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Aug 06 2008
Backstage at Baby Borrowers
I hear that NBC's "Baby Borrowers" is one of the biggest summer shows EVER. I have watched all the episodes now, each several times. I love it. Truly, madly deeply. I started watching because I had to (the Campaign developed discussion guides for the show though we had nothing to do with its basic premise or taping), but I am now a flat-out convert.
Tonight, NBC is airing a special follow up about the show, and because I am in this special (please do NOT watch my segment unless you promise to tell me that I looked 32....), I have now had extensive contact not only with the teen couples but also the "lender" parents and the show's wonderful creator, Richard McKerrow. Based on hours with all these people and others, I am more convinced than ever that this program is a force for good. It reveals in living color why teens are best advised to postpone parenthood—and it does so without being preachy or annoying. In particular, it shows how the stress of babies is overwhelms fragile teens relationships.
Shocking news bulletin: None of the couples are still together....
I also think that all the whining about how traumatic the experience of being "lent" was to the babies is not credible. Think babysitters. Think day care centers. Think, we went to NYC for the weekend but my sister took care of Baby Walter.... ALL the lender parents would do it again in a heartbeat.
I must also report that (1) there was more food backstage for the taping of this show that I saw at the last three weddings I attended combined, and (2) l loved the "hair and make-up" gig. I think they took 5 years off me...no small feat.
9 pm in the East. NBC. Tonight.
Jul 09 2008
Toddler Time
The Baby Borrowers is back tonight - and this time the teen "parents" are caring for toddlers. Toddlers, as they soon find out, are a whole lot different than babies - they're mobile, they have tempers, and there are lots of potty-training mishaps. It may surprise you to see how the couples handle this new set of challenges. Just because things went smoothly for some with the babies doesn't mean toddlers will be easy too. Shows like this one provide a great opportunity to talk with the teens in your life about sex, love, relationships and pregnancy prevention. To get the conversation started, check out our Discussion Guides. And tell us what you think of the show, the lessons contained within, and your reaction to the experiment...take our short online survey or leave us your comments on the blog. Tune in to NBC tonight to find out who says "This is where they go running for the condom aisle!" and why.
