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The Feed: Feb 15

SBS series returns for 2022 by looking into the stereotypes facing teenage mums and dads.

The Feed returns to SBS for 2022 this week, hosted by Marc Fennell and Virginia Langeberg.

Once again the show gives its own slant on current affairs, comedy, interviews, and investigations.

This week, “Teen Parenthood.”

Teenage mums and dads face a lot of stereotypes – they’re irresponsible, too young to care for their babies, and will never amount to much. But is there more to the story?

There’s 36-weeks pregnant Ella and her boyfriend Lochlen, both 17, who have always wanted to become teen parents. There’s single mum Emily, also 17-years-old, who’s made a drastic change from a life of crime to preparing for high school graduation – all while nursing a baby on her hip. Then there’s 14-year-old Libby, struggling with postnatal depression and her own mother’s neglect, as she navigates what it means to be a good mum for her daughter.

It takes a village to raise a child but as all four are about to find out, access to support doesn’t come equally. But through each teen’s moments of fear and frustration, there’s also happiness and blinding love – the universal experience of all parents, no matter their age.

10pm Tuesday on SBS.

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