when teenagers have babies

[wokkies]

Did anyone watch it last night, well I think thats what it was called, that 13yr old was really annoying me wanting to play with her mobile phone rather than attend to her baby:ac39:

[smnth1969]

I didnt watch it but I saw it advertised. Was it good then?

You know, its scary when you see a bunch of kids walking along (usually at night when babies should be in bed) and they are pushing a pushchair. I used to assume they were siblings of the baby, but now ... one of them was probably the mum .. arrgghhhhhh!

Having said that .. I guess it has its good sides .. like taking your daughter clubbing round town! (Sorry just joking!)

[wokkies]

some of them did do quite well for their age specially the one with the gorgeous twins

[Lemon]

I did watch it. It was called "Britains Youngest Mums and Dads". I thought the training in the New Forest was such a good idea. I felt for Charlotte, the 14 year old, she really didn't have a clue and it was obviously very overwhelming for her to have a baby, I don't even think she can believe she is a Mum.

I admired the girl with Twins, she was such a lovely and caring Mum.

[Easties]

do you know what
i admired each and every one of those girls even charlotte
why didnt anyone get her to the docs to get her checked for deppresion? yeah she may be 13 but the girl has just had a baby so is going through exactly the same emotions as what a lot of us do after having a baby i really felt for her as it seemed like the way she was feeling was pushed aside
i really felt for all the girls and did find it uncomfortable watching charlotte as it was as though she was playing with a doll but lets face it she hasnt had the best life and is only 13 im pleased she has her parents support
the family i took my hat off too the most was the one with the little boy who had downs and the boy with cerabl pausy (sp) what a beautiful family they have
as i said i admire every one of them as being a mum is hard enough let alone when you are so young i was 18 when i had jack god knows how those girls managed it at the ages of 13/14/15/16/17 im just glad they had the support they did
and as for the thing in the new forest i just wish i had something like that to help me and i think it should be a permanant thing with new young mothers or mothers to be xxxxx

[Seren]

I thought the triplets were adorable and the twins, they were doing really well. I thought the 13 and the 14 yr old really hadn't a clue about being a mum and found that quite sad. They simply shouldn't have had a baby were doing the best they could

A really interesting programme, and weren't they lucky to have a cookery lesson with Annabel Karmel !

Very scary too, WWYD if your daughter annouced she was pg at the age of 13???

[Easties]

I thought the triplets were adorable and the twins, they were doing really well. I thought the 13 and the 14 yr old really hadn't a clue about being a mum and found that quite sad. They simply shouldn't have had a baby were doing the best they could

A really interesting programme, and weren't they lucky to have a cookery lesson with Annabel Karmel !

Very scary too, WWYD if your daughter annouced she was pg at the age of 13???
well thankfully i dont have a daughter

[mumsiejudy]

I watched most of it and thought the couple with the special needs boys (I didn't see whether the little girl ended up being special needs as well)were handling the situation so well and made a really lovely family. I don't know how I felt about Charlotte and maybe I should have watched the training. I didn't know this was in the New Forest which is so close to me so don't know if this changed her way of handling her baby but the part that I did see made me wonder why the baby hadn't been put up for adoption. No-one appeared to cuddle it even her mother when feeding her, I really did feel sympathy for this baby.

[Sarah]

I was so upset watching children trying to raise babies. What an awful situation for them to be in. Some of them were amazing and took to it really well. I thought the couple with the special needs children were wonderful but I'm not sure that it was a responsible decision to have a third child so soon knowing that the chances of her having special needs too was very high. I thought they were wonderful the way they coped though.
It was shocking to hear that if children have as little as just 10 sex education lessons they are far less likely to get pregnant so young - that was shocking and something needs to be done. Our children have had a lot of their sex education at home from us but sadly that doesn't happen in a lot of families so the schools now need to take on that challenge.
Sarah x

[Easties]

I watched most of it and thought the couple with the special needs boys (I didn't see whether the little girl ended up being special needs as well)were handling the situation so well and made a really lovely family. I don't know how I felt about Charlotte and maybe I should have watched the training. I didn't know this was in the New Forest which is so close to me so don't know if this changed her way of handling her baby but the part that I did see made me wonder why the baby hadn't been put up for adoption. No-one appeared to cuddle it even her mother when feeding her, I really did feel sympathy for this baby.
the couple with the special needs kids their new daughter is fine hun and charlotte at the end was getting there slowly she had just started to realise that she was a mum xxxxx

