Editing Jamie Lynn Spears (section)

=== Teenage pregnancy ===
On December 20, 2007, in an interview with ''[[OK!]]'' magazine, Spears announced that she was pregnant by her then boyfriend, Casey Aldridge.<ref name="OK">{{cite magazine|title=World Exclusive: Jamie Lynn Spears — I'm Pregnant|magazine=[[OK!]]|url=http://www.ok-magazine.com/news/view/3425 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220164754/http://www.ok-magazine.com/news/view/3425 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 20, 2007 |access-date=December 22, 2007 }}</ref> She was 16 years old at the time. Aldridge, whom she had been dating for two years, was 18.<ref name="CaseyAldridge">{{cite magazine|title=Who Is Casey Aldridge?|url=https://people.com/parents/who-is-casey-aldridge/|magazine=People|first=Steve|last=Helling|access-date=November 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202111646/https://people.com/parents/who-is-casey-aldridge/|archive-date=December 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Spears confirmed her engagement to Aldridge in March 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lambert |first1=Mark |last2=Dennis |first2=Alicia |title=Jamie Lynn Spears Shows Off New Engagement Ring to Friends |url=https://people.com/celebrity/jamie-lynn-spears-shows-off-new-engagement-ring-to-friends/ |date=March 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023002230/https://people.com/celebrity/jamie-lynn-spears-shows-off-new-engagement-ring-to-friends/ |archive-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref> In May 2008, the couple moved to [[Liberty, Mississippi]], and purchased a house, with Spears stating they would raise their child there.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Exclusive: Jamie Lynn & Maddie Home in Mississippi |url=http://www.okmagazine.com/2008/06/ok-exclusive-jamie-lynn-maddie-home-in-mississippi-7467/ |magazine=[[OK!]] |date=June 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315023756/http://www.okmagazine.com/2008/06/ok-exclusive-jamie-lynn-maddie-home-in-mississippi-7467/ |archive-date=March 15, 2011}}</ref> She gave birth to their daughter Maddie Briann Aldridge on June 19, 2008, in McComb, Mississippi.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jamie Lynn Spears Has a Baby Girl|url=https://people.com/parents/jamie-lynn-spears-has-a-baby-girl/|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Mary|last=Margaret|date=June 19, 2008|access-date=November 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826235011/https://people.com/parents/jamie-lynn-spears-has-a-baby-girl/|archive-date=August 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jamie Lynn Sprouts! |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b2141_jamie_lynn_sprouts.html |agency=E! News |date=June 19, 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702030013/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b2141_Jamie_Lynn_Sprouts.html |archive-date=July 2, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jamie Lynn Welcomes a Daughter! |url=http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/7236 |magazine=[[OK!]] |date=June 19, 2008 |access-date=January 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302041105/http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/7236 |archive-date=March 2, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Spears and Aldridge ended their engagement in March 2009,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jamie Lynn & Casey: The Wedding's Off! |url=http://www.okmagazine.com/2009/03/jamie-lynn-casey-the-weddings-off-12820/ |magazine=[[OK!]] |date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009101233/http://www.okmagazine.com/2009/03/jamie-lynn-casey-the-weddings-off-12820/ |archive-date=October 9, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wedding's off! Jamie Lynn Spears, Casey Aldridge disengaged |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/03/26/2009-03-26_weddings_off_jamie_lynn_spears_casey_ald-1.html |work=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]|location=New York City |date=March 26, 2009 |access-date=September 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815131652/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/03/26/2009-03-26_weddings_off_jamie_lynn_spears_casey_ald-1.html |archive-date=August 15, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Spears moved out in December 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dennis |first1=Alicia |title=Jamie Lynn Spears Moves out – and Moves on with New Guy |url=https://people.com/celebrity/jamie-lynn-spears-moves-out-and-moves-on-with-new-guy/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=February 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206154106/http://people.com/celebrity/jamie-lynn-spears-moves-out-and-moves-on-with-new-guy/ |archive-date=December 6, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The couple reconciled in August 2010,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oh |first1=Eunice |title=Are Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge Getting Back Together? |url=https://people.com/celebrity/are-jamie-lynn-spears-and-casey-aldridge-getting-back-together/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=August 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303071254/http://people.com/celebrity/are-jamie-lynn-spears-and-casey-aldridge-getting-back-together/ |archive-date=March 3, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> but ended their relationship a second time in November 2010.<ref>[http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2010/11/10/16072476-wenn-story.html "Jamie Lynn, Aldridge split"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220204136/http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2010/11/10/16072476-wenn-story.html |date=December 20, 2016 }}. ''Toronto Sun''. November 10, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2010.</ref>

The announcement of Spears' pregnancy generated controversy, with criticism centering on the story purportedly glamorizing [[teenage pregnancy]].<ref name="newsweek">{{cite magazine |title=Teen Pregnancy: OK!'s Editor Defends Spears Cover |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/145837 |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |access-date=July 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716043021/http://www.newsweek.com/id/145837 |archive-date=July 16, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ahn">{{cite news |title=Jamie Lynn Spears' New Motherhood Role Seems Glamorized In New Magazine Interview |publisher=All Headline News |url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011557419 |access-date=July 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218100724/http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011557419 |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Some teens were disappointed with the contrast between Spears' on-screen personality as a "good" girl and her real-life teen pregnancy.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rimer|first=Sara|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/us/21girl.html|title=TV's Perfect Girl Is Pregnant; Real Families Talk|date=December 21, 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715092200/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/us/21girl.html|archive-date=July 15, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On June 4, 2008, while in [[Amite County, Mississippi]], the Spears family filed a complaint against Edwin Merrino, a [[paparazzi|paparazzo]]<!--Do not change this to paparazzi, paparazzo is the singular form of the word.--> who, they believed, was stalking the couple. Merrino denied the allegation. He was released later in the day after posting bond.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/Shutterbug_Accused_of_Stalking_Jamie_Lynn/15692|title=Shutterbug Accused of Stalking Jamie Lynn|last=Finn|first=Natalie|date=June 4, 2008|agency=E! News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605053129/http://www.eonline.com/news/Shutterbug_Accused_of_Stalking_Jamie_Lynn/15692|archive-date=June 5, 2012|access-date=August 8, 2011}}</ref> After her daughter's birth, Spears disappeared from the public eye for five years, focusing on raising her child.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Young|first=Julius|date=October 19, 2020|title=Jamie Lynn Spears says she was 'mortified' to tell parents about first pregnancy at 16|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jamie-lynn-spears-mortified-tell-parents-pregnancy-16|access-date=October 20, 2020|publisher=[[Fox News]]|language=en-US|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020094237/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jamie-lynn-spears-mortified-tell-parents-pregnancy-16|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview with ''Nylon'', Spears said: "So, I got me a little house. I put a big gate up around it, and I was like, 'I'm going to stay here, raise my baby, and figure this out because this is real life. I've put myself in this situation, I'm not condoning it or saying it's right, but these are the cards that I have to play.' And I tried to do the best that I could."<ref name="Renner-2005" />