So don't be surprised when the newest Teen Mom is standing next to the boys from The Buried Life on this year's pink carpet.

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In fact, even though MTV means "Jersey Shore, " "Teen Mom" or "The Real World" to most, it has had its moments over the years of standing up for nerds ("Squirt TV" among them).

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"How would you feel if you were a teen and your mom listened in to every single conversation, " says Neil Bernstein, an adolescent psychologist in Washington, D.

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"Between kids and career, I'm never completely at home or completely at work - and thanks to technology, that suits me just fine, " said Jen Singer, an author, blogger and mom of two teen boys.

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The mom next door with a couple of teen-age kids.

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As a teen-aged girl, I went to my basketball practice, next to aerobics with my mom, then doing my own little workout in my bedroom before I went to bed.

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In all the National Signing Day hubbub, what everyone tends to forget is that the people at the center of this process are teenagers, leaving home for the first time, perhaps making his first life decision independent of what Mom or Dad thinks, and that comes with all sorts of emotions for the teen and his family.

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