Has anyone been bullied for having a teen mum?

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Has anyone been bullied because their mother was in her mid teens when they were born? In a class of 30 are there likely to be many others with mums that young?

I was a teen mum and now have teens. Nobody has ever said anything, some kids seem to prefer it over having an ‘old parent’.

When they were in primary were you the only one or were there a few others in their class?

I was not a teen mum, but live in an area / send my child to a school where I am one of, if not the youngest mum in the class.
Both my kids seem to think having the youngest mum is a cool thing, if anything.

There were two teen Mums in my DCs primary class.

It’s very, very unusual at that particular school.

I know the Mums found it a bit difficult to make friends with the other Mums who were mostly mid 30s but the children themselves never noticed.

Every adult looks old to a child.

How old were you when you had your eldest if you don’t mind me asking and do you think someone who had theirs at 16 and also is short and looks younger than the are would stick out like a sore thumb? I know kids can be cruel especially in upper primary when they start with the “your mum” insults

Anyone who had a young mum under 17? Did anyone say anything to you when you were in school?

Most children just don’t want people thinking their mum is their granny.

More than worrying that someone might think mums their older sister.

Never known a child to be picked on for young parents. Have known a few for having parents that were in their 60’s while in secondary school. Some rather mean comments about them dying and stuff like that. Not nice.

Yeah my little brother mum was 42 when he was born, had a nasty boy make fun of him and tell him “your mums going to die soon” throughout year 5 and 6

Never heard of anyone being bullied because their mum was a teenage mum.
Do you mean actual bullying or a one off comment because sometimes children have no tact or filters.
Also, why are you asking? Is your child in this situation?

I was 16 when i had my eldest. He was never bullied for it

More likely to get comments about their mum being fit, rather than being bullied.

Yes tbh this is more likely. Also jealous comments about how cool it must be that your mums so young and cool.

Very unlikely as most children think all adults look ancient.

My friend had her eldest at 18 and she never had a problem.

More likely to be bullied for having older parents tbh.

I was but it was more linked to having no dad.
I’d get your mom is a slag or why does you mom look like your sister.

She was 17 when she had me. At secondary school most moms were in their 40s mine was still in her 20s till year 9

I was but it was more linked to having no dad.
I’d get your mom is a slag or why does you mom look like your sister.

She was 17 when she had me. At secondary school most moms were in their 40s mine was still in her 20s till year 9

I was but it was more linked to having no dad.
I’d get your mom is a slag or why does your mom look like your sister.

She was 17 when she had me. At secondary school most moms were in their 40s mine was still in her 20s till year 9

I was but it was more linked to having no dad.
I’d get your mom is a slag or why does your mom look like your sister.

She was 17 when she had me. At secondary school most moms were in their 40s mine was still in her 20s till year 9

I was but it was more linked to having no dad.
I’d get your mom is a slag or why does your mom look like your sister.

She was 17 when she had me. At secondary school most moms were in their 40s mine was still in her 20s till year 9

Never. primary kids don't see age you're either a kid or an adult. Secondary school people often wished they had a younger mum.

My parents were both teenagers, and were far less restrictive than other kids' parents. I think it was seen as a very positive thing rather than anything negative, and I certainly never got bullied for it. My teachers used to say my mum and I looked like sisters when I hit my teens!

Children are much more likely to be embarrassed by having older parents, in my experience. DD has a friend whose mother is still in her twenties (they are early secondary school) and all the girls think it’s really cool. How many young mums there are in a class will probably vary a lot by area and type of school, but mid teens is going to be quite unusual. No need to tell everyone exactly how old you or the person in question is, if you’re worried.

Any friends with very young mums had the usual boys joking about their mum being fit type situation but I've never heard of someone being bullied for it?

Sent too fast. Older parents are more likely to be a topic of bullying or teasing.

There was a child in my son's primary school class who was teased because his mum was 14 when she had him, among other things. If it hadn't been that it would have been something else though.

I wasn't a teen mum but I was 22 having my eldest son (he's 17 now) and he is definitely embarassed that I am younger than his friend's mums. He doesn't seem to think it's cool at all and goes to great lengths to stop his friends from seeing me. My other two kids don't care.

Yeah I had my eldest at 16 and I’m short so look younger than I am. I’ve gotten a lot of comments about it over the years, I know people probably talk about me behind my back maybe in front of their kids even and now my eldest is approaching the age my little brother was when kids made fun of him for his mum being old