After a commercial break, the teens had to decide which parent would stay at home and which one would work. Alicea said that she would like to go to work because she didn’t want to deal with the kid at all because of the mom and she “doesn’t take s#!* from anyone.” Alicea, do humanity a favor and never had kids.
The father of Dayton and Morgan’s kid paid them a visit and gave them some great advice on soothing and calming a baby. He admitted that it’s difficult but that they have to relax themselves in order to help a …read more

The first set of parents to take delivery of a child was Jordan and Sasha. I give them the best shot at doing well as parents.
Alicea and her boyfriend were next with Shaun and Kelsey as the third couple to get their child. Shaun looked terrified. Dayton and Morgan were up next, followed by Austin and Kelly last.
The first person to really irk me due to their treatment of a child was Alicea. She gave up feeding the child because she was too frustrated and swore at the kid. The onlooking parents (via video cam) decided to step in and …read more

If you missed the post the other day, Baby Borrowers is a show about teens who think they want to have children and will live with others’ kids for a few days.
I barely made it through the intro without thinking these contestants were not going to fare well.  I gave it a chance, though. Within a few minutes the first absolute mess of the show stepped up and showed her true colors.  When contestant Kelley had to wear a pregnancy suit to simulate pregnant weight gain (as did every other female contestant) and boyfriend Austin giggled, she broke down crying …read more

A few people had mentioned the upcoming show “Baby Borrowers” in comments about a pregnancy pact at a Massachusetts high school. The show basically thrusts teens into parental and adult situations to see how they cope.
NBC’s upcoming reality series “The Baby Borrowers” is an intriguing new social experiment based on the hit British program that asks five diverse teenage couples — ages 18-20 — to fast-track to adulthood by setting up a home, getting a job and becoming caring parents first to babies, toddlers, pre-teens and their pets, teenagers and senior citizens — all over the course of three weeks. …read more