UK, Ireland /
Britain's youngest mum gave birth at 12 [70]
Anyway, it may be just me, but I don't think that 12-year old children should have sex.
Hey, me neither, but I guess I could try to explain a few things to you. Not to justify anything, but just to let you know about the social climate and all the problems most people aren't experiencing at a young age.
What's wrong with doing normal child's stuff when you're at that age?
Nothing, but some kids pretty much have the mindstate of a young adult at that age already, trust me. I mean, you grow up a little faster when daddy's doing drugs all day, mom prostitutes herself, or when your parents kick you out. In these sort of towns, life is miserable for almost everyone. There's usually a lot of frustration, depression, agression and a lot of people with psychological problems. See if you can remain childish and innocent in such an environment.
I mean, friends of ppl I know gave their 12-year old son condoms to take with him to a children's party. I really don't think that's normal...
It's not exactly normal, no. But some of these children have **** all to do and all they've seen is misery and negativity. They will do it anyway, so maybe their parents think it's better to be safe than sorry. They could probably ground their kids for like eight years, but maybe that's not too healthy either?
Unfortunately it's always the same type of ppl to whom this happens. I read a study the other day in the newspaper that said that about 50 per cent of the kids younger than 16 had sex before they even properly had kissed and that it was noticable that this was by far more often the case in lower social classes than with other classes.
Yes, because of all the problems, and most of these kids are traumatized.
And then you see a picture of the mom - somehow they all look the same: fat, kinda ugly girls with flat, greasy hair, face full of pickles; apparently somehow stalled for attention (at that age?) and giving themselves to any guy who blinks as much as an eye at them. I am not moralistic, but I think here lies a task for the parents as I hold them responsible for this skewed behaviour.
I don't think it's a complete mystery that some parents don't give a ****, which you can't blame on these kids.
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And besides all that: who's gonna take care of the baby? The mother obviously can't as she's a kid herself and has no clue yet about responsibility - this baby is going to grow up as yet another no-future and if it's a baby girl, probably get pregnant too before she reaches the tender age of 14.
I don't know if they can't. Some girls might pull it off. I think most of them will get by with help from social workers and their own family, if abortion isn't an option for those people who are involved. It will be miserable though. So yes, I agree, twelve year olds should play outside and worry about their grades. I'm not going to seperate a mother from her child if she says she wants to take care of it though. It's her child, after all.
But realistically speaking, most girls aren't having a baby at the age of twelve, so I agree with Kate Louise there, it looks good on those tabloids, and unfortunately it sells. I mean, everytime you publicize an article like that, it's going to be another bad example for another girl who's too young to raise a family. (Has anyone ever thought about that?)
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