Better than a 5 pound sack of flour.
I am anxiously awaiting NBC's new show, The Baby Borrowers.
He looks thrilled doesn't he?
It starts on February 18th, and it's 5 super young couples, that's teenage couples, that want to be parents and think they can handle it.
They are all given the fast-track to adulthood by setting up a home, getting a job and becoming caring parents first to babies, toddlers, pre-teens and their pets, teenagers and senior citizens -- all over the course of three weeks.
They are calling this a social experiment.
I'm calling it fun.
How many of you women out there took the parenting class at their high school?
You know the one I'm talking about. Don't lie.
The teacher handed you a 5 pound sack of flour, and made you "take care" of it for a whole week like it was a real baby.
I did ok until the very last day when John Gagne decided to kidnap my "baby" and take it to all of his classes with him for a day.
Luckily he gave it back to me before my end of day parenting class, or Mrs. Lords would have bitched me out something fierce.
It was such an odd thing, that 5 pound sack of flour.
Nothing like a real baby at all.
It didn't cry, poop, eat, or sleep.
It just was.
This new show will be highly entertaining to me because as a single mom, I didn't have another person there to help me 24/7 like these young couples will have each other.
I want to see how these young dads handle it.
Men are always like I can do it, it's not that hard, but when it comes down to it, they usually cave faster than the girls do.
The catch phrase for this show is "It's not tv, it's birth control".
Betcha 5 bucks one of these teen girls will still want a baby at the end of this.
It will be interesting to see just how real it is, who bails out first, and how often the parents and others who are right next door, have to come step in and help.
This isn't exactly real life if someone is right next door to bail their asses out.
"all the while under 24-hour supervision by nannies and the real parents who are stationed next door, watching via monitor, and able to step in at any time."
Most young moms and dads do not have help right next door, heck, there usually is no help at all.
The show will be interesting though.
I'm curious to see how these kids do, and if this experiment changes their minds on having kids so young.
Comments
Thanks for letting me know about this show! I will try to remember that it's coming on and watch. Sounds pretty original and interesting....even though it's not at all like finding yourself with a baby in real life, where someone isn't going to just bail you out when the going gets tough. I think it's a pretty good idea, though, since young folks, for the most part, seem to think they have it all figured out!
Posted by: Devilish Southern Belle | January 28, 2008 4:02 PM
That show does sound interesting. I'll have to keep an eye out for at least the first episode. :P
As for my experiance in high school. We were allowed to select and elective and I decided that I could sign up Home Ec where I learn horribly sexist ideals and worthless skills (I already knew how to cook, probably better than the teacher herself, and I did not and still do not plan on having kids ever) or I be in the marching band and the windensemble. XD
Posted by: Joana | January 30, 2008 5:50 AM