Adoption Under One Roof

As I shared in this blog entry, the television show The Secret Life of the American Teenager is addressing the topic of teen pregnancy a second time. This time, it is worldly 17-year-old Adrian (played by Francia Raisa who is pregnant after having a one-night stand with naïve Ben Boykewich (played by Ken Baumann).

Last week’s episode had a great scene in which Adrian talked with her mother Cindy (played by Paola Turbay) about her pregnancy. Adrian has always been adamant that she does not want to have a baby as a teenager. She was taking birth control and had the condom break, but she still managed to get pregnant. While Cindy said that she would be supportive about whatever Adrian decides, she had an interesting perspective to share as a “could have been” birth mother.