13 and 15 year olds have a baby

[Ap2000]

The pictures make this one even better:



http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2233878.ece





Baby-faced boy Alfie Patten is father at 13



BOY dad Alfie Patten yesterday admitted he does not know how much nappies cost — but said: “I think it’s a lot.”

Baby-faced Alfie, who is 13 but looks more like eight, became a father four days ago when his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman gave birth to 7lb 3oz Maisie Roxanne.



He told how he and Chantelle, 15, decided against an abortion after discovering she was pregnant.





The shy lad, whose voice has not yet broken, said: “I thought it would be good to have a baby.





“I didn’t think about how we would afford it. I don’t really get pocket money. My dad sometimes gives me £10.”





Alfie, who is just 4ft tall, added: “When my mum found out, I thought I was going to get in trouble. We wanted to have the baby but were worried how people would react.



“I didn’t know what it would be like to be a dad. I will be good, though, and care for it.”



Alfie's story, broken exclusively by The Sun today has sparked a huge political storm with Tory leader David Cameron saying: "When I saw these pictures this morning, I just thought how worrying that in Britain today children are having children.



"I hope that somehow these children grow up into responsible parents but the truth is parenthood is just not something they should be thinking about right now."



Secret

PM Gordon Brown refused to comment directly on the story but said it was important that the Government did all it could to prevent teenage pregnancies.



Alfie’s dad Dennis yesterday told how the lad does not really understand the enormity of his situation — but seemed desperate to be a devoted and responsible father.



He wanted to be the first to hold Maisie after the hospital birth. He tenderly kisses the baby and gives her a bottle.



And Dennis, 45, said: “He could have shrugged his shoulders and sat at home on his Playstation. But he has been at the hospital every day.”



Maisie was conceived after Chantelle and Alfie — just 12 at the time — had a single night of unprotected sex.



They found out about the baby when Chantelle was 12 weeks pregnant.



But they kept it a secret until six weeks later when Chantelle’s mum Penny, 38, became suspicious about her weight gain and confronted her.





After that Alfie’s family told only those closest to them for fear he would be “demonised” at school.





Chantelle gave birth to Maisie on Monday night after a five-hour labour at Eastbourne Hospital, East Sussex.





Last night she told The Sun: “I’m tired after the birth. I was nervous after going into labour but otherwise I was quite excited.”





Chantelle told how she discovered she was expecting after going to her GP with “really bad” stomach pains. She said: “Me and Alfie went. The doctor asked me whether we had sex. I said yes and he said I should do a pregnancy test. He did the test and said I was pregnant. I started crying and didn’t know what to do.





“He said I should tell my mum but I was too scared.





“We didn’t think we would need help from our parents. You don’t really think about that when you find out you are pregnant. You just think your parents will kill you.”





But Penny figured out what was going on after buying Chantelle a T-shirt which revealed her swelling tum.





Chantelle admitted she and Alfie — who are both being supported by their parents — would be accused of being grossly irresponsible. She said: “We know we made a mistake but I wouldn’t change it now. We will be good loving parents.





“I have started a church course and I am going to do work experience helping other young mums.





“I’ll be a great mum and Alfie will be a great dad.”







Chantelle and Maisie were released from hospital yesterday. They are living with Penny, Chantelle’s jobless dad Steve, 43, and her five brothers in a rented council house in Eastbourne. The family live on benefits. Alfie, who lives on an estate across town with mum Nicola, 43, spends most of his time at the Steadmans’ house.





He is allowed to stay overnight and even has a school uniform there so he can go straight to his classes in the morning.





Alfie’s dad, who is separated from Nicola, believes the lad is scared deep down.





He said: “Everyone is telling him things and it’s going round in his head. It hasn’t really dawned on him. He hasn’t got a clue of what the baby means and can’t explain how he feels. All he knows is mum and dad will help.





“When you mention money his eyes look away. And she is reliant on her mum and dad. It’s crazy. They have no idea what lies ahead.”





Dennis, who works for a vehicle recovery firm, described Alfie as “a typical 13-year-old boy”.





