Two of the stars of “16 and Pregnant” are currently knocked up again, probably for the second time although it’s possible either of them have been pregnant in the interim, or were pregnant at some before before the baby that earned them fame and cash. We heard last year that 19 year-old castmember Markai Durham got pregnant for the second time, allegedly after forgetting a birth control shot, and had an abortion. Now Life & Style is reporting that both Jordan Ward, 18, and Kianna Randall, 18, are pregnant with their second children. Jordan has confirmed her pregnancy while we have yet to hear from Kianna.
“One out of four teen moms will have a repeat birth within two years,” warned Teen Mom therapist Dr. Drew Pinsky. Now, Life & Style has learned that two 16 & Pregnant cast members, Jordan Ward, 18, and Kianna Randall, 18, are pregnant again.
“Jordan’s baby girl is due in November,” a friend tells Life & Style about the married mom of 18-month-old Noah.
Kianna, who already has an 11-month-old son, Kay’den, is expecting and facing felony charges for allegedly attempting to break in to a home in Tarrant County, Texas, on Aug. 28. “She’s charged with attempted burglary and two aggravated robberies,” a rep for the District Clerk’s office confirms to Life & Style.
[From Life & Style]
Where to start with this? Yes statistics show that 25% of teen moms will get pregnant with a second child within two years, as the all-knowing Dr. Drew points out. The rates for non-celebrity teen moms getting boob jobs and staging bikini photo ops is nowhere near what we see from these MTV teen moms though. Getting pregnant is another way to get more headlines and to squeeze some additional press out of short-lived reality career. Sadly the plastic surgery route is probably more effective and easier on their poor kids. (And Kianna seems to have had a boob job at least.) I’m not saying they definitely got pregnant again to get more plotlines or press, but that’s going to be the result. These shows can’t even teach the participants how to practice safe sex, how are they going to have that effect on teen viewers?
‘Stars’?
Sometimes, I think I might not be doing a good enough job as a parent…maybe I should read to my child more, maybe I should have her in more classes…maybe different classes…to make sure she’s got a good balance, and is developing in a healthy way.
Then I read this. I’m not going to worry anymore. I’m going to have a huge glass of wine and feel superior. And a little terrified for the future.
These girls have fan pages? Sick.
This is really sad. I only watched a few episodes of the first season but even then it was obvious the kids weren’t learning much from their mistakes. What makes it worse is that MTV highlights all of the bad behavior(physical abuse to their partners and child neglect)all for the plot of the next episode. I really Hope this show goes off the air soon. It seems like its doing more harm then good.
Kay’den? What kind of name is that? “Kayden” is already retarded enough, but with an apostrophe? So how does one pronounce that name? Kay Den? Because apostrophes often signify a short pause or a sound that doesn’t appear in writing? Kay-ah-den then? Kayghtriuethiden?
And this, my fine ladies, why I find that for these girls, procreation and bringing another unfortunate soul into this world is a horrible idea. Sad.
Everybdy was not ment to be made the same what you dont like a million other ppl love so I really cant believe you comment on a name which isnt yours…..why do you care so much of what a stranger mame is
Can I ask what “Kay’den” is short for?
That apostrophe has got to be in there for a reason!
Did we really expect another result after these networks promote pregnant teens as so-called reality stars instead of educating the youths of teen pregnancies and the responsibilities that go with it.
the show sucks.
Not surprising as the media teaches everyone that you don’t need to work hard to make a living. Just get pregnant at a young age, have a litter of babies, or pimp your kids out. Working a 9 to 5 is apparently for losers.
Jaysus, what ever happened to living ur own life b4even contemplating kids! These girls havent actually lived yet – kids raising kids, so sad and f’cked up!
Why so surprised? They’ve clearly been taught that having babies is not just lucrative but also provides the attention they crave.
@tapioca, I was scrolling down as quickly as possible to comment on that “Kay-apostrophe-den.” I’m not sure what exactly it stands for, but I think it makes the case that no-one under the age of 21 (or 25 in some locales) should be allowed to name children.
