(Not quite a) Teen Mom

There has been quite a bit of buzz here in the south of Spain as news broke last week that a 10 year old Romanian girl had given birth in a town in Andalucia. I read a report that her mother (the baby´s grandmother) claimed that it was something common in their country. Ummm, gross. I thought seeing fourteen year old trashy girls on Maury claiming they wanted to have a baby (you don´t know wat de bin thru) before being scared straight was bad enough. Apparently if they lived in Romania, they might be on their second (or third) child by that age. Now, I am not claiming that all Romanians believe in underage motherhood, nor am I aware that their government condones it. (Here in Spain consensual sex with anyone under the age of 13 is considered child abuse). But haven´t we all learned something from "16 and pregnant" and its spin-off "Teen Mom" (both of which are shown on MTV here)? Why else would they be on TV other than for educational purposes? Don´t we all, for example, wonder how Gary and Amber still retain custody of Leah? Or why Macy hasn´t dumped Ryan´s broke ass? Don´t you wish that Tyler´s dad (who is creepily with Catelynn´s mom) would cut off that horrific mullet? (If there have been recent revelations in any of these cases please forgive me being behind the times, we are still on season 1 here). We see that none of these girls or their boyfriends/babies´daddies were ready to be parents and if we go by the title of the show, they were at least 16. Now, subtract 6 years of what little experience they might have had. Though a ten year old girl might physically be able to give birth, that does not mean she is ready to be a mother. How will she support the child? Let´s speak just financially (because we can assume there is no book deal or Dancing with the Stars in her future). How will she provide for this new baby at ten years old? A lemonade stand? I´m going to make some assumptions here and say that she isn´t the next Dougie Howzer and won´t be making big bucks as a medical doctor at ten years old. I´m going to wager a bet and say that the government is going to have to step in to help her out. And we aren´t talking about her native goverment because since the baby was born here in Spain, it is a Spanish citizen. Convenient.
All in all the whole situation makes me sad and a little (or a lot) grossed out. I can only hope that things go well for the baby who had no choice in the matter. Perhaps this girl will break another record by becoming a grandmother at the ripe old age of 18. God, I hope not.

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  1. rockNovember 24, 2010 at 7:17 PM

    we had this news also. but media inferred that she was spanish. now it makes some sense. what am i saying?! it never makes sense.

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