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Child Advocacy Group Urges NBC to Pull the Plug on 'Baby Borrowers'
Child Advocacy Group Urges NBC to Pull the Plug on 'Baby Borrowers'
The Baby Borrowers, the NBC reality series that gives teens a round-the-clock taste of parenthood, has caught the attention of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, a medical professional membership association representing the majority of child and adolescent...
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Stupid People Want To Cancel ‘Baby Borrowers’
TEN Gossip — ... it’s a great teaching tool that can show teens what it is like. My favorite part was when the one teen took the baby and took care of it all day while the other one went to work…when the teen that was working came home all they wanted to do was relax, while the other teen wanted help because they had been taking care of the baby all day. That is real life. NBC would be dumb to listen…I can’t wait to see how these teens are at the end of it all. source, photo

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