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13yr old guy impregnated a 16yr old girl - news on BBC this morning
hi ppl, i saw this news item on BBC news this morning. A 13yr old boy who is not fit to be a father at all got his 16yr old girlfriend pregnant who isnt fit to be a mother either. . i was pretty shocked on hearing this because it seems like young teens are getting into things that they are not suppose to be getting into at their age. thats why we are the largest country in western europe with the highest rate of teenage pregnancy.
i think proper sex education should be taught in schools as well as parents and the media deter teenagers from practising sex at such an early age.
after all although we don't like to admit it, we are still young and inmature.(ie still children) As i often say to some people how can a child bring up a child. that child may still be in school.
tell me your views on this subject. im sure some people will criticise me just as they did in the "when did you loose your virginity thread"
i think proper sex education should be taught in schools as well as parents and the media deter teenagers from practising sex at such an early age.
after all although we don't like to admit it, we are still young and inmature.(ie still children) As i often say to some people how can a child bring up a child. that child may still be in school.
tell me your views on this subject. im sure some people will criticise me just as they did in the "when did you loose your virginity thread"
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I think its most surprising that a sixteen year old girl went anywhere near a 13 year old boy. My brother is 13 and so I know that they are, for want of a better word, totally GROSS.
noofruit
I think its most surprising that a sixteen year old girl went anywhere near a 13 year old boy. My brother is 13 and so I know that they are, for want of a better word, totally GROSS.
haha, yea true. he was taller than her but looked so young. wonder why she went out with him because most girls i know won't dream of going out with a younger guy
Gaz031
Why are we not punishing people who have sex under the age of 16? Isn't it against the law?
What's happening to this country...
What's happening to this country...
Thats what i don't understand. They say that sex under 16 is illegal, yet when these teenage girls get pregant they chuck money (benefits) at them. If young girls see that they are given money when they have a child isn't this more likely to encourage more teenage pregnancies?
you can hardly lock up a mother-to be. the law's there to protect people who actually feel and care about having been violated (either by a fellow under 16, or by someone older with themself still being underage).
I didn't go as far as to say they should be locked up but there should be some definite consequences - the law should be enforced!
Fluffy
I agree with you there - but also the people likely to have sex at such a young age are those without respect for themselves or anyone else anyway, it's merely a consequence of the lack of respect today.
Fluffy
Why is it? This just goes to show how bad both sex education is in the UK, and how poor support mechanisms are for young people who find themselves in this position are.
Who are we to judge them?????
Who are we to judge them?????
Yeah but how many 16 year olds let themselves get pregnant by a 13 year old? Thats why it was on the news, because even though there are plenty of underage pregnancies, this one is a bit different.
Gaz031
but also the people likely to have sex at such a young age are those without respect for themselves or anyone else anyway, it's merely a consequence of the lack of respect today.
I don't think it;s about respect - it's about young people trying to grow up and be adults before their time.
Such behaviour is common in deprived areas - sometimes children as young as 14 are expected by their parents to bunk off school and do meanial jobs, or shoplift in order to help support their family. If these 14 year olds are deemed 'old enough' by their parent(s) to do this, then they must be 'adult' right? Well that's how they tend to think.
rach1986
Yeah but how many 16 year olds let themselves get pregnant by a 13 year old? Thats why it was on the news, because even though there are plenty of underage pregnancies, this one is a bit different.
More than you would think. Also the girl in question is 16 now - she wasn't 16 at the time - BBC breakfast said she was 14.
Fluffy
I don't think it;s about respect - it's about young people trying to grow up and be adults before their time.
Such behaviour is common in deprived areas - sometimes children as young as 14 are expected by their parents to bunk off school and do meanial jobs, or shoplift in order to help support their family. If these 14 year olds are deemed 'old enough' by their parent(s) to do this, then they must be 'adult' right? Well that's how they tend to think.
Such behaviour is common in deprived areas - sometimes children as young as 14 are expected by their parents to bunk off school and do meanial jobs, or shoplift in order to help support their family. If these 14 year olds are deemed 'old enough' by their parent(s) to do this, then they must be 'adult' right? Well that's how they tend to think.
Hear hear.
I don't think sex education is bad in the UK at all. At every school I've been to we've had whole terms devoted to it in PSHE, etc. I think when teenagers get pregnant they just blame the establishment because it's far easier than to realise the problem is a hell of a lot more complicated than that. I think some of the more likely causes could be the break-down of the family unit and the de-tabooing of sexuality in society in general.
You are also statistically more likely to have children young if your parents did.
Take for example the recent case (I think it was on a BBC documentary) of 3 sisters getting pregnant. They were 12, 14 and 16 years old, all with children. The mother confessed she had allowed, with her full knowledge, the 12-year-old to have sex in her flat. The 16-year-old's baby was actually her FOURTH pregnancy. She had had two miscarriages and one abortion. The mother had the audacity to blame the school for not teaching them enough.
We had a much, much lower teenage pregnancy rate when sex education didn't exist in this country at all. Why didn't it exist? Because sex was a taboo subject. Now I'm not saying we should withdraw all sex education because that's a regression and it could potentially save a lot of girls from falling into a trap of ignorance. I do disagree with all the benefits teenage mothers are given. The reporter in the sisters' case was alarmed to find out that with all the benefit money added together, the sisters were "earning" a lot more than the reporter was. That's not right.
However, it is a very sticky situation as to what an alternative solution could be. If you withdraw benefits the Government will be criticised for its harshness and a lot of kids could grow up in extreme poverty. However, I think teenage mothers should be made to work as soon as their child has finished breast-feeding. This also sounds harsh, but it's better that the mother realise she can't get a comfy ride for years because she has a child.
You are also statistically more likely to have children young if your parents did.
Take for example the recent case (I think it was on a BBC documentary) of 3 sisters getting pregnant. They were 12, 14 and 16 years old, all with children. The mother confessed she had allowed, with her full knowledge, the 12-year-old to have sex in her flat. The 16-year-old's baby was actually her FOURTH pregnancy. She had had two miscarriages and one abortion. The mother had the audacity to blame the school for not teaching them enough.
We had a much, much lower teenage pregnancy rate when sex education didn't exist in this country at all. Why didn't it exist? Because sex was a taboo subject. Now I'm not saying we should withdraw all sex education because that's a regression and it could potentially save a lot of girls from falling into a trap of ignorance. I do disagree with all the benefits teenage mothers are given. The reporter in the sisters' case was alarmed to find out that with all the benefit money added together, the sisters were "earning" a lot more than the reporter was. That's not right.
However, it is a very sticky situation as to what an alternative solution could be. If you withdraw benefits the Government will be criticised for its harshness and a lot of kids could grow up in extreme poverty. However, I think teenage mothers should be made to work as soon as their child has finished breast-feeding. This also sounds harsh, but it's better that the mother realise she can't get a comfy ride for years because she has a child.
Fluffy
Why is it? This just goes to show how bad both sex education is in the UK, and how poor support mechanisms are for young people who find themselves in this position are.
Who are we to judge them?????
Who are we to judge them?????
yeah, they commited the act in full knowledge of the consequences. maybe the guy though that his sperm was not mature enough to impregnate a girl.
also no one asked them to do it, they made up their minds.
Sex education is just bad here in the UK. i remember my rediculous PSHE lessons when people use to ask what are the best positions and stuff. nothing really on how to prevent babies or not to have sex.
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