Re: Britain’s youngest parents - Mother 12 and Father 13.
Father said he never felt any shame that his daughter will be giving birth at a young age. Those are his words. And I personally don’t believe him. He may not have felt a something as strong as “shame”…but it’s hard for me to believe that he, not once, felt any disappointment. Having your 13 year old daughter tell you she’s preggers is not the kind of news that makes a parent jump up and down in glee.
He does not owe it to the public, but the message he sends can have an impact on people, esp kids. If he had said, “I’m happy to see my grandchild and I’m going to support both of them”…that’s reasonable. But the message he’s sending is that it’s nothing short of beautiful and a matter of pride to get knocked up at thirteen…that’s strange and OTT. And I hope there aren’t teens out there thinking, “Aaaaawn. What a coool dad! Gee I’m gonna make my folks proud in the same way.” And I wouldn’t be surprised if some parents, after hearing this guy’s reaction, shook their heads and thought…“Ima gonna let my kid know that u better not think I wouldn’t be disappointed.”
Re: Britain’s youngest parents - Mother 12 and Father 13.
What is strange and OTT to some is irrelevant to the father. He did what he thought was best for his kid. Whether this sends a specific message to other kids or not is not his responsibility. He doesn’t claim to be role model. It is upto parents to teach their kids right and wrong. And not to depend on the “message” some stranger sends over the airways.
To dissect his response in such detail is OTT , IMO. Bella summarized it way better than I could.
Re: Britain’s youngest parents - Mother 12 and Father 13.
well excuse this redneck daddy for not having president obama’s speech writers to impart that perfect balance between support and rapprochement. will this verbosity over nothing stop? have mercy..
Britain’s youngest parents - Mother 12 and Father 13.
I think it’s common sense that any good parent would feel some length of disappointment having to cope with a bad decision that their child made because it obviously reflects on them and has changed his family’s life. When the father was interviewed must have been after 9 months of coping with the bad news. Now that the baby is here in the world, why would the father show anything but compassion for a child which he will probably raise to be just like his own. I think it’s a paternal instinct to protect your children instead of shaming and naming them to the world. Everyone knows what happened is wrong, that’s why it even made it to the news because they set a record in the country so it’s a big deal that an entire nation is probably discussing. No parents would throw their children into a fire like that especially when the baby is already here in the world now. People live with bad decisions everyday but when something is as irreversible as this, especially with another life in the picture, you make lemonade with the lemons. A life came to into the world, it’s a bitter sweet type scenario, unlike if the children had committed murder or something heinous like that.
Re: Britain’s youngest parents - Mother 12 and Father 13.
Good grief, I never said that the dad should shame his daughter publicly. I’m surprised that my post was stretched to the ridiculous assumption that I want him to “beat her up.” Despite finding the remark silly, I didn’t bash him or liken him to a redneck.
Tumhe meri verbosity nazar aati par 2-liner post ki fazool assumptions nazar nahi aati…tab tum andhay hotay ho ya shayad biased or perhaps both. I’ve nothing against the dad showing a positive attitude. The dad made two positive comments, and it’s merely his latter one that I find to be ott-unrealistic and possibly harmful.
Re: Britain’s youngest parents - Mother 12 and Father 13.
you didnt, i am. you want a guy who knocked a 14 yr old up to pass a perfectly balanced comment on some shock-jock’s radio show that will be all disney-princessy for the rest of the world to read and tear up over? get real.
and yes, too much needless verbosity. everywhere. hurts eyes. turns dimagh to dahi through middle-school grade composition involving uber-repetition. death via a 100 cuts. fleas of a 1000 camel crotches. etc.
