British schoolboy, aged 13, becomes one of world's youngest fathers

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British schoolboy, aged 13, becomes one of world's youngest fathers

 

 

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 1:19 PM on 03rd October 2009

 

 

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A 13-year-old schoolboy has become one of the world's youngest fathers (picture posed by model)

 

A schoolboy aged 13 has become one of Britain's youngest fathers, it was revealed today.

The boy, from Manchester, was 'chuffed to bits' after his 16-year-old girlfriend gave birth to a baby girl this week, according to his family.

'My son is mature for his age and will make a good father. He will make a better dad than most 25-year-old men would,' his father told the Daily Mirror.

 

The young couple's identity cannot be revealed for legal reasons.

They are said to have been in a relationship for some time, although they did not go to the same school.

His father added: 'He isn't bewildered about about what has happened. He was a bit shocked at first but now he's chuffed to bits.'

Earlier this year another 13-year-old, Alfie Patten, from Eastbourne in East Sussex, was believed to have become a father after his 15-year-old girlfriend conceived.

But DNA tests later showed that another 15-year-old was the father.

Britain has the worst teenage pregnancy rate in Europe, with an estimated around 43,000 teenage mothers created in England every year.

This latest case comes after new measures to deal with teenage pregnancies announced by Gordon Brown this week.

He said teenage parents on benefits would be forced to live in 'supervised homes' instead of being given council houses.

'It's time to address a problem that for too long has gone unspoken: the number of children having children,' he declared.

In 2007, there were 42,918 pregnancies among under-18s.

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[LadyBellaStrawberry]

Didnt something like this happen a couple of months ago? :thinking:

Wow, I cant really believe it.

[mc_squared]

Didnt something like this happen a couple of months ago? :thinking:

 

Yes, it's becoming pretty much a regular occurrence in the UK.:dozey:

[LadyBellaStrawberry]

^ Lol, I guess so :wink3:

But the question is, how old are all these mothers?

Why are they always like 16/17? :thinking:

[Josh42]

Because it's tougher for a 13 year old girl to get pregnant than it is for a 13 year old boy to get his dick up.

[mc_squared]

^ Lol, I guess so :wink3:

But the question is, how old are all these mothers?

Why are they always like 16/17? :thinking:

 

Because they're "cradle-snatchers"??:lol:

[LadyBellaStrawberry]

^^ Lol Josh :p

And how would you know?

^ I agree :smug:

[andreasw]

Didnt something like this happen a couple of months ago? :thinking:

 

Wasn't that debunked as a hoax? I think I later read somewhere the father was actually someone older.

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

Yes, it's becoming pretty much a regular occurrence in the UK.:dozey:

 

^ Lol, I guess so :wink3:

But the question is, how old are all these mothers?

Why are they always like 16/17? :thinking:

i'm wondering myself the same, what's happening in the UK teens now? (and other countries too)

why they want to get into that stuff all that soon, when they are just like 12-14? don't at that age they should be having fun, playing sports, developing new hobbies and all that? :dozey:

 

 

and yes something similar happened some months ago, but finally seem the dad is not the dad, and the baby was going to be grown up by social services there or something like that....

[mc_squared]

Wasn't that debunked as a hoax? I think I later read somewhere the father was actually someone older.

 

Yes - he was 14, not 13.:rolleyes:

[mc_squared]

i'm wondering myself the same, what's happening in the UK teens now? (and other countries too)

why they want to get into that stuff all that soon, when they are just like 12-14? don't at that age they should be having fun, playing sports, developing new hobbies and all that? :dozey:

 

 

and yes something similar happened some months ago, but finally seem the dad is not the dad, and the baby was going to be grown up by social services there or something like that....

 

Yes - but what's this I hear about the "age of consent" being 13 in Spain?:stunned:

[LadyBellaStrawberry]

i'm wondering myself the same, what's happening in the UK teens now? (and other countries too)

why they want to get into that stuff all that soon, when they are just like 12-14? don't at that age they should be having fun, playing sports, developing new hobbies and all that? :dozey:

 

 

and yes something similar happened some months ago, but finally seem the dad is not the dad, and the baby was going to be grown up by social services there or something like that....

 

 

I agree. :smug:

+1

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

Yes - but what's this I hear about the "age of consent" being 13 in Spain?:stunned:

i don't know well... never were interested in that when i was that age so.... but i think yes, age of consent here is 13... even some marriages are allowed when you be 14 i think... :uhoh:

not that surprising taking into account that the government will allow girls of 16 to use the morning after pill (whatever it is called), with no need of parent knowledge and no doctor allowance either.. :dozey: