Posted on 11/08/2009 3:59:23 PM PST by myknowledge
And the 15 year old boyfriend is an underage dad. Unbelievable too.
Decades ago, underage parents like these two would have been scorned. These days, people conveniently turn a blind eye.
“Falling pregnant,” is that like ‘falling ill’?
Believe it or not this is nothing new. It happens in the United States too. In fact, some by the time they are 14/15 they have already had a couple of babies.
Why is this under “breaking news?” This is no surprise..and I’m sure there are many — dozens at least — of American citizens who gave birth at the age of 12.
most likely the entire family is on the dole.
How would it help for them to be “scorned”? Placing the baby for adoption with an adult married couple is what would help.
My husbands grandfather lost his wife and had 4 young boys. His second wife was 12yrs old and was given to him in marriage by her father. Not saying it is a good thing but it happened alot back in those days.
Something the left liberals want: Families on the dole instead of productive and contributing families. Think of the Duggar family in Arkansas. 19 children + 1 grandchild and none of them on the dole.
True story, my daughter was in the seventh grade in 1985 and invited to a classmate’s baby shower given by her mother! I won’t bother to tell you her race, but you get the picture. So this is nothing new, just shocking every time I recall the incident.
I’ve taught 7th grade for 15 years.
I’ve had two 7th grade mothers.
One was pregnant while she was in my class.
The other was already a mother when she arrived.
It stops you in your tracks when you get an excuse note from a student who couldn’t come to school because they couldn’t find a babysitter.
I don’t think they turn a blind eye. It was the girl who was punished for this and never the boy. Today, it is not what I would say accepted however...the girl is not chastised as she would have been. We DO need to stand by our own kids if this happens to them. What else would one have them do...turn them out onto the streets? They need the love and support and most importantly...the new baby needs to feel love and support more than ever. God bless them all.
I don’t think they turn a blind eye. It was the girl who was punished for this and never the boy. Today, it is not what I would say accepted however...the girl is not chastised as she would have been. We DO need to stand by our own kids if this happens to them. What else would one have them do...turn them out onto the streets? They need the love and support and most importantly...the new baby needs to feel love and support more than ever. God bless them all.
amen. However, if there are adults that could help...I would prefer to see the child remain in a family and perhaps they would all “grow up together” and be able to take responsibility for their actions both mom and...dad.
I became a father in the 7th grade. I was 28. 7th grade was hard!
Not really.
:-)
No names were mentioned, so I assume they’re Pakistanis.
This is in Australia, not the UK.
Yes, if the baby could be reared by his grandparents along with his mother, that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. However, the parents of the infant's parents have demonstrated extremely poor judgment.
Happened in this country ?
sure.
My great grandmother married a 35 year old man when she was 15. his first wife died. Lost his kids too. Had 12 or 14 more with my great grandmother. 8 of them lived. Both my great grandmother and my great grandfather were ethnic germans born in america.
They lived in kansas.
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