Reminds me of a New Yorker cartoon from some years ago – a person dressed outlandishly, in a crowd of outlandishly dressed persons, yelling “I’m unique! Just like everyone else!”
Wtf. Official fan page? I can’t judge these girls I had 2 kids by the age of 20 but I wanted better for my kids, with my mom’s help I finished my degree. I think this show enables these girls. Book jobs? They should be paying for school. My kids are now 19 and 15 and pretty well adjusted and focused on getting their education. I don’t know where I would be without my mother. Mtv should really cancel this show. I think it had good intentions at first but turned into a monster.
I watched the first 2 seasons of 16 and pregnant and teen mom. I stopped watching because as the seasons went on the girls were getting more ridiculous and the “fathers” were bigger assholes. Playing it up for the camera probably so I stopped watching. The first couple seasons I didn’t think MTV was glorying the show but now I see the are only getting famewhores in training because the other teen moms out there are busting their butts for their kids, not getting plastic surgery and making fanpages smh.
This is so sad. Where are their parents???
MTV never should have done this show and given them fame and attention.
There have been people saying from the start of this show that it is actually a deterrent to teens because it highlights the difficulties in becoming a teen mom. There have been others who have said that it glorifies teen pregnancy and encourages it.
I think this news supports ONE of those views.
What these girls have learned from MTV is that it’s profitable to get knocked up.
I am from an older generation and I am continually shocked at the number of single young mothers these days.
Just in the professional firm where I work all five secretaries are single and two of them have two children, 1 has three children and 1 has one child.
I simply do not understand how these single women do it. They work 40 hour weeks and have to pay for childcare in addition to the costs of providing food, shelter, clothing and school. I know the salaries they make and there is no way I could manage all that on that salary. Not even to mention the amount of energy and patience required of these young mothers.
Single young mothers have become glorified in our culture within the last 20 years and it is shows like this that contribute to the myth that a woman is only truly a woman when she has a child.
I also want to add that even professional single women have babies wihout the benefits of marriage – (It has also happened here) BUT – they also have the salary to support them.
And I still think it is wrong so it is not just the issue of having the money for the kids – it is an issue of having the structural support of marriage and a husband to provide the needed assistance of emotional, financial and rearing support.
Go ahead throw rocks at me and call me names – like I said, it is an older generation’s viewpoint.
You could not have said it better. I agree 100 percent with what you just wrote. Young single motherhood is glorified and it need not be. Whats wrong with a lot of kids today is single parenthood and too much stress being put on one person and that’s why so many kids are not being taken proper care of because only one parent is doin all the work.
A lot of kids never really see their single parent because they are always working so that leaves the child to take care of themselves.
We are truely living in the last days. What is wrong will be right and what is right will be wrong.
I disagree with the majority of comments. Although I have never watched the show, I think it does give these girls a chance to make something out of their lives because the reality for most young single girls with a baby is pretty bleak. If these girls aren’t smart enough, or ambitious enough to want something better for themselves or their children the blame rests on them (and their parents). They were given a second chance, and instead of being grateful and making the most of it, they squandered it. At some point, they need to take responsibility for their choices.
@ladybert62:
Well, there are young mums who are single through either no fault of their own, or poor decision-making, but who demonstrate ovarian fortitude in overcoming this by working hard, going to nightschool and making financial sacrifices so their kids are provided for. I think these women should be celebrated and supported.
However, the girls on Teen Mom should be pitted against one another in a live pay-per-view death match in which the winner gets popped in the head by the archer who lit the torch at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with a burning arrow. Then their children may yet stand a chance.
a while ago this story was out about jordan being pregnant again, and she commented on it, saying she was married, they were both working they had their own place. I think shes not 16 anymore and it sounded like it was a decision not an accident…as for the other girl, no idea.
All of the girls have fan pages. Even some of their parents and friends who have made appearances on the show have fan pages, it’s totally ridiculous.
