How did Tyson Fury’s daughter get married at 16?

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I thought they changed the law and you had to be 18 in the UK?

My young, school aged teenager doesn’t want to work either - perhaps he should get married at 16 with no qualifications as well? Who of us would seriously let their young teen make life altering decisions? And then say ‘oh well, it’s what s/he said they wanted to do’. I don’t understand why people are falling over themselves to say this is ok, it’s not ok. I’d be absolutely gutted if I let my dc opt themselves out of anything other than looking pretty and having kids at 16 years of age.

You can’t even get (awfully termed) unskilled jobs now without your English and maths gcses.
I don’t know why any parent would actively want to limit and shrink their child’s world and opportunities.

I say this with and too my traveller friends, I find it baffling. I appreciate most of the children go into the family businesses, but still, it can limit life choice or what you do with that business.

Same here. Very normal in South London in the 80s and 90s.

Some do, obviously depends how severe, some stay with their families and are supported by their families. Large family, tend to be very close so plenty of support

Why just immigrants and not British?

I am an immigrant myself and it took time for me to be British!
I don't find the term immigrant offensive. My point was that they have few resources or networks.

What sort of job was she encouraged to get and when, given she is still of statutory school age? What qualifications does she have?

I am Rom and divorced. It is a very very hard road to travel and yes it affects your sisters potential marriages, so it's seen as about as selfish as you can be.
From the moment I did it I could only marry heavily downwards and I had publicly shamed those who chose for me to be married which is unforgivable.
My family inevitably chose him over me.

Even after being divorced for years efforts where made to force me back to him when he decided he wanted me back. I remain his wife in many eyes.

In my part of the community, an ND child is taught to mask, and their ability and status will determine if they can marry. There isn't that much understanding of ASD as having any genetic links.It's generally seen as the parent.has been cursed for wrong doing. (see above)

A child with visible SN's or LD's would not be married unless from exceptionally high status and a family with a lot of wealth but low status proposed the match. Generally the fear of disability will result in a flat no.
Again it's generally seen as some sort of curse, but the children are seen as innocent victims of it and are looked after. It's the parent who pays.

Well you have your point and I have my point.

No one in my year became a Doctor.

I did it at 17, ran away to Scotland to get married though not at Gretna. It was a huge mistake, he was 23, violent and raped me, though marital rape wasn't a thing back then. When I was 22 I divorced him and managed to keep his access to our daughter to the absolute bare minimum. I am not a traveller, though interestingly he is a (non practising) Muslim. I lost my entire family as a result. The only thing that kept me even vaguely sane was his (practising) Muslim family who were unfailingly kind and supportive.
With the benefit (!) of my experience I would say I was far too young and stupid to have done it.

They were talking about her future, not right now. She said that she did not want to work in the future.

Don’t be ridiculous - are you this obtuse in real life?. 16 is the age of consent, therefore if people are deemed old enough to consent to sex at 16, are you really claiming to have moral objections to a 17 and 18 yo having sex?

A 17 yo and a 47 yo is a different thing.

My kid says the same, he doesn't want to do maths GCSE and get a job he just wants to play roblox.
Kids are like that.

But you must realise the statistics show many people from state schools become doctors, lawyers, or engineers? Or at least don't leave the workforce at 16 to pop out babies?

Anyone can do English and Maths GCSEs online from home though. You dont need to fo to school to do it

As it already does. The law is 16 so it is illegal for someone over the age of consent to have sex with someone under it.

Same would apply if it is 18. But this then stops it being legal to have sex with a child.

The cut off as it is already makes it illegal for those above to have sex with those below...how would this change anything...? It would be exactly the same and make it illegal for those above to have sex with those below. Nothing different to now.

I didnt say it at 16

TBF that's not actually true for those three things, though it does help.

I suppose that given most people believe that ND is under diagnosed a) is there much support for a family within the community who are trying to access a diagnosis, given you have to fight long term for that and b) a child/young person who isnt diagnosed but whose behaviour is such that they struggle in social situations, relationships, large groups of people, is that much understood?

Yes and 16 is a child. So it is legal to be a nonce with a 16 or 17 year old in the UK.

A 17 and 47 year old is still legal in the same way a 18 and a 16 year old is. Both would be an adult having sex with a child.

Benefits from the tax system they don’t pay into….

My point is that the education system is unfair.

And in the UK it is more unfair than in many other countries.

If i could have a good education as a teenager i would have liked it.

I went to a school where i felt there was no point in me even being there.

Several of the teachers told me that they hadn't really wanted to be teachers. Class size was huge and behaviour was bad. I would have learned more by myself, studying online at home.

So what sort of job would she do in the future if she wanted to though, what qualifications does she have?

I dont know.

You can do an English and Maths gcse from home at any age, if she doesn't have it already.