With big sis Britney seeming somewhat stable for the moment, I guess it’s time for the other Spears sibling to make some headlines— just in case the tabloids can’t find another celeb family to fill their pages. There were gossip reports everywhere yesterday afternoon as pictures surfaced of Jamie Lynn flashing a ring, along with news that her baby’s daddy, Casey Aldridge, had a relative spill the beans to a magazine that the pair is engaged.
Though the rumors are that the parents are very much against the wedding, I must admit there is a part of me that is beginning to root for this 16-year-old, real-life “Juno.” She has taken her GED so she will have completed her schooling. She has left Los Angeles for now to go back home to Louisiana in an attempt to stay out of the limelight as much as possible. She hasn’t shaved her head or flashed any body parts to the paparazzi. And now she wants to try to make her relationship with the baby’s father work.
Marriage may or may not be the best decision for someone so young, but I am pretty sure there are far worse decisions that she could have made than at least attempting to build a family unit away from Hollywood. Maybe mom Lynne, who is supposed to be publishing a memoir in the future on raising two famous kids, hasn’t done such a bad job after all.
posted March 27, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Although I wish her all the best, the odds of Jamie Lynn and the prospective father staying together until death do us part are unfortunately slim to none. It’s sad, but true. If everyone would look at the BIG picture, and ulitmately realize what is BEST for the baby (not Jamie Lynn or her family or Mr. Aldridge and his family)then the best alternative would be to put the baby up for adoption. God knows that there are enough couples around who would give anything to have a child of their own, but for reasons beyond their control, aren’t able to. I don’t care if you are famous or not famous….born in 1961, I also was an “accident,” but didn’t find out the truth until I was 40. My birth mother had what it took to do one of the MOST unselfish acts of her life. She gave me up because she wasn’t in a financial position to keep me. Having had 2 girls of my own, I can ONLY IMAGINE the pain and anguish a woman goes through giving up a life she has carried around inside of her for the past 9 months. No disrespect to the Spears family, but if they really put this pregnancy into perspective, adoption could be the better alternative. Besides, both Jamie Lynn and Casey are YOUNG. They can’t have a clue just how much their lives will change. I was 32 when I had my first baby, and it was an eye-opening experience at THAT age!!!! I know from personal experience that a baby doesn’t not necessarily bring a couple closer together. It can also rip them apart. Oh, I know, in Jamie Lynn’s case, money ISN’T a problem. But sometimes, it just isn’t about money. Put the baby first!
posted March 28, 2008 at 10:59 am
This situation that Jamie Lynn’s family are in are very much the same as the other young girls today are facing and that is teen pregnancy and no education or work experience, although Jamie Lynn does have money(which is good when it comes to raising a child)does she have the love and determination of making sure the child will be stable(mentallly and physically)in life and to provide support to a child which means when the child has a problem with an issue in life will you be able to lead the child in the right direction by providing sound judgment on how to handle the situation or(is Jamie Lynn and the other teenage girls who becomes parents at an early age are too inexperience in life themselves to be able to give sound advice to their child as a result of not giving themselves enough time to had experince life themselves(what i am saying is sometimes having an unplanned pregnancy can lead to having to grow up fast and start making grown up decisions so that you can be a good parent that means being able to listen to other people who have experience your same situation and not being upset about what they have to say about the situation(corrective criticism)and being able to change your ways about life. The Spear family does not seem like a sound family,like mother and daughters facing the same situations in life but hopefully Jamie Lynn has noticed these situations and is willing to be differnt and not make the same mistakes like Britney and Mom has made in their lives and try to have a little self-control of her life and raise her baby up in a christian atmosphere which means she will need to be around sound judgmental caring and loving individuals and believe in herself that she will give herself and her baby the best life possible even if it means being without the baby’s natural father in order to give the baby a good life.
posted March 30, 2008 at 3:43 am
hi i like lynn
posted March 31, 2008 at 10:45 am
Although, it’s tough to become a Mom so young and get married and create a whole new family unit, it doesn’t mean they will fail. They will have plenty of people waiting to watch them fail, but they also have each other and they have a family to support and encourage them. Our society takes so much pleasure in watching someone else go through a tough time, it’s sad. It won’t be easy, but they can make it work and they just have to remain true to themselves, trust God to guide them and never give up. I wish them all the best and hope in 25 years, we are reading about how hard it was but they made it through their struggles and are now watching their grandchild be born.
posted March 31, 2008 at 11:52 am
Simply put: Having children outside of marriage and BEFORE your body is finish developing (at the age of 21) ISN’T worth praising.
No offence, but people who do those are foolish in my eyes.