Jamie Lynn Spears Should Be Bristol Palin's Role Model
8/14/2010 11:56:00 AM
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How many teenage girls in the spotlight need to get pregnant before we stop peddling purity rings and start teaching safe sex?Bristol Palin's mother, former Alaskan governor and Vice Presidential Republican candidate Sarah Palin, was ironically enough a big proponent of abstinence only sex education in public schools. So when Bristol got pregnant at 17, the effectiveness of such a rigid sex-ed program was scrutinized.
Jamie Lynn Spears, on the other hand, starred in her own tween show, 'Zoey 101,' from 2005 to 2008. She's the younger sister of Britney Spears, the Disney-raised star who once claimed to be "saving herself" for marriage. Jamie Lynn showed that, like her big sis, she wasn't that innocent. At age 16, she shocked kids and parents alike when she announced that she was pregnant.
Both teenage moms made bank selling the first photos of their kids to tabloids. Both tried to make it work with their hometown baby daddies, but ultimately broke things off. And both bravely stood by their decisions to accept responsibility for their actions and raise their children.
But Bristol could learn a lesson from Jamie Lynn. Since the birth of her daughter, Maddie Briann, Jamie Lynn has been laying low in Liberty, Mississippi. Her acting career seems to be on a slight hiatus, and we haven't seen much of her in the press.
This much needed break from fame is exactly what Jamie Lynn needs in order to survive in Hollywood. She'll reemerge in a few years, older and more mature, and resurrect her career. And because we won't have been bombarded with her through her most trying of times, she'll seem fresh and new and we'll be willing to give her that second chance.
Bristol might not be pursuing an acting career, but she, too, needs to step out of the limelight. (To do this I'd strongly recommend putting a firm barrier between herself and fame-hungry Levi Johnston.) It's almost making a mockery of her situation by acting as a spokeswoman for abstinence. Clearly that mindset didn't work too well for her in the past.
Unlike most teenage mothers, Bristol is extremely fortunate to have the funds and support to go to school. She's expressed interest in public relations, and I think the best thing she could do is quietly pursue a degree in that. Then, in a few years, she'll have that slight notoriety from her past brush with stardom, a degree to back it up, and some substantial self-reflection under her belt. At that point Bristol, like I expect Jamie Lynn will do, can move forward in her chosen career and adult life. Both girls' "mistakes" from their pasts will be chalked up as life lessons that were ultimately rewarding, character building, and with enough patience, career boosting.
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