One such celebrity is Britney Spears, who spends nearly half a million dollars a year for security, according to accounting information filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court by Spears' father, JamieSpears, who manages her estate.
The pregnancy of the Republican vice presidential nominee's daughter is only the latest of a number of highly visible teen pregnancies, ranging from celebrities such as Jamie Lynn Spears to a group of teens in Gloucester, Mass.
Celebrity offspring from Zoey 101's Jamie Lynn Spears (sister of struggling starlet Britney) to Hannah Montana's Miley Cyrus (daughter of country singer Billy Ray) break through the media clutter and get people to pay attention to a movie or television show.