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The Baby Borrowers...NBC 2/18

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Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
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/

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
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.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Hell if I'd trust some teens with my baby.

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
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.

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
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!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
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.

Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 5:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seattlemom a private message Print Post    
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!

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
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)

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 12:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
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.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
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.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
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.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 3:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Ita Huk.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 6:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I saw a commercial for it today; are you sure it's been pulled?