On 16 Feb 2009 06:20:42 GMT, WingedMessenger <Boy@FlyingHigh.com>
wrote:
>Daytek <Daytek@isp.com> wrote in
>news:49988377$0$225$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com:
>
>> And WingedMessenger did psot words of wisdom:::
>>
>>> "::darkshadows::" <blood@thirsty.net> wrote in
>>> news:blgcp4l3r9dvvogau1bha0qeb0dd630tnt@4ax.com:
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>>> > U.K. boy becomes dad at 13, newspaper says
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > The Associated Press
>>> > 3:57 PM EST February 13, 2009
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > A British schoolboy fathered a child with his then 14-year-old
>>> > girlfriend, making Alfie Patten one of the youngest parents ever in
>>> > Britain, The Sun Times reported on Friday.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > He's 13. He scarcely looks 10. And according to a British tabloid,
>>> > he's a father.
>>> >
>>> > Baby-faced and only 4 feet tall, the boy, Alfie Patten, was just 12
>>> > when he impregnated Chantelle, now 15, The Sun reported Friday.
>>> > Shown in a video posted Friday on the tabloid's Web site, the
>>> > diminutive Alfie takes the newborn girl in his arms.
>>> >
>>> > Asked what he would do to support the child financially, Alfie asks
>>> > in a small, high-pitched voice, "What's financially?"
>>> >
>>> > The girl was taking birth control pills but missed one, the
>>> > newspaper reported. Friends and relatives left the family home near
>>> > Eastbourne, about 70 miles southeast of London, Friday without
>>> > speaking to reporters gathered outside. The teenagers could not
>>> > immediately be contacted.
>>> >
>>> > The Sun did not say whether any tests were conducted to prove the
>>> > boy's paternity. The paper did not offer any immediate comment when
>>> > asked whether it had paid the family for the story.
>>> >
>>> > Police and child services in Eastbourne, in southeast England, said
>>> > in a statement that they were "aware of a 14-year-old girl that had
>>> > become pregnant as the result of a relationship with a 12-year-old
>>> > boy," adding that they were offering support to both young people.
>>> >
>>> > Alfie's front page picture has sparked renewed debate about teen
>>> > pregnancy in Britain. The country has one of the highest teen
>>> > pregnancy rates in Europe, and government figures show that about
>>> > 39,000 girls under age 18 became pregnant in 2006. More than 7,000
>>> > of those girls were younger than 16.
>>> >
>>> > "I don't know the individual details of the case, but of course I
>>> > think all of us would want to avoid teenage pregnancies," Prime
>>> > Minister Gordon Brown said Friday.
>>> >
>>> > Britain had 27 births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 between 2000 and
>>> > 2005, according to a report published by Population Action
>>> > International. Comparable figures are 10 per 1,000 for Spain, 8 in
>>> > 1,000 for France, and 5 in 1,000 for The Netherlands.
>>> >
>>> > Britain's teen pregnancy rate, however, is still far below that of
>>> > the United States, which registers 44 births per 1,000 women aged
>>> > 15-19 and are more line with English-speaking countries such as
>>> > Australia and New Zealand, which respectively have 17 and 27 births
>>> > per 1,000 women between 15 and 19, according to the report.
>>> >
>>> > But the country's reputation as Europe's teen pregnancy capital has
>>> > been an embarrassment to politicians.
>>> >
>>> > In 1999 then-Prime Minister Tony Blair described Britain's record
>>> > on pregnancies as shameful and vowed to turn it around.
>>> >
>>> > "Put simply, you are still a child when you are 14 and, in a
>>> > civilized society, children should not be having children," he said
>>> > at the time. The government has since poured millions of pounds
>>> > (dollars) into advertising and educational campaigns.
>>> >
>>> > Educating youngsters
>>> > Brook, a U.K. group that provides sexual health advice to people
>>> > under 25, said teen pregnancies had fallen by about 12 percent
>>> > since 1998, but more had to be done.
>>> >
>>> > "It can be easy to concentrate on young women but young men need as
>>> > much support and information," Brook's chief executive, Simon
>>> > Blake, said.
>>> >
>>> > In a move last year to tackle the high teen pregnancy rate, British
>>> > education officials announced they would start introducing sex
>>> > education earlier in English schools. Beginning next year, children
>>> > as in grades as low as kindergarten will be given basic sex
>>> > education.
>>> >
>>> > Tony Kerridge, of the sexual health group Marie Stopes
>>> > International, praised the move, but local lawmaker Nigel Waterson
>>> > said the pregnancy raised "huge questions" about whether British
>>> > children were being educated about sex - at the expense of learning
>>> > about healthy relationships.
>>> >
>>> > 'We made a mistake'
>>> > Chantelle and Alfie have reportedly pledged to raise the child as
>>> > best they can.
>>> >
>>> > "We know we made a mistake but I wouldn't change it now," Chantelle
>>> > was quoted by The Sun as saying.
>>> >
>>> > Alfie's father, Dennis - who reportedly has nine children - said
>>> > his son told him it was the first time he had sex. He was
>>> > reportedly allowed to sleep over at the girl's house.
>>> >
>>> > "It hasn't really dawned on him," Patten, 45, was quoted as saying
>>> > in the paper.
>>> >
>>> > "I will talk to him again and it will be the birds and bees talk,"
>>> > he said. "Some may say it's too late but he needs to understand so
>>> > there is not another baby."
>>> >
>>> > Britain's youngest-known father was said to be a 12-year-old boy in
>>> > a suburb north of London who impregnated a young neighbor in 1998.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> >
>>> >
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>>>
>>> These filthy little bastards and all like them should be sewn up or
>>> castrated. The only difference between these and dogs on the street
>>> is that dogs have 4 legs. Another burden for the bloody taxpayer.
>>>
>>> Mercury.
>>>
>>
>> HEY! Slow down. My first sex was with a much older girl who forced me
>> to do it. She forced me to do it several times with her. And she said
>> she would tell on me if I told anyone. I was afraid of my parents, my
>> church, and the cops coming after me - so I never told. I thought it
>> was always the boy's fault for doing it with a girl. I've never been
>> the same since. Look what she turned me into - a pussy addict! Girls
>> have no shame!
>>
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>
>I stated my opinion, my democratic right, as indeed have you.
>
>Mercury.
Another democrat...
You're not related to Obama?
LOL
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