Pregnant at just 11 !!!!

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WTF!!!

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Youngest mother is 11, oldest is 63. What a wonderful country we live in!

To cheer everyone up, there is a picture of Cod on a new thread.

I want to add that I want every child in the whole wide world to have hopes, dreams & aspirations. But it doesn't always happen. I see the children who go through my neighbours, and I want to cry every time. But I don't want to become a foster parent.

But I cry for the mothers who gave birth to these lost souls.

none of us know how that girl and her baby will turn out, you can all make your assumptions and they may be right, but you never know for sure. having a baby young does not mean you cant then go on to have a career and hopes and dreams! yes the girl will need a lot of support and help but who are we to decide whether she gets to keep her child or not? GOD???? like someone has said she has felt that child grow in her and will give birth to it a life changing experience as we all know. the fact that people think that child should be adopted without even giving that poor mother a chance is barbaric. oh and when that adopted child grows up and finds out it was forcibily taken away from its mother because of her age you dont think that will affect him or her? i was taken away from my mother when i was 1 and she was twenty because it was deemed she couldnt look after me properly, wish they could see the damage that did to me perhaps they would think twice about ripping children off their mothers unless there is abuse involved.

happy you misunderstand.

i above most realise that having a child as a teenager doesn't mean you cant go on to fulfill your hope and dreams. i think its a shame that her parents hadn't given her hopes dreams or even instilled a little self respect/worth.

i truly believe that sex education should be taught. That after sniggering and embarrassment there may be some kids who will look for advice or realise what they thought to be true actually isnt.

however for britain to lower its teenage preggers stats the education of the children is not enough. it will help - as they turn into adults and themselves have children.

put parental expectations play a great part. when you expect nothing you will probably get nothing.

i am not saying the girl is doomed.
just that perhaps with a parent who dared to hope and dream for her child - of bigger things than the dss and 3 kids by the time she is 17. then maybe the child would have strived further, have dared to hope and dream herself of better things.

parental power is huge. look at your own parents and their influence on you.

my mother weilds an unseen power - 300 miles away. and certainly her expectation of me to go to university was partly realised becuase i didn't want to dissapoint her.

yes i see what you mean custy its the taking the child away i really have an issue with. ;)

i never said take the kid away. and would never advocate such. just to clarify.

Apparently the girls mother is a heroin addict and her 7mth baby had traces of the drug when he was born. And also the girl smokes cannabis. Neither deserve to care fore children. When i had ds i was put on a special ward as he was prem and there was a baby having withdrawal symptoms as the mother was an addict it was the worst thing i have saw and heard.

i hope the mother and baby find the support they need

my nephew was born adicted to heroin.
It is THE most horrific thing i have seen and heard. it took a few weeks before he was able to be completly pain free and i have never, will never forgive my XSiL for that.

When I had Dd2, there was a baby in SCBU who was going through withdrawal. it was horrible, the baby screamed all the time, was sick after every feed, she was a good weight too, she was huge compared to the tiny babies.