Comments on: Jamie-Lynn Spears: Britney’s Sis is Today’s Dana Plato “Role Model” for Girls

By: Delissa

Delissa — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:57:06 +0000

That is an excellent analogy and a brilliant and strong point.Dana was 20 years old when she got pregnant,and at the time was LEGALLY considered an adult and not TEENAGER.Jamie Spears ‘ case was totally different ,when she got pregnant ,she was not Considered by the law to be an adult(It would have been better for both of them to have waited on until their respective series came to an end and also until marriage but they did not ,although Dana did get married to her boyfriend before her baby was born)So this article’s comparison of the two teen stars is totally inaccurate,they were for the most part in entirely different situations:(1).Dana at the time of her pregnancy was LEGALLY considered as an adult Jamie Spears was not.{2}. Dana did not have the support of NBC hence her firing,Jamie Spears had the support of Nickelodeon.{3}.Dana fell deeper into drugs than she already was,Jamie Spears as far as I’m concerned has no know record of taking drugs heavily.{4}.Dana lost everything and was reduced to taking jobs that did not fit her former lifestyle,Jamie Spears is still living in luxury and my final point {6}. Jamie Spears has the support of most of her co-stars if not all ,as far as i am concerned,Dana did not ,she especially did not receive support from Conrad Bain ,who played Phillip Drummond on the series.

Overall a 16year old girl getting pregnant by her boyfriend sets worse examples for teenage girls and young women more than a 20year old ADULT getting pregnant by her boyfriend.

By: Norman Blitzer

Norman Blitzer — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:01:46 +0000

Squirrel3D posted:
[Hey Norman, how do you know that they grew up in a christian setting?]
Because they went to church you dumbass.
[Like jabber said, where they met is irrelevant.]
No, it’s not for reasons I’ve already stated.
[The fact is what happened and Jamie-Lynn got pregnant by a 19 YEAR OLD!! Talk about going over your head, apperatly this part went over yours.]
Squirrel3D, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Neither Debbie’s blog entry or your first post here mentioned that JLS’s bf is 19yrs. old. So it wasn’t made an issue by either you or Debbie. A 19 yr. old getting a 16 yr. old pregnant, what a crime! 16 is the age of consent in most if not all states, I believe, so the bf being 19 is a non-issue. And we’re only talking about a freakin’ three year difference.
Squirrel3D, you are a complete idiot. Don’t ever think of challenging me ever again because you just make yourself look like a bigger fool than you already are.

By: hairymon

hairymon — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:54:34 +0000

A 16 year old who is raped and gets pregnant I have compassion for. A poor, uneducated 16 year old I may even have a little compassion for (but mostly for the poor baby, because she still should’ve known better).
But a multi-millionaire spoiled brat who is supposed to be a role model to NINE YEAR OLDS? (yes, the target audience of Zoey 101 is 9-14, NOT 16!!!!). She REALLY should’ve know better. Just think, if she was a 16 year old starlet in Dana Plato’s time, her career would be OVER! I wish that would happen now.
Of course Nick won’t cancel Zoey 101, not only is it all about the money now, but they have a year’s worth of episodes in the can! The irony is I hear the final episode this season had a cliffhanger that could’ve easily written Jamie Lynn out of the show.
My main problem with the Ellerbee specials is they advertise them during shows that 6 year olds watch like Spongebob. If they’re going to do them at all, they should only be advertised during “16 year old” shows.
But I’ve heard rumors that Nick is going to do a reality show around Jamie Lynn’s pregnancy. Now that is really a new “basement door”. I usually find Debbie’s opinions on Nick and PBS to be a bit extreme but if they do that I will boycott them to the max!

By: Squirrel3D

Squirrel3D — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:29:16 +0000

THANK YOU JibberJabber. Finally we agree on something and you pretty much made my point vaild. Hey Norman, how do you know that they grew up in a christian setting? Especally Jamie-Lynn?? I mean, this is the sister of britney spears for god sakes!!
Like jabber said, where they met is irrelevant. The fact is what happened and Jamie-Lynn got pregnant by a 19 YEAR OLD!! Talk about going over your head, apperatly this part went over yours.

