Levi Johnston Is Not A Cad

I have a couple of teens, so to me, the most interesting thing about Sarah Palin at this point is the situation with her teenage daughter, Bristol Palin, and her ex-fiance-baby-daddy, Levi Johnston.

I do not mean this in a tabloid-y gossipy way. I think that these two kids are in a situation that unfortunately happens to teens all over the world, but in their case, it is playing out in the media to a certain point. Kids that age, they are still figuring things out, still very much driven by their hormones or their peers.  They are still in the learning-to-be-a-human phase.

Apparently, I am not alone in my curiousity as Levi Johnston appeared on the Tyra Banks show recently. He spoke about a tension between himself and Bristol. From what I can see, he isn’t trying to sell out as much as …. well, he’s a kid. He’s not saying Sarah Palin is a bitch, Bristol is a puppet, he’s just saying this is what is going on, this is the reality of his situation, as he sees it. Maybe he is a cad to continue to talk about it, but he is a kid. He’ll figure that out later.

I have a couple of very good friends who were teenage parents and contrary to popular belief, their lives were not over with the birth of first one and then a second unplanned bundle of joy. They dug in deeper, worked harder, loved fiercer and are living a life most people dream about.  Challenges are there to make you stronger, to see what you are made of. 

I could be wrong about this kid, but I think that his wanting to see his boy, even when negative statements are made in the press about him, I think he’s going to do alright by that child. Perhaps he will even do right by the child’s young mother. 

He said, in his Tyra Banks interview, that Sarah Palin “probably” knew that they were having sex. “Moms are smart,” he said. Moms are smart and facing some truths about my own teens, well it has not been easy, but we are all human and we crave human contact. People who love each other, whatever their age, they want to take that next step.  Sex. It’s biology,  baby.

So sure teach abstinence as a choice, but please, be realistic about human nature and offer information about birth control, as well.

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