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Part 4 of 4
In the final episode of the Birth of Drama: The Baby Mama and Baby Daddy Effect series, we hear from Mei and her daughter about the infamous schedule that co-parents often argue about. Read More »

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Part 3 of 4
Sometimes you have to compromise. In episode 3, Mei talks about letting go of her ego to make peace with her child’s father.

Duration: 2 mins, 57 secs

Next Episode (Apr. 6): Dear Mama… (Part 4 of 4)

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Fatherless Child (Dealing With Daddy Issues) [Naked With Sock On]

Why do teen birthrates keep rising? [Broadsheet]

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Part 2 of 4
In episode 2, on Birth of Drama: The Baby Mama and Baby Daddy Effect, Mei comes to grips with not receiving child support. Khalid questions the child support system.

Duration: 5 mins 37 secs

Background:

• Read the Synopsis & Watch the Trailer
• Watch the previous episode (Where Do Baby Daddies Come From?)

Next Episode (Mar. 30): We Need a Resolution (Part 3 of 4)

Share Your Opinion:

• In a co-parenting relationship, when should you involve the court?
• Should the parent receiving child support payments give the other parent an itemized report on how they’re spending the money?
• If you’ve been in a similar situation, like Mei or Khalid’s, how did you handle finances with the other parent?

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Part 1 of 4:
In episode 1 of the Birth of Drama: The Baby Mama and Baby Daddy Effect, Khalid explains the difference between Hollywood movies and real life baby mama drama.

Duration: 5 mins

Read the Synopsis & Watch the Trailer

Next Episode (Mar. 23): Money, Power, Respect (Part 2 of 4)

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Webisode Synopsis:
“Birth of Drama: The Baby Mama and Baby Daddy Effect” is a four part series which takes a magnifying glass look at the relationships of mothers and fathers when raising children out of wedlock. Khalid (a 27-year-old Brooklyn father of twin daughters) and Mei (a 31-year-old Atlanta mother of an 8-year-old) talk candidly about the drama that unfolds. Can they or anyone in a similar situation come to a resolution with the other parent?

Stayed tuned every Monday (Mar 16 – Apr 6) to find out.
Episode 1: Where Do Baby Daddies Come From?
Episode 2: Money, Power, Respect
Episode 3: We Need a Resolution
Episode 4: Dear Mama and Daddy

Watch the Trailer:

Social Lick:
Nearly four-in-ten births in this country are to an unmarried woman, according to the Pew Research Center.

Quotable:

Levi Johnston with his baby mother, Bristol Palin, and brother-in-law Trig at the Republican National Convention in Sept. 2008.

“I’d give anything for [Tripp], to be with him,” he said. “[There are] a lot of changes when you’re a father, when you hold him for the first time, you know. I don’t do a lot of things I used to anymore, I’ll tell you that.”

[Levi Johnston tells Good Morning America.]

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