By: PNAMARBLE

PNAMARBLE — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:56:44 +0000

the spears girls when they are living in the mobile home park they will make a porn video like amy fisher, just watch such white trash,DO NOT THERE PRODUCT THEY HOPEFULLY WILL FADE AWAY LIKE DANA PLATO AND EVERY OTHER CHILD STAR!!!!!!

By: Minnie Mouse

Minnie Mouse — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:22:39 +0000

RRW,
I was thinking the same thing, what is a 16 year old doing with a 19 year old? I thought I read somewhere that he was a live-in boyfriend, not sure if it’s true but with the Spears family it’s highly likely. I blame the parents, for Britney and Jamie-Lyn, neither one of them know how to behave. How does the Bible verse go, you’ll know the quality of the tree by the fruit it bears? I’d say the Spears tree is rotten. They should change Lyn’s book on parenting to “How NOT to Raise Your Children.”

By: RadicalRightWinger

RadicalRightWinger — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:43:31 +0000

“Jamie-Lynn Spears broke the news to OK! Magazine that she’s expecting a baby with longtime boyfriend Casey Aldridge.”
Longtime boyfriend? She’s 16 freakin years old. When you’re 16, there ain’t NOTHING longtime. She doesn’t have a clue what longtime is!! So let me get this straight, Genarlow Wilson of Atlanta gets a couple of years behind bars for getting oral sex at 17 from a 15 year old but, its ok for a 19 year old to have sex with a 16 year old and nothing happen?? I thought that was statutory rape??

By: AmericanJewess

AmericanJewess — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:41:50 +0000

I, too, would like to know how “responsibility” is being defined in this context. Somehow, I don’t think they mean she’s “responsible” because she didn’t get an abortion — that would be anathema to liberal politics to imply that abortions are irresponsible. They just feel it necessary to throw that word out there, even if it has no meaning attached.
For now, they still refer to these things as “mistakes,” but be on the lookout for that judgment to go by the wayside as well. In no time at all, it will be deemed unfair to call teen pregnancy a mistake. How dare you judge!
But I did get a kick out of her interview in which she said she was “shocked” to learn she was pregnant. Oy. An idiot.
Anyhoooo, we don’t have these problems in the Orthodox community, not because the kids have more control over their raging hormones, but because they are not allowed to hang out together unsupervised. Girls and boys do not mix, and certainly not while alone. In fact, no one ever discusses the concept of teens having control because it’s understood that you WANT to feel strong sexual desire, that you DON’T want to arouse it only to have to “control” it, rather, you AVOID triggering that desire, or at least you remove all temptation by staying away from the opposite sex, until after you’ve stood under the chuppah. I think where many Christians go wrong is in trying to teach their teens how to date and still “hold the line” after kissing, but religious Jews have the right idea — no dating until it’s time for marriage and no touching until after the wedding. It sounds crazy but it works. We followed that practice, and we are very happy.

By: bhparkman

bhparkman — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:37:31 +0000

I’m not at all suprised this happened, or at the kind of comment Nickelodeon made in this regard. In fact, I’m sure it happens quite often to the affluent. 6000 years of history, and most folks act like this sort of thing is brand new.
These folks will push any social/poltical standard further toward Sodom until they die of intoxication, infections, murder/suicide, or anything else. A being can only take so much. And once the star is destroyed and dead, there’s hundreds willing and able to take their place.
We don’t watch any of these shows in our home. This is the first I’ve hear of the pregnancy. Parents can control the media in their homes, but many chose not to for fear of the neighbors (stupid excuse). My children don’t even know who Britany and Jamie-Lynn Spears are, much less their antics.
There is an answer to this problem – stop fueling the market for it. If you don’t like it, then don’t patronize it. We’re all adults here.

By: piratelady

piratelady — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:18:13 +0000

man – if this ever happens to hannah montanna I’ll have to die crying! I love Billy Ray and my child loves hanna. Pwease hannah stay pure!
I would hope that Thomas-Nelson would be the ones to grow some stones and cancel that book – gheesh – what were they thinking? Are they aware that Brittney is her daughter?
[PL: I WAS THINKING OF MILEY CYRUS/HANNAH MONTANA, WHEN I WROTE THIS. SHE IS WHOLESOME. FOR NOW. BUT, WHO KNOWS, THIS COULD HAPPEN TO HER, TOO. I HOPE NOT, FOR THE SAKE OF THE MILLIONS OF GIRLS WHO IDOLIZE HER. DS]