Source: The Sun
Apparently, a baby-faced 13-year-old British schoolboy has fathered a child with his 15-year-old girlfriend. He seriously looks much younger than 13 while she seriously looks much older than 15, I guess giving birth makes people look older in general.
Alfie Patten admitted he had not thought about how he and girlfriend Chantelle Steadman would support the baby daughter Maisie Roxanne. It was told that the baby was conceived after just one night of unprotected sex; Alfie was 12-year-old at the time.
Patten will undergo a DNA paternity test (paid by social workers) to prove that he is the father of the baby after Chantelle's mother, Penny Steadman, said her daughter had slept with other boys. It is reported up to six other boys claimed they could be Maisie's father.
The news has triggered debate about the country's high level of teenage pregnancies. As a matter of fact, Britain has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in western Europe. The case has drawn comment from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, while a former leader of the main opposition Conservative Party said it was an example of social breakdown in "broken Britain". British government has launched a strategy to reduce teenage pregnancy. According to advisors, the level has falling but have called for more accessible contraceptives and more sex education in school in areas which are falling behind. Sources of this story are from here, here, here and here.
Suddenly, I get pretty worried over DYB. Of course he is older than the mentioned schoolboy but DYB and DYBGF have been going on holiday at three destinations over in a span of three months!!
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