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Have you caught this NBC show yet? I’ll do my best to explain. Five teenage couples get a dose of real life when they fast track to adulthood by setting up a home, getting a job and becoming caring parents. How exactly do they become parents? Parents loan out their babies. Yes, real life parents hand over their infants, toddlers, school-age and preteen children to TEENAGERS for three days.

The narrator of the show is sure to tell us that the real parents are set up across the street able to monitor the situation. Also, the couples are under under 24-hour supervision by nannies.

For three-day spells, the teenage couples care for a variety of age groups and last night it was the toddler group. I watched as one of the teenagers dragged a toddler by his arm (he wasn’t hurt or crying) across the floor to change his “totally disgusting” diaper.

The camera recorded the real mom’s reaction which wasn’t positive, HOWEVER, I would have flown across the street to “handle” the situation. I can only imagine what the babies and toddlers think about their parents leaving them with strangers. Some may cope better than others but is it a fair thing to do. What do the real parents gain?

For that matter, what do the teenage couples gain? I would guess the general public hopes that these kids will realize that life as an adult is hard. Maybe we can successfully squash any of their fairytale images of marriage, work and family. With all the craziness in Gloucester, that may not be such a bad idea. I do worry, however, about one of the couples, who seem to be enjoying themselves. Will they catch the Jamie Lynn Spear’s tvibe? I just saw her on the cover of OK magazine which read: “Being a mom is the best feeling in the world!”