Catelynn and Tyler are coming to TN!
It is amazing that these two teens from a small MI town have come into prominence. It all started when they agreed to appear on the MTV show "16 and Pregnant" and allowing cameras to record their pregnancy. What was different about them is that they choose adoption for their baby. They both had come from broken and dysfunctional homes and wanted better for their baby girl. They choose a couple through Bethany Christian Services and an open adoption situation. The scene where Catelynn gave birth and released her daughter for adoption was one of the most moving scenes I have seen. Such courage and maturity!! Such love!! Tyler was the rock! Always putting the needs of the child first. Mature beyond his years.
Well this couple who are still together went on to graduate from high school and Tyler is in his first semester of college. Since their daughter Carly was adopted by a couple living in a different state the visits are not often but precious. Tyler and Catelynn went on to star in "Teen Mom" and are coming to Hendersonville TN to participate in a panel discussion and talk to teens and their parents on the issue of teen pregnancy....it's not always someone else's child.
Parents and teens....you are in for a treat and much needed education.
2 comments:
Heartwarming true story and couageous act. I hope the turnout is better than imagined!
Good. Theirs is a story that is closer to the truth, along with those teens and young twenties that keep their babies and struggle to make ends meet. These should be the spokespeople for teen pregnancy. Not Bristol Palin who has got wealth and fame for being a pregnant teen and rather than go to college and/or start a career she is selling hers and her child's story, selling abstinence which hasn't actually worked for her, and losing her face to plastic surgery. Enough of her already.
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