Shown in many schools across the UK but now apparently banned for being too sick! [yt=Not what they expected]frHOZn3tpdQ[/yt]
Oh purLEASE. They need to make sure there's stuff out there that doesn't romanticise pregnancy!! Pain and blood and a little baby head poking out of your vag. It's not all shopping in New Look for maternity wear and baby clothes!
I can see how this kind of ad could discourage teenage girls (and likely fully grown ladies as well) from having unprotected sex, but I doubt it would influence boys' behavior at all. There's this commercial, but it's not quite on the same level of horror as the one in the OP. Plus teen boys might just conclude that the way to avoid that guy's situation is to try to avoid parental responsibilities altogether - easier for a boy than a girl.
Sometimes it's easy to tell who's never had an unwanted pregnancy. Of course, neither have I, but that video just about perfectly captures what I think an empathetic person should imagine is the state of mind that results from an unwanted teen pregnancy.
Yes, frighten girls about childbirth and show boys that being a father = instant emasculation. Neither targets specifically *teenage* pregnancy. Both seem to be saying it's better if the species dies out entirely.
^ What do you think an ad that targets specifically teen pregnancy (for both boys and girls) would have?
A Day in the Life. Teen couple living with her parents and squabbling like cats day and night. Teen dad dropping out of school, working two scut jobs, never seeing his friends (except maybe in passing as they mock him on his way to work), teen mom looking at herself in the mirror, bags under her eyes because the baby's up crying all night, fighting with *her* mother because she wants to go out just one night, and her mother's fed up with babysitting. "This could be you, if you're not careful." You could do a montage like that in a 60-second PSA. Not sure how effective it would be - teens believe they're immortal, and bad stuff always happens to someone else - but it would be a lot less scattershot than these two.
Teen pregnancy was in my Top 5 list of things that added lines to my face when my girls were that age. Almost nothing can abruptly change a once promising life quite like that. Fortunately, we made it through that period and now that they're in their 20s they have the maturity and common sense to avoid becoming a parent before they're ready to make that commitment. Now I'm working on making sure my son doesn't make me a grandpa before he gets out of high school and I'm finding that to be much more of a challenge.
Yeah, they never tell you about that part when you bring that cute little newborn home from the hospital, do they?
They sure don't. And you don't get a User Manual either. Still, the birth of my kids are the three greatest experiences of my life and I've had a grand time raising them. My life is certainly going to be different (and a lot quieter) when my son leaves in a year or so.
Is it wrong that I giggled a little bit? EDIT: Watched it again. Still giggled. I can't tell why, but near the end of the video every time, I chuckle. Then the words come on and I giggle a little harder. XD
