Couple, aged 12 and 13, welcome first child
Jason
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-youngest-parents-12-year-old-girl-3418071
Well clearly that makes it ok then .. *rolls eyes to the heavens* ..
“The baby’s mum and dad have been in a relationship for more than a year, so this isn’t a fleeting romance. They intend to stick together and bring their daughter up together.
Well clearly that makes it ok then .. *rolls eyes to the heavens* ..
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This sentence got me ...
'The young couple, from north London, celebrated the birth of their baby daughter at the weekend and have vowed to stay together as a family.'
But before they did not have a screaming baby so I doubt it.
Then read this at the bottom ...
'The world’s youngest mum was Lina Medina from Ticrapo, Peru, who gave birth to son Gerardo when she was just five years and seven months in 1939.'
A 5 year old having a baby
They've gone straight from childhood to parenthood without drawing breath. Good luck to them. They're going to need it.
that is what you took from that article ?
I'd be getting social services involved from day one personally.
It's like we've devolved to Medieval times.
That's a bit extreme. Wouldn't that be punishing them before anything bad has even happened? Give them a chance, we have enough children needlessly snatched from loving families by the blundering Social Services as it is.
It's a ridiculous situation and they'll need a LOT of support, the infant is entirely innocent and hardly deserves a life in care and what comes with it.
I suspect this cycle will continue with the daughter as she and her mother will both be "proof" that having a child whilst still a child themselves "didn't do me any harm", or words to that effect.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2605672/Britains-youngest-parents-Mother-12-gives-birth-7lb-baby-girl-falling-pregnant-primary-school-boy-aged-13.html
It's a pretty good bet they already are.
The girls mum is 27, meaning she was around 15 when she had her.
This young girl never bloody stood a chance, did she?
By the way, their 'relationship' won't last, like, a year. And we'll probably have another story like this in twelve years or so. Plus a story about a 24 year old grandmother.
Well saying that the parents will be living with their parents, then why would socail services need to have the child adopted. And what message are you trying to send out.
Not really, no. Unfortunately it's not that surprising either. There have been a few cases over the years of children giving birth and you subsequently find out the mother also gave birth at a young age as well.
In an ideal world, you'd hope that it would make the mother more inclined to encourage her child to remain a child and enjoy their childhood but, as i said, she'll see that child as "proof" that giving birth while so young really isn't that much of a big deal.
Exactly. When the novelty of their new plaything wears off, any thoughts of staying together and marriage will be long gone.
She couldn't give any precise information, presumably because of her age and lack of understanding with what was going on but it's obvious she must have been raped. Her father was in the spotlight at one time but it was unfounded and they never found the babies father.
Early onset puberty is a genuine condition that can happen (albeit it's very rare), so all it would take is for a young girl with that condition to be raped and pregnancy is thus possible.
She's still alive, aged 80
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina
Shoving in some right-wing bias, pro-Mail propaganda in a completely unrelated thread? Admirable. ^_^
It's not an ideal situation by any means, but FMs calling for the infant to be taken into care when literally nothing bad has happened is frightening.
But I still think 12 years old is 10 years too early - makes me want to arrange a chastity belt for my 7 year old grand-daughter!
P.S. the 13 year old's parents threw her out when they discovered she was pregnant
No it isn't. You can't just go in and take a baby off somebody before anything has happened. That's just not right.
It's obviously not the greatest situation to be in but they should at least give them the bloody chance before swooping in. Yes Social Services should be involved for a while to offer support, not just take the child
Quite a few girls from my year had had babies by the time our year had left so I don't find news like this shocking even in my Mum's day she knew of one or two who had left because they were pregnant (only difference was the reason back then wasn't so openly talked about and she only knew about one of them as their families were friends she found out about the other one a few years later)
Anyway one of the girls from my class who had a baby young her daughter also had a baby at 14 and rather than been upset she actually was bragging about it on facebook and saying how proud of her daughter she was for making her a grandmother
Not that I'd call it at all ideal, but worth noting that throughout human history (and, well, still in many parts of the developing world) having a baby at around 14 is/was normality.
Of course, when your life expectancy is only about 45 that would sort of make more sense I guess..
Just some food for thought,