A North London couple has broken quite an unusual record in Britain: becoming the country’s youngest parents. A girl aged just 12 years and 3 months has recently given birth to a baby girl. Her boyfriend and the father of the child is only 13 years old. The couple has the lowest combined age of British parents in history, with the girl currently Britain’s youngest mother
Due to legal restrictions, the girl cannot be publicly identified. But it is known that she lives with her mother, who is 27 years old and resides in North London. This would make her one of the youngest people in the United Kingdom to become a grandmother.According to the couple’s friends, Britain’s youngest parents are planning to raise their daughter together and hope to eventually get married. According to a source, the couple is “totally in love” and has been together for over a year now.
“Both sets of grandparents are incredibly supportive. It’s a very difficult situation because the parents are both so young – but their families are right behind them,” a source told The Sun. “The baby’s mum and dad have been in a relationship for more than a year, so it isn’t a fleeting romance. They intend to stick together and bring their daughter up together,” he added.
The girl is currently a year 7 pupil, while her boyfriend attends grade 9 at another school. The girl intends to continue her studies and is expected to return to school in September of this year.
While a 12-year-old giving birth to a child in Britain is unusual and would be considered shocking to most, the couple’s parents on both sides seem to be very supportive. A source has stated that both families are “right behind them.”
**The father of the 12-year-old mother, using an alias to protect his daughter’s anonymity, has recently called a local radio station to discuss the news. He told London radio station LBC that he is proud of his daughter and will support her. The father said that he never felt any shame that his daughter would give birth at such a young age, instead being proud that she brought something beautiful into the world.
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ummm child marriages are common in pakistani rural areas. whats your point here in including desis/pakistanis?
if you’re implying pakistanis never have children at that age, then im afraid you’re mistaken.
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Substitute Muslim with Hindu. And still above makes no sense. This is an outlier. As opposed to child marriage. Where most times a young girl is given in marriage to a much older man
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Hmm. I don’t easily believe that the father felt “no shame” at all; it’s possible that he doesn’t feel comfortable admitting to the media that he felt some disappointment so as not to hurt his daughter’s feelings.
Society is now at a stage where a parent is very likely to receive strong condemnation from viewers for saying they’re “disappointed” with their child much less admitting to a more stronger feeling like “shame.” But for a parent to project the image that their heart swelled with the feeling of pride from the time your kid-daughter tells you she’s pregnant to the delivery…is more disturbing than sweet, nor does it have a good impact on society.
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Um, when did I suggest that he should “beat” her up with words in public? Aik had hoti hai even in being positive, Southie.
No, he can’t do anything esp at this stage when the daughter has already had the baby. And no I don’t condone beating the girl verbally or physically. There’s a difference between one saying that they are happy with the birth of a grandchild and will support both daughter and child… and saying that they had never felt any emotion of negativity at the idea of their daughter giving birth at a young age. (disappointment, shame, etc). I don’t have a problem with the the former, but I don’t buy the latter at all.
Most parents…even the ones who had children that early themselves…don’t want their kids to do the same. They don’t want their kids to impede their education this way, they don’t want their kids to “miss out” on their childhood with the huge responsibility of having a child. Most parents…no matter how liberal…KNOW that society and especially their child’s peers can be vicious…and they don’t want their kid going through that. With the passing of time a parent may become resigned to the matter and accept/embrace it, but feeling proud about this from the very get-go…yeah sounds neither believable nor reasonable nor touching; it’s disturbing.
I don’t know what made you deduce from my post that I failed to understand the dad was being supportive.
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I think we have a different take on this issue.
You didn’t say he should beat her up. You stated he should not have said he felt proud (writing from memory so I may not be 100 pct accurate).
I respectfully disagree. He does not owe it to public how he truly feels. He said what HE felts he needed to say. And that’s good enough for me. We just agree to disagree on this one.