The first girl, Jordan, seems to have a good head on her shoulder. She’s married to the dad (will it last? Who knows) & he has a pretty great job lined up in the Air Force. They seem to be pretty good kids just trying to deal with the cards they’ve been dealt (although I do think it’s pathetic to be on baby 2 at only 18).
Kianna, though, is a real piece of work. Bitch is crazy, is really the only thing I can say about her. Getting tattooed out of a friend’s kitchen whilst pregnant, refusing to accept the fact that it could seriously infect her & the baby.
(I got caught up in a teen mom website this past weekend while in bed sick, I don’t actually follow what’s happening. Just wanted to throw that out there haha)
ladybert62: It’s not just secretaries. In the office where I work, many unmarried professional women in their late 20’s and early 30’s are getting pregnant quite deliberately. They just got sick and tired of waiting for a husband that might never materialize.
@ladybert
Maybe you should look at the current generation of men, too (NOT ALL, BUT A LOT) are 30 year old children. The financial and emotional support that you are mentioning is not something that a lot of them are providing.
The way I look at it, if you can PROVIDE for the children, I don’t judge. I DO judge the 23 year old who can into my office last week, single, knocked up with her third kid, no dad around, collecting welfare. I can’t afford more kids because I have to pay to support hers and others like her. That is what is wrong with things today. Don’t have babies you can’t support yourself.
How depressing is this show?. They should have called the show, “The Worst Decision I’ve Ever Made.”
Well the first girl, Jordan, is married. The father is in (or going into the military). She’d announced awhile ago that they were expecting again so it isn’t a big surprise. She has a fairly supportive family as well so that helps a little bit.
The second girl is a nutcase though. I remember thinking what an idiot she was when I watched the episode.
And yes, i did watch the show for a few seasons. I couldn’t stop. I finally woke up and realized I can’t keep supporting the nonsense anymore. I personally believe Dr. Drew is an exploiter of the highest degree. If something tragic is going on, Dr. Drew’s mug will surely pop up somewhere so he can throw in his two cents. 🙁
Funny, my dad said the same thing to me. I proved him wrong.
These girls are idiots. All of them. Birth control is available EVERYWHERE and STD’s are too. Use your brain, bumbasses.
omg, there are so many famewhores around everywhere. Reality shows about EVERYTHING. Sorry for the caps, I am so sick of what producers are airing. There was one reality show about kid’s birthdays, and the kids were whining about something. I tuned in not knowing what it was. Just yuck.
LadyBert62, I am single mother of three, raising my kids on a salary of about 40 grand a year. The father of my children plays an active role in their lives. We are simply not together. My kids are well-rounded and content.
I grew up in two parent household where my father was emotionally abusive. He paid all the bills, but NEVER interacted with me or my sister. My mother, a woman from the older generation, thought it was better to remain a married woman than bear the stigma of being a dovirced, single mother.
My kids are happier and more emotionally stable in my single parent household than I was at their age with two parents. So, perhaps you need to be more flexible in your outlook on single parenting. A traditional household isn’t always a better household.
I don’t condone teen parenting, though. I was a teen mother with my first child, and it was very difficult. I had her at 17. I had my second child at 24, and the last child at 34. I often feel guilty about the way I parented my oldest child…I was so careless and impatient and hardly saw her because I was working and going to school, and just basically trying to figure out who I was. My younger kids have the benefit of an older, mature and patient mother.
I feel MTV needs to get rid of this show entirely. This generation lives for YouTube and Facebook…they crave instant fame, and MTV has given them a medium to become household names in an irresponsible manner.
Without … “Music” television how could these talent free, unattractive, morality wanting attention sluts get to make their kids all about them?
As long as the kids are guaranteed hot messes too, I’m sure it’s all worth a month of Snookierific ratings.
Don’t they learn from their previous mistakes??? I became sexually active in 1994 at age 15. Was on the pill but when I forgot to take it, I would ask my then boyfriend to wear a condom. It was not only my responsability but his too. He would make sure that we were “covered”.
As Original Bellaluna said, birth control is widely available, for men and women.
