Controversy over grooming sexual crimes, ‘High School Mom Daddy’ returns

MBN's entertainment show 'Adults Don't Know High School Dad' will return with Season 3 on the 18th.

'Adults Don't Know High School Daddy 3 (hereinafter referred to as 'High School Daddy 3')' has confirmed its first episode to be broadcast on the 18th at 10:20 PM. 'High School Mom 3', which went through a two-week reorganization period after wrapping up Season 2 at the end of 2022, will draw viewers with richer content by depicting more authentic stories of 'High School Mom Dad' and their positive changes. I'm planning to go.

'High School Dad', which first aired in March last year, looked at the stories of various teenage parents over a period of about 10 months. In this season 3, 'Teojudaegam' Park Mi-sun, Haha, and In Gyo-jin, who were together in seasons 1 and 2, have come together again as the 3 MCs. On the 16th, the production team released an official poster showing the chemistry between the three people.

The production team said, “We will humbly accept the negative views toward the program and make supplements and improvements so that it can have a more positive influence. “Rather than glorifying teenage pregnancy and childbirth, Season 3 will show more clearly that premarital pregnancy among teenagers comes with ruthless self-sacrifice and responsibility,” he said.

He continued, “As ‘High School Daddy’ is a program that opened up social discourse by raising the sexual issues of teenagers that had been in the shadows, we will continue to do our best to convey sincerity while providing strong support for the economic and mental growth of the participants. “I will do my best,” he added.

The first episode of ‘Adults Don’t Know High School Dad 3’ will be broadcast at 10:20 pm on the 18th.

Meanwhile, in the process of covering the stories of the contestants, 'High School Mom' was embroiled in controversy over the advocacy of grooming by packaging pregnancy between adults and minors as 'love'. It received great criticism for glorifying stories that could violate the Child and Youth Protection Act, such as a couple who met as a 29-year-old church teacher and a 19-year-old student, and a relationship between a 30-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman.

Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr