MTV Tackles the Adoption Option
Dealing with an unplanned pregnancy means having to make some tough choices. Become a teen parent or have an abortion? But what about the other option? Adoption.
Recently MTV’s 16 and Pregnant featured Catelynn and Tyler, a teen couple who chose to put their daughter Carly up for adoption. If you saw the show, then you know there were a lot of tears, disagreements with their parents, nine long months of pregnancy and, finally, labor. In the end, Catelynn had this to say about choosing adoption:
“Giving my child up for adoption was the hardest thing I’ll have to do in my life…. I just did what my heart told me to do. I think that Carly’s gonna one day come to me and Tyler and tell us, ‘thank you.’ I’m at peace with my decision.”
For teens who aren’t ready or able to be parents, adoption can be the most loving thing to choose.
Check out this Sex, Etc. story about another teen who chose adoption.
Tags: adoption, pregnancy, teen parenting
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July 31, 2009 at 2:48 am
I am amazed at that show 16 and pregnant!! its great! and i really have to commend the couple tyler and catelynn for their selfless act of giving up their daughter for adoption….. i am adopted my self and my birth mother went through the exact same situation except she didnt have the support of my birth father so i just wanted to say………. WOW tyler and catelynn u are amzing people!!!