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The way Bristol carries herself, young girls are more likely to see her as a role model and emulate her than not.[/quote]
I’d have to agree with that. Also, the fact that she is now the most famous Palin kid (and not her siblings who apparently didn’t have kids out of wedlock) doesn’t help.
It’s important for “accidental” teen mothers to speak out, but the recent shows and other “glamorizing” media attention to this make it more likely that people will want to emulate them instead of shun their lifestyle. They need to focus on the more tragic cases, and focus on the impact and less on the individuals (so there’s no “fame” component).
A lot of young girls have babies because they want someone to love them and/or they want attention that they feel they are lacking in their lives. Making teen moms famous (especially showing more affluent teens with lots of help from their parents) can make having babies at a young age even more tempting to these already vulnerable young girls, IMHO.