I used to kind of like this show in the first season. But it's gotten much worse. It focuses almost completely on sex-nobody talks about anything else. Language IS mild and nothing is actually shown, but I have to question the appropriateness of a show for teens that talks constantly about sex. And it shows a very narrow view of how teens really are-everyone lives in nice, comfortable homes. Nobody seems to have problems until they have sex. Except for Ricky and Adrian, these are all practically perfect kids who get everything they want. They all behave like perfect rich kids who think of nothing but sex. And I can't say I like any of the characters very much. None of them are good role models, and it's unlikely any real teen lives as perfect a life as these kids do, so teens watching this show may get the wrong idea about what it's REALLY like to become pregnant in high school. Everything is too easy for the kids (everyone except Ricky has understanding, caring parents, enough money, etc.), and while they say how hard it is to be raising a child at their age, we don't really see any of the hardships. We don't see how hard it is for Amy to have John, or for Adrian to have decided to have her baby. They seem pretty happy. Even when the girls' parents split up twice everything is sugar-coated. The whole show gives a very unrealistic view of life for teens growing up in America, and it's hard to feel any empathy with these kids because everything is handed to them on a silver platter. In all, I think that while the sex material is nothing to new to teens, it is NOT a good show to use as education about teen pregnancy, because it doesn't show the issue as it really is. Teens really won't learn any real life lessons from this show.

Honestly the show seems fake in my opinion. The way they talk about sex makes me feel like they are giving a negative message and saying it's okay to have sexual intercourse. The word comes up way to much and they hardly focus on how truly difficult mother hood is. She has all this help from her family members, but in reality, most teen-moms don't have that kind of support. The way the christian once was all for abstinence and no-sex till marriage, then changes her mind and gives away her virginity isn't a very good roll model at all. The mother of this child talks about how she is ready to go off and have sex with another man with no intention of marring him and shortly after her husband had passed away. Then There is a rather promiscuous girl who seems to enjoy having sex with just about anyone who will give it to her, Boyfriend or Not, and with her supposed brother? How gross. The message about sex is way to positive and honestly isn't teaching anything. Just that teens love to have sex and look how the parents do crap about it. Hey I am 16 and sexually active myself but at least my mother discusses way I can prevent myself from getting pregnant and encourages me to use protection. I even chart out my cycle every month so I have an idea when I am fertile. If you are a virgin and you have sex it's not going to last "two seconds" and you are going to know when it happens. Advice to all you 13 year olds posting this show good reviews. Don't let a guy woo his way into your pants and surely if you must USE CONDOMS! or better get birth control, and don't give away your virginity to just anyone. Go watch 16 and pregnant (or Teen Moms, whatever they call it now) on MTV, that should give you a more realistic view on teen pregnancy's. More so then this piece of crap. My boyfriend and I think this show is ridiculous and is giving a horrible message to 13 year olds who shouldn't even be thinking about sex! i have 2 friends at that age and never do I tell them that sex is okay. That's horrible. I advice all parents to not let their children watch this show it's strange,stupid and just not suitable for young teens.

It is horrible and gives teens a bad name. Not all teens are that bad. It is not even realistic to how teens acts. I should know, I am one now.

Okay, during season 2 and over, they just glorify teen sex like its the 'hottest new thing- everybodys' doing it!' deal. They almost never say no to the offer, and one of the teens finds out she's pregnet and starts complaining "I don't want to have a baby!" -well, what did you expect chica? Pretty much all of them at discussed it or already done it. Its discusting, why is this on ABC 'Family'? I'm sorry, but the very second I changed the channel, I heard something like 'Oh no, I'm pregnet' 'lets make our first time special' or something nasty like that. I hear this enough at school, why does it have to be on cable? Sure I know what you fans are thinking "well just change the channel moron"- duh, I did that, but I watched it to see what its like so I can rate it here, so here I am. I wouldn't let my kids watch something that constantly talks about sex, it doesn't teach good messages anymore! They make it look like teen sex is so cool and common nothing bad can happen- ha I beg to differ, both of my sisters gave birth at 16. Watch 16 and Pregnat, it actually shows what happens, not make it look like a romantic little fairytale that all of the messes will be whiped up by parental love.

Thsi show is awsome! i love it!

Honestly, if I was a parent, and was going to pick one show centered around sex for my kid, I would pick this one. The characters seem so real, each has different values and beliefs, and you get a wide range of what teens believe is okay and not okay about having sex. I really enjoy the characters in this show, they're very much like actual people, and the situations they get into are very much like situations actual people get into, especially teen pregnancy, and how it can affect ALL teens, because Amy was thought of as the "good girl". I think this is a great drama for teens because it shows the nitty-gritty of teen pregnancy and it's concequences, but also about love.

i used to watch this show. i loved the first season, but the second season came out and it became WAY to much about sex. at one point in the show, all the girls in the school campaign with "just say me" (pleasing themselves sexually on their own) and it was wrong. they act like thats alright and appropriate and its not. i turned off the tv and haven't watched it since. they glorify pregnancy, everybody cheats on eachother. its horrible.

As far as being appropriate goes, this show is probably ok for the 13/14+ range, but it gives teens a really bad (and unrealistic!) name, as well as being really boring. The first season was ok, but now the plot lines are overused, the acting is below mediocre, and all it talks about is sex, sex, sex! Even though I know the show is supposed to be about sex, there's only so much you can do with it before hearing "sex" every other sentence gets really boring and old. (Not to mention the fact that the characters are extremely stereotyped - Catholic girl wears a promise ring, good girl gone bad, the bad girl, bad boy, nerd, etc.) As if that wasn't enough, it is definitely not realistic to what a real teen's "secret life" would be. Most teens don't have sex before they're in high school like Amy does in season one. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, it's just extremely rare and I feel like the show doesn't portray her pregnancy realistically. If the show really wanted to portray the typical American teen's secret life, I think it would cover all aspects of teenage struggles - not just the sexual ones. This show is no longer anybody's time.

Well, to be honset I use to want to watch this show, because it looked kind of interesting. The sad thing is that every time I watch abit of the show on MTV, i just have to change the channel. The show to me, seems VERY lame. They don't make pregnancy for a teenager realistic, they make it seem SO simple, like how they raise the child and the parents aren't like real parents. You can say it's for entertainment but entertainment as I see it is already going down the drain, so there are not plenty of great shows to watch.The youtube comments mention how bad the acting is, which is clearly obvious, and it's only about SEX, having a child in the show is so not real, and it doesn't seem to be a secret thing, it's a serious issue!