best teachers. As a parent, you can use The Pregnancy Pact movie to start a family conversation about your own views, values and expectations – and ideas for how to prevent teen pregnancy in the first place. Watch this movie with your teens or with a group of parents and teens together to explore in greater depth some of the issues raised in the movie. This guide is also useful for youth program leaders, teachers and others who work with and care about teens. If you are a non-profit organization or teacher, you can order a free copy of the film and discussion guide for teens to use for educational purposes by visiting www.mylifetime.com

Issues to talk about

As for the pregnant Glouster girls, any sane adult has to wonder, “WHY would they do that?” I wondered, too. Where did those girls get the idea that being a teen mom would be like…awesome?

Maybe we could blame the media. Recently, it’s been shining awfully bright lights on pregnancy, depicting it as glamorous and trendy. In the hugely popular movie Juno, the lead character is a very hip, smart, and pregnant 16-year-old. Coincidentally, the day the Glouster story broke, media outlets blasted the news of the birth of a baby to Brittany Spears’ little sister, Jamie Lynn, who is 17. For months, paparazzi photographed her growing “bump,” as teens around the nation watched Jamie smiling, waving, and wearing totally But could media coverage cause an otherwise mentally stable 15-year-old to believe that getting pregnant now is a great idea? I don’t think so. Not any more than playing violent video games is going to turn an emotionally healthy 15-year-old into a mass murderer.