Sisters give birth at 12, 14, 16

[Norky]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4572219.stm !!!

Okay, I'm not going to stereotype people who live on council estates as chavs, but when they name their children 'T-Jay', 'Amani' and 'Lita', it really does make you wonder.

Best quote?

Jemma is quoted