This article made me think of MTVs latest success story, Teen Mom. The media definitely does glamorize mothers in the media. Even a show like Teen Mom, which accurately shows the struggle of raising a child at a young age, portrays these mothers as celebrities. While they are mothers on the show, they still have them "hosting" other MTV programming and having them make appearances outside of the setting of the show. Plus they are now getting tossed in with the tabloid stories as well. So it is interesting how on one hand it can be an accurate portrayal and on the other hand it can be glamorized.
A lot of the points made in the article were discussing the notion that these shows are pushing to "end welfare as we know it." While I agree, a lot of these shows do that. Another thing I think it pushes is that it is okay to raise a child out of wedlock. Yeah, there are a lot of shows about the single mother. But there are a lot that show a positive male figure who is the father but not the "husband." I think that is just as powerful of a message to get across. In a society where divorce rates are at an all time high, I don't think people should be afraid of having a child outside of marriage.
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