He said: “He loves computer games, boxing and Manchester United.” Dennis, who has fathered nine kids, told how he was “gobsmacked” when he discovered Alfie was to be a dad, too.





He said: “When I spoke to him he started crying. He said it was the first time he’d had sex, that he didn’t know what he was doing and of the complications that could come.





“I will talk to him again and it will be the birds and the bees talk. Some may say it’s too late but he needs to understand so there is not another baby.”



Lovely

Chantelle’s mum said: “I told her it was lovely to have the baby but I wish it was in different circumstances. We have five children already so it’s a big financial responsibility. But we are a family and will pull together and get through.





“She’s my daughter. I love her and she will want for nothing.”





Last night Michaela Aston, of the anti-abortion Christian charity LIFE, said: “We commend these teenagers for their courage in bringing their child into the world.





“At the same time this is symptomatic of the over-sexualisation of our youngsters and shows the policy of value-free sex education just isn’t working.”



Today Sussex Police and the local council's children services said they have investigated the case and pledged continued support for the young parents.



Britain’s youngest known father is Sean Stewart. He became a dad at 12 when the girl next door, 15-year-old Emma Webster, gave birth in Sharnbrook, Bedford, in 1998. They split six months later.

[al kusanagi]

Man, I wouldn't fuck that chick with a stolen dick and blame it on an 8 year old.

[EmEl]

This is stupid. The ages are backwards. 15 year-old boys are supposed to impregnate 13 year-old girls.

[Gypchan]

Isn't The Sun Britain's equivalent to the United States' National Enquirer?

In other words, it's a dumb tabloid that has little to no truth in their stories.

[Ap2000]

[quote name='Gypchan' post='60164' date='Feb 17 2009, 03:23 PM']Isn't The Sun Britain's equivalent to the United States' National Enquirer?

In other words, it's a dumb tabloid that has little to no truth in their stories.[/quote]



afaik it is a tabloid, but I doubt it didn't happen.

[Melon]

OH GOODY STORY TIME!



Now boys and girls, here in the land of the highest teen pregnancy rate in Texas, I can assure you such things are commonplace and not newsworthy. Just last week there was a 15 year old on her third pregnancy. She miscarried two, but the real news is what sort of idiot parent would let her child do that to herself? There's been 19 yr olds with five pregnancies. In fact, one of the fourteen year olds had a twenty five year old sperm donor. The real winners are when I have to call security. Nothing like a young girl in labor fighting with the "baby daddy" because said father brought his current ho to visit. Or the guy who took advantage of the girl with down's syndrome. Or the moron who requested to be a "No Info" (basically we act like they don't exist) because she had a restraining order against the baby's father and promptly calls him telling him where she was staying. Or the party girls that refuse to give up their booze and coke during pregnancy because some moron told them it was okay and of course they know more than the MD. These girls disgust me, I'm not going to lie, especially when they're also home to 2-3 STDs. But I also feel sorry for them, because nearly all have this deer in headlights look in their eyes. That moment is brief, for as soon as they open their mouths I'm subject to such stupidity it makes me weep for the future of humanity. The core concept of Idiocracy seems plausible from what I've seen of the breeders. I blame the parents the most, since most of them simply don't care (or act like being pregnant at 14 is a good thing) and will take care of the baby while their daughter does whatever she wants and winds up with another pregnancy. At least put the girls on birth control after the first pregnancy! It's frustrating when you see young girls throw their life away like that! They could do better than that! Someone needed to tell them that having sex that young isn't a good thing, that boys that age are single minded, you don't need to have sex to prove your love, what crushes you had as a teenager are not lifelong life shattering ordeals! But they won't ever say that, sex education will continue to be "don't have sex because god doesn't like kthxbye and btw condoms fail most of the time lol" (at least, that's what it was when I was in high school and I doubt it's changed since), and I will continue to foster a hatred for the bulk of humanity.



As for this story, I think they need to fly on over to New York and secure a spot on Maury. Several other men have stepped to the plate to claim fathership of the girl (from another article I read about this) and Maury is the only man skilled enough in the art of reading DNA results to let the truth be known!

