It's amusing to write about Britney Spears getting banned from Starbucks or running over a photographers foot. But this is not amusing in the least: her 16-year-old sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, is three-months pregnant.

Jamie Lynn is admired by little girls everywhere (including my nieces) who love her from her Nickelodeon show "Zoey 101." Now, the word has spread like wildfire that she is pregnant and she and her mother and the mother of the boy who is the father have all given interviews to OK! Magazine.

Nickelodeon released this statement Tuesday evening: "We respect Jamie Lynn's decision to take responsibility in this sensitive and personal situation. We know this is a very difficult time for her and her family, and our primary concern right now is for Jamie Lynn's well being."

Spears and her mother confirmed the pregnancy to OK! magazine, saying she was 12 weeks along and the father is Jamie Lynn's longtime boyfriend Casey Aldridge. Aldridge's mother confirmed it to TMZ.com. "It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected," Jamie Lynn told OK!, "I was in complete and total shock and so was he."

A shock? Did anyone talk to this girl about contraception?

Jamie Lynn told OK! she first took a home pregnancy test then got it confirmed by a doctor but waited two weeks to tell her parents because "I needed to work out what I would do for myself before I let anyone's opinion affect my decision. Then I told my parents and my friends. I was scared, but I had to do what was right for me."

Lynne Spears, who was signed to write a book on parenting Britney and Jamie Lynn (the book has been postponed, obviously) said to the magazine: "I didn't believe it because Jamie Lynn's always been so conscientious. She's never late for her curfew. I was in shock. I mean, this is my 16-year-old baby."

Well, you have to wish the kid well and hope she's a better mother than her older sister is. But at 16 and with that family background, it's tough odds. I am sure there will be a lot of parents talking to little girls tomorrow about this.

What I find really disturbing is the magazine cover, the exclusive interview given by Jamie Lynn and her mother. Is she seeking the same kind of attention her big sister gets? Why splash it out there like that when you are just processing it yourself?

There is something really wrong with that family.