Flashback Friday : Secret Life of the American Teenager

Secret Life of the American Teenager first aired on ABC Family. Secret Life of the American Teenager is a "teen drama." It first played on July 1st, 2008, and ended June 3rd, 2013. The creator is Brenda Hampton, who is also the creator of one of my all time favorite shows, 7th Heaven. The Secret Life of the American Teenager showed us behavior from teens in all types of situations. For example, Amy(Shailene Woodley) was the main character who ended up getting pregnant at band camp by a boy who was also in the band, Ricky(Daren Kagasoff). They had a son, Jon, but Ricky and Amy were not together a good portion of the show. Matter of fact, Amy was with Ben Boykewick(Ken Baumann). Ricky was with Adrian(Francia Almendarez). Amy and Adrian never exactly liked eachother, they always had a problem because Adrian loved Ricky, but was uncomfortable about the situation with Amy. Later on, through out the seasons Ricky and Amy get back together, and eventually move into Ricky's apartment, with Jon. Adrian ends up marrying Ben, after a one night stand that resulted in a pregnancy. But, they did not make it. Their daughter ended up being miscarried, and they ended up getting a divorce. The show really showed struggles of pregnant teens, teens with special needs, teens that are dealing with the death of a parent, and high school drama all mixed in one. I ended up really liking the show, even after I swore to never like it because I thought it was stupid. Although, it had a lot of relevance to how high school really was, and how it would be. It was a pretty accurate show. Being in my Senior year of high school, I realize that I to had some of the same problems that were happening in the show. Sure, none of my parents died, and I was fortunate enough not to get pregnant. But, all of the people around me have had something like that happen to them 

. Around high school now, you see pregnant teens, there is drama, and everything else that was expressed in the show itself.