@marypily ~thank you!!!
for someone to insult mothers taking care of children is silly.
“I DO judge the 23 year old who can into my office last week, single, knocked up with her third kid, no dad around, collecting welfare. I can’t afford more kids because I have to pay to support hers and others like her. That is what is wrong with things today. Don’t have babies you can’t support yourself.”
@Delta Juliet, Preach sista!
Jordan and Brian seemed like good kids who made a silly mistake, i really liked them in their episode. Yeah she’s married and he’s got a job but so soon to have another child! Oh well i wish them the best!
Kianna i remember was 17 and pregnant by a 15 year old (yikes!) I wonder if he’s the father of her 2nd baby? I didn’t even finish her episode cos she got on my nerves.
18 and pregnant again. Jeez, way to learn from your mistakes guys!
16 and pregnant makes me cry – everytime
@ShanKat I absolutely agree with everything in both your first and second paragraphs!
That’s sad that they are expecting again. I mean no one wants to say a baby is a bad thing, but the loss of life experiences can be worse. 2 kids while still being teenagers, I’m sorry but their lives are gonna be total bullshit, unless their families have money to support them.
It makes me mad because my sister had my nephew at 16 and my family couldn’t financially support her. She busted her ass to finish school early and start a CC then transfer. Once my nephew was born she grew up. Sure she would go out with friends on special events, but she was a MOM. She has a great job and family now.
These girls, I’m sorry to say, are just too immature to be mothers or to even be drinking, or having sex.
there is just no excuse not to use birth control in the last 20 years!! Come on now! How is it that “these days” when teens are suppose to be so smart and knowledgable, they are too immature to walk into a walgreens and purchase condoms. Or even to go to planned parenthood for free ones.
I’m embarrassed that teens get pregnant. It’s one thing to get pregnant while using protection, it’s another to find yourself changing dirty diapers b/c you were to immature, lazy or stupid to use a condom.
Shame on them and shame on their lower class families. Bigger shame on MTV for making it appear ok to have babies out of wed lock at that young of an age with no means to support them. They are way to immature.
Some mothers are single by choice, and others are not. We all do the best we are able.
But these girls are idiots. I’d LOVE to know if their parents allowed them to attend sex-ed classes. I mean, I had sex-ed from 4th through 10th grade. (And a mother who actually talked to me about periods and sex.)
When I became sexually active, I INSISTED on condoms. (AIDS was all the rage when I became a teen, and we were AFRAID of it. These stupid bitches need to watch And The Band Played On.)
Yes, birth control is BOTH parties’ responsibility, but it is ultimately YOUR BODY that will house a child, birth said child, and be worked to the bone to raise said child if “daddy” decides not to stick around.
Excellent points from all the posters who responded to my rant – gave me much food for thought and once again I appreciate and would want every woman in the world to have access to birth control – one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century!
Thanks again and no insult meant to anyone!
Ladies don’t bash these girls.. Babies are gifts from God!! They are simply delivering gifts.. lmao..
@i.want.shoes it seems to be the zeitgeist thing now. don’t work, don’t wash your hair, look and act like a mess, act irresponsibly, be a bad parent of many, do everything for an image etc. esp. non-music tv is guilty of perpetuating this.
Well, I agreed with ladybert62 100%. And I can judge other women my age who have 3 kids and are single at/or under 26. I have no kids at this moment for a reason, because Im unmarried. Period.
Young girls, if it’s not too late, please get abortions. Don’t ruin your life any further and bring into this world children you will only neglect and can’t support.
You don’t HAVE to be married to have kids, but you should damn sure be in a place where you can support and take care of them.
Kids are not dolls. You can’t just take them off the shelf and play with them when you feel like it, then put them back when you’re done.
Kids are not pets. You can’t just kennel them and blow off for a week or two.
Kids are messy, needy, energy-requiring little beings. They are NOT going to provide you with unconditional love; they REQUIRE it.
Question: Do you judge when the mother is recently divorced with some kids? Collecting welfare or not?
