so proud to be british...

[venusvenus123]

GIRL GIVES BIRTH WHILE AT SCHOOL (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/6193021.stm)(y)

[Junker]

such a premature kid huh? i mean, the mom. :rolleyes:

[na§tee]

lolz i was totally going to post this too.

good catholic girl eh?

i was watching britain's youngest mums 2006 or whatever a couple of months ago and there was one 13 (13!!! if that was me my child would be 10 by now!) year old who was getting all narky because on her birthday she received 60% baby products like wipes, nappies etc for her son/daughter. she threw a right strop. yeah honey. that's what happens if you start shagging that early and have parents of low income who can't afford to splash out on the both o' ya.

even though i have to hold my hands up in the air with the childishness of some of these young mums "MEEEHHH i can't go out anymore and i have to stay here and look after beyonce and mum says i have to get a job!" i do sort of admire their bravery (or stupidity? duty? what is it?) for keeping their children once they are born. even if i don't think that these decisions are necessarily the correct ones for the children. och well. whatever turns em on eh? /pops another contraceptive pill.

[QueenAdrock]

I think it's adorable that what's a normal occurance in the US is news in the UK. :)

One chick I knew gave birth in her child development class when she was 16. The worst part? In that class, she got a C- on a project where she had to take care of a baby for a week.

[Junker]

I think it's adorable that what's a normal occurance in the US is news in the UK. :)

One chick I knew gave birth in her child development class when she was 16. The worst part? In that class, she got a C- on a project where she had to take care of a baby for a week.

ROFL!!!! :D :D

GODAMN!

[abcdefz]

Hey -- at least she didn't try to colonize anything. :)

[venusvenus123]

I think it's adorable that what's a normal occurance in the US is news in the UK. :)

One chick I knew gave birth in her child development class when she was 16. The worst part? In that class, she got a C- on a project where she had to take care of a baby for a week.
is it really normal in the US for these girls to give birth at school?

[abcdefz]

is it really normal in the US for these girls to give birth at school?


No.

Much like anywhere else, just because something is printed as a human interest story -- or even "straight" news, for that matter -- doesn't mean it's the norm.

[Nivvie]

This is only really news as she did it at school, kids give birth all the time over here, we are number 1 in Europe for underage pregnancies. The youngest ever was 12.
*swells with pride*

What's really worrying is how many girls smoke as they think they'll get smaller babies, so carry for less time and have less stetchmarks. Got their priorites right then.....

[QueenAdrock]

is it really normal in the US for these girls to give birth at school?

Nah, it's not the norm but it definitely isn't going to be on the news when it does happen. It's one of those things that's frowned upon yet isn't really shocking. At least 'round me.

[Planetary]

I think it's adorable that what's a normal occurance in the US is news in the UK. :)

don't be so condescending. typical american.

[Whatitis]

What's really worrying is how many girls smoke as they think they'll get smaller babies, so carry for less time and have less stetchmarks. Got their priorites right then.....


wow.

[QueenAdrock]

don't be so condescending. typical american.

Oh Planetary, you're so cute too. :)

[little j]

how do you not know that you're pregnant... HOW??

tell me ladies that have been pregnant... do you feel any differently?

[Knuckles]

My sister in-law had her daughter when she was 16.

Now her daughter is preggo.

She's going to be a grandma at 33. :(

[QueenAdrock]

how do you not know that you're pregnant... HOW??

tell me ladies that have been pregnant... do you feel any differently?

It's not the same for everyone. The girl who gave birth in my school knew she was pregnant, but no one else did because she was fat to begin with and just hid the baby. But I've heard of other girls who didn't know because they'd still get spotting during that time of the month, and they carried the baby really high so it didn't show.

And Knucks, that's craazy. She could be a great-grandma when she's turning 50, too. Daaamn.

[Planetary]

Oh Planetary, you're so cute too. :)

shut up baby, i know it.

[b-grrrlie]

A friend of mine had two kids by the age of 18, so did her mum, and her daughter was a mum at 16, so which means her mum was greatgrandmother at 52....

I had workmate who had a baby at 13. She'd had sex once, before her periods had even started and BANG!
One in a million...

[Caribou]

My mother was also married and pregnant at age 16 and gave birth to my sister 3 days after her 17th birthday. So I sortof feel I can't judge.
But although my mum was very young, she really wanted to have a baby. She says she always knew she wanted to be a mother. And, also quite important, my dad wanted it too.

But I think those other young girls are just stupid. I mean, You can't not know about birthcontrol. And shagging a piece of chavscum called kev without protection is a very stupid thing indeed. As this kev will be a shitey father and will leave you when you most need him.
The thing about smoking fags to get less stretchmarks is most shocking though. Human stupidity has no boundries so it seems.

[ms.peachy]

My best friend's mom had her just two days after her 16th birthday, and I have to say, she was a great mother. She and the dad also got married around that time (when my friend was only about 3 months old, and he was only 17), and they are still married now almost 40 years later and from what I can see have had a really successful, happy marriage. So although I know that they may not be the 'norm' for teen parents/teen marriage, and that it more often maybe doesn't workout so well, the are a testament to the fact that, you know, sometimes it does.