The Baby Borrowers

2008
The Baby Borrowers

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EP1 Babies, Part 1: Are You Ready For This? Jun 25, 2008

All of the teen couples move into their new homes and set up. A package frustrates some parents, while brings others closer together. Then the babies arrive and the new teen parents have to figure out how to care for the babies. The women stay home while the men go shopping and tempers flare.

EP2 Babies, Part 2: The First Evaluation Jul 02, 2008

The teens are busy taking care of their babies while under the watch of the babies' parents. A surprise from home pleases some teens, while others are not pleased.

EP3 Toddlers: We're Back! Jul 09, 2008

One of the couples throw a birthday party for toddlers while another couple tries to potty train their toddler. One of the teens decides she has had enough.

EP4 Pre-Teens: Where Did They All Come From? Jul 16, 2008

One of the couples host a party for all of the neighborhood children. Surprises left the couples' doorsteps cause chaos.

EP5 Teens: The Break Up Jul 23, 2008

One of the couples face a tough decision. The young parents face a difficult family outing. Also, many teens disappear in the middle of the night.

EP6 Senior Citizens: A Journey's End Jul 30, 2008

The couples have to care for the elderly. This episode also features updates on the teens' lives.

EP7 Town Hall Meeting Aug 06, 2008

Hoda Kotb hosts the reuniting of the series' participants and producers for a debate. Also, Dr. Drew Pinsky makes an appearance.
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Released: 25 June 2008 Ended
Producted By: Love Productions
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.nbc.com/The_Baby_Borrowers/
Synopsis

The Baby Borrowers is an American version of the The Baby Borrowers reality television show based on the British television series of the same name originally aired in 2007. The show features five couples aged between 18 and 20 who either believe that being parents is easy, or are divided upon the issue. They start off attempting to look after a baby for three days, before moving onto toddlers, pre-teens, teenagers and finally an elderly person. The show is produced by Love Productions, the same company that produces the original British version. On March 13, 2009, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled and would not be returning for a second season.

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Christopher T. Chase As a self-admitted closet reality show junkie, this show to me was like lasagna to Garfield when I first saw the previews. Several teen couples, confident in their parenting skills, getting to live as real couples and take care of real babies for three days? I am SO there.But here's the thing. It is VERY, very few reality shows I would ever say this about, but here is one FINALLY that deserves to win some major awards. And I don't mean just Emmys - I mean the PEABODY Award.How many shows so accurately and effectively teach life lessons the way this one does? With teen pregnancy rates taking an alarming rise these days, it's pretty obvious that not a lot of education is taking place, about what is really required to tackle the role of parents. THE BABY BORROWERS depicts every aspect of life with babies, warts and all. Years ago, as a neighborhood sitter myself, I looked after both babies and toddlers, and that experience told me right off the bat that as much as I like kids, I would NEVER want to have any of my own.But the most remarkable thing about this show is how it takes the participants in this "social experiment" through every stage of life they will encounter. First they have to look after babies. Next, it's toddlers. Coming up in the very next episode? PRE-TEENS. Then, they have to play parents to their actual peers: OTHER TEENAGERS. And finally - and I can't wait to see how they grapple with this one - they serve as caretakers for the elderly...people just like what their own parents will soon be. And they have to do ALL of that, while still living as a couple, holding down jobs and taking care of their households along with their charges, under the watchful eye of "shadow nannies" and the real parents of the kids, who watch the whole thing by remote on monitors, stepping in only when absolutely necessary. WOW. "It's not TV, it's birth control," the TV ad warned us gleefully. But that was actually underselling it. It's so much more than that.If any kids miss seeing this series - and I don't doubt that there are many who will - they should make this required viewing in schools once it hits DVD. Too many of them NEED to see this and hopefully learn something from it, before it's too late.