[ruthie]

I though nearly all of them were good parents, particually the couple with the special needs little ones (the little girl was fine), what a lovely couple and even the ones with 5 children I know they were living on benefiits but as parents they seemed very good, the way the spoke to the children was lovely. Apart from the stroppy 13 year old who needed a slap for her attitude in general not just the baby, she did seem to have improved a little by the end but the awful thing is that dear baby didn't ask to be born and unwanted and not nutured really I would have thought adoption would have benefited the child who has a right to be loved. Still she seemed a very immature little girl which is what at 13 she is so I guess not her fault.

[smirnoff]

i didnt watch this - or anything last night. I just think its scary to see so many children having babies!

[ruthie]

It was shocking to hear that if children have as little as just 10 sex education lessons they are far less likely to get pregnant so young - that was shocking and something needs to be done. Our children have had a lot of their sex education at home from us but sadly that doesn't happen in a lot of families so the schools now need to take on that challenge.
Sarah x

I don't know if I agree with the statement that children who have sex education lessons are less likely to get pregnant, why wasn't there a huge problem with teen pregnancy years ago then before Sex Education was introduced?

[lisa1980]

I watched it was very intresting, pnd crossed my mind with charlotte i saw a lot of symptoms i had. I thought they were all very brave and most coped really well but i dont think i could have coped at 13 with dd i hardly managed at 21

[Sarah]

I don't know if I agree with the statement that children who have sex education lessons are less likely to get pregnant, why wasn't there a huge problem with teen pregnancy years ago then before Sex Education was introduced?

Well that's what statistics suggest according to the programme and it makes sense to me. I had sex education when I was at school but my best advice came from my parents.

[Easties]

i think you need to remember that charlotte was only 13 and whos to say she didnt have deppression ?
as i said in a previous post just because she is 13 dosent mean that she dont have the same emotions as a lot of mums do after having a baby and lets face it there are a lot of mums that dont bother with their babies due to deppression
im not saying that charlotte did have deppression but i think it is a strong possibility x

[runragged]

I didn't watch it, It would have just riled me to see these irresponsible girls with these poor defendeless babies depending on them. Like someone said further up in the thread, one of them would rather play with her mobile. That sums it up. She'd rather PLAY because she's still a CHILD herself.

At that age, they're not responsible enough for motherhood, it's as simple as that. hell, I struggle with the responsibility some days & I'm in my thirties!

[purple_82]

I watched last night, was very upsetting.

I had DS at 16 and I was a very clued up young mother. I was in a stable relationship, had a house, my partner worked and I was no different to someone twice my age. It worked really well for me so we planned to have DD when I was 19. Obviously I am at the other end of the scale when it comes to young mothers, i'm just glad I had a strong head on my shoulders.

[hector]

With Charlotte the 13 year old who turned 14 turning the programme she hid the pregnancy right up until the end by wearing her puffa jacket and when she complained of pain her mother gave her 2 paracetamol(bless) maybe that did'nt help she hid it for so long never came to terms with it,also for her birthday people gave her gifts for the baby like wet wipes ans baby bath i'm sure most people would feel a little p'd off i know its lovely to get anything and all those things would help but there not personal prezzies, i hope she gets it together and makes a good thing of it.

[Sarah]

I agree, I said to my kids, fancy giving her presents for the baby for her birthday! I'd be really peeved if my family give me gifts for my children when it was my birthday, poor little soul.

[smirnoff]

according to statistics about 10 years ago (i was doing a study for my teaching degree at the time) Holland actually has the best sex education and the lowest rate of teenage pregnancies in europe. The uk had one of the highest and one of the least consistant pretty appaling sex ed policies too, America having the highest rate in the world apparantly.
More recently George w of course in his "wisdom" has banned sex ed in many states which has led to a rise in teenage pregnancies.

Sex ed here is taught either brilliantly or terribly.. and lots of parents dont actually talk about it at all with their children or they sho their son how to use a condomn by putting one on a banana!!!!!!! Yeah like this SO helps!!!!!