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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:15 am
This is bound to cause some controversy.. What they've done is taken 5 teen couples, and put them in separate houses in the same cul-de-sac to show them what it means to be parents. They start by having the woman of the pair wear an "empathy belly" and prepping for the "birth". Then they are each given a infant (from other couples, who are montoring them along with nannies) to take care of for three days- and during that time, one of them starts a job, leaving the other person to care for the baby alone. Every three days, they'll change people, going up the life scale (from infants, to toddlers, to pre-teens (and their pets), to teenagers, and finally to senior citizens (representing their parents)... It's hinted that some of the couples will break up because of the stress of all this: The tagline for one of the commercials is "It's not TV...it's birth control." http://www.nbc.com/The_Baby_Borrowers/
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:39 am
Think it's a fantastic idea and all teens should have to watch it!!!! I know alot of schools do the egg experiment and some schools are even usings computerized babies now.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:04 am
Hell if I'd trust some teens with my baby.
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Kiersten_love
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:16 am
This sounds like a really good show, maybe it will scare some of those teens and younger kids who think they are ready for mommyhood.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:30 am
I'm with you, Mocha. Don't think I'd trust my little guy with a bunch of teenagers, unless I knew them very well!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 12:40 pm
I love this idea! I think its great! And I wouldn't worry much about my baby since those teens are surrounded by cameramen, producers, directors, etc, etc.
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Seattlemom
Member
05-10-2005
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 5:04 pm
I so think this is a great Idea! My Grandaughter is 17 and I swear at times she is worse than a woman going thru menopause! And even she is smart enough to say that although she loves kids no way is she old enough to be a Mom.. It seems to me I have seen an up swing in teen births!
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 12:10 pm
They've bumped this from the schedule for now apparently...NBC decided to put anew Mark Burnett show on instead (My Dad is Better than Your Dad)
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 12:27 pm
There was a show like this in the UK, I believe, in the last few years. It created quite an uproar. People thinking it was horrible to let strangers care for baby for x amount of time and other people who thought it a great idea, give teens a reality check of having babies to care for at such young ages. They also had nannies and the parents either were watching or could watch from areas near by. I seem to recall one of the news magazine shows doing a segment on it.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 12:37 pm
I wouldn't trust my infants, but I think, if someone knew I was watching, they'd not harm them in any way, now the real birth control would be to leave my 4 year old and 2 year old with a couple of teens.....yeah, that'd do it.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 12:43 pm
I don't have children of my own, so I can only see this from the side of a loving Aunt of 10. There is NO way I would let my children be used as an experiment like this. Even if help was in the very next room, all it would take is for one of the teenagers to become super frustrated, and one big shake of the baby. I'm all for learning, but not with real babies.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 3:02 pm
Ita Huk.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 6:21 pm
I saw a commercial for it today; are you sure it's been pulled?
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