You get married, start your family, and end up divorced. It can happen to anyone. Divorce can rock your world and your financial stability. It’s something I think and worry about. I
I’m just grateful that my husband is supportive of me finishing college.
I just think it’s a misconception that a married household is better for children than a single parent household. And I LOVE how it’s single moms who come under fire…single fathers aren’t judged quite as harshly. Many of my friends whose parents remained together for the sake of “the kids” grew up miserable. And yes, kids are expensive and two incomes is definitely better than one in terms of raising them. But if the father of your child is financially responsible, and pays his child support or whatever arrangements to care for his kids, then it doesn’t feel as burdensome.
I definitely don’t think teenagers should become parents…because although you may mature ( these girls being an exception) the maturity comes at a huge cost of lost youth, and overwhelming responsibility.
But if a mature, stable woman wants to become a mom without a husband, she should be free to do so, without being treated like a social pariah, lol. A man doesn’t have to be your hubby to be a good father to your child.
yeah thats the promblem long ago being a father means you teach your son or daughter the ways of life now fathers are considered a job they see having a kid with a man in there life to just pay bills and work instead of teaching them values a privledge thats how society mess everything cause one fathers roles change so did life
@ Kathy…I had 3 glasses. I hope you did, too.
@ bellaluna…I’ll trade you “meth-tacular” for “bumbasses.”
What the f*** do you think will happen when you glamorize teen pregnancy?! These stupid, selfish, people and media twits are trying to make these young girls into celebrities and (possibly) negatively altering the life/lives of any children these girls have now and in the future! I blame the networks who put this sh*t on the TV, the producers, the whole entire cast and crew and everyone out there who watches this trash.
I’m a single mom at 29, with a 2 year old. I’m a professional, i work full time, and my husband left me when our daughter was 10 months.
Definitely not the situation I wanted or imagined I would ever find myself in. I struggle quite a bit with other people’s perceptions of me being a “single mom”. Unfortunately lady bert’s comments do feed right into my insecurities around being a single mom. If she thinks that way, I’m sure many others do as well. 🙁
Peanut- Don’t worry about what other people think! Easier said than done, right?
Being a single parent can happen to anyone. You can be willing to work through the hard times in marriage, but what happens if your partner decides to up and leave? I think I’ve found a man that won’t do that, but I’ve seen too many people blindsided to know that it happens all too often.
Plus, the younger you get married, the longer you have to stay together “until death do us part!”
I think it is easy to judge the people that go out and have babies with multiple partners or deadbeat men without a care in the world. But I do not lump all single mothers together. Jordan seems to be doing alright. It will be hard, but they have a chance. The other two are a different story.
Also, I can’t imagine having children THAT close together. Mine are three years apart. Sometimes I wish they were closer in age so they could play together, but man….I don’t think I could handle them much closer.
@ delta juliet – Thank you thank you for your comment!!!!! So many people don’t realize it’s not about age. I was a mother at 17 and I am a better mom than A LOT of moms who were older than me when they had their children. If you can’t support them and can’t handle the responsibility of raising them on your own, because GOD FORBID something happen to one of the actually decent fathers there are in this world and the $hitty ones there are, then you just shouldn’t have them.
I was a single mom at 25. My husband was killed in an automobile accident when I was 7 months pregnant with our daughter. What was I supposed to do, ladybert? Give her up for adoption? Fortunately, I taught school at a Parochial school that also operated a day care center. I was able to have my daughter close by while I was working. Thankfully, I met and married a wonderful man who treats our daughter as if he were her biological father, and have 3 more lovely, talented blessings. All but the youngest, who is a Junior in college, are grown and on their own, but I wouldn’t trade them or the experience for anything.
They’re over 18 now, who really cares?
With the availability of birth control there is simply no excuse for this. These “women” (More like immature little girls) are either too stupid or just don’t give a f–k about using birth control and want a free handout.
every girl in 16 and pregnant came from broken homes either there parents are divorce or belong in the army either way they all have low self estem and dont know nothing about raisings kids its there parents fault for letting there kids exploit there kids