[Pi Mako]

Haha, now this bitch is saying that she slept with a bunch of other guys, so this 13 year old might not be the father. So now all the guys she slept with have to take a paternity test.



I'm actually hoping that this 13 year old doesn't turn out to be the father in the end. Not like the other guys she slept with can be much better.



And while I'm sure sex education is very poor in many areas, in the northeast US, there are plentyyyyyyyyy of teenage pregnancies and girls having tons of kids very young. And these girls don't come from bible-beating homes or anything. They actually WANT to have babies and DON'T want to use protection. And when they have their kids, in come the state benefits <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... iggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':noway:' /> <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... iggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /> <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... iggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /> I still can't forget this one client I had (I'm a social worker teaching parenting skills LOL)... 21 with 4 kids, the oldest one being 6 years old. She was a very nice girl, but what was she doing with herself? Not much except having a history of cocaine abuse, domestic violence and homelessness. And her parental rights with her 3 oldest kids were terminated.



It's really sad. I get a lot of young girls referred to my program who first 1) drop out of school 2) have multiple pregnancies soon after. You'd think it'd be the opposite - get knocked up THEN drop out. Nope, it's the exact opposite.

[EmEl]

[quote name='Pi Miki' post='60199' date='Feb 17 2009, 07:44 PM']Haha, now this bitch is saying that she slept with a bunch of other guys[/quote]

That ugly monstrosity found more than one guy to agree to sleep with her?



Girls really do have it easier!

[Pi Mako]

[quote name='EmEl' post='60201' date='Feb 17 2009, 07:58 PM'][quote name='Pi Miki' post='60199' date='Feb 17 2009, 07:44 PM']Haha, now this bitch is saying that she slept with a bunch of other guys[/quote]

That ugly monstrosity found more than one guy to agree to sleep with her?



Girls really do have it easier!

[/quote]



Taking mind-altering substances also does wonders for ugly chicks as well, I heard.

[Ap2000]

[quote name='EmEl' post='60201' date='Feb 18 2009, 01:58 AM'][quote name='Pi Miki' post='60199' date='Feb 17 2009, 07:44 PM']Haha, now this bitch is saying that she slept with a bunch of other guys[/quote]

That ugly monstrosity found more than one guy to agree to sleep with her?



Girls really do have it easier!

[/quote]



I guess the 12 (back then) years old kid didn't even knew what was going on.

[Maki Kanatsu]

Because pictures are fun.

Richard Goodsell, 16, demands a DNA test to prove that baby Maisie is actually his, and not baby faced 13-year-old Alfie Patten's. Tyler Barker now also claims that he could actually be the father.....



Two teenage boys, Richard Goodsell (16) and Tyler Barker (14) are both laying claim to being the father of baby Maisie, after claiming to have had a relationship with Alfie Patten's girlfriend, 15-year-old Chantelle Steadman.



According to The News of the World, Richard Goodsell insists that he shared a bed with Chantelle Steadman for 3 months around the time Steadman fell pregnant. Goodsell is now demanding a DNA test to prove he's the real father.



But yet another British teen, 14-year-old Tyler Barker, fears he may have fathered little Maisie as well.



“I slept with Chantelle in her bed about nine months ago and I’m really worried I could be the father, Tyler Baker told a journalist from the tabloid.



“I hope it’s NOT me. All my mates have been teasing me about it but this isn’t funny, it’s serious.”



Richard Goodsell fired back.



“I know I could be the father. Everyone thinks I am. My friends all tell me that baby has my eyes— even my mum thinks so."



“Only a DNA test is going to sort this out properly. If I am the father, I have the right to know.”



When asked for comment Chantalle's family insists that she lost her virginity to Alfie, and that she was not sleeping around with other teens.



Shakespeare himself couldn't have written a better drama.

[madlandyman]

Why are these other lads even coming forward. You would think that they would be breathing a huge sigh of relief that someone else has taken the credit. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... nfused.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />

I think they all they see is easy money from the tabloids



quick edit, because i am cruel:

she must have one hell of a personality

[EmEl]

Shakespeare himself couldn't have written a better drama.

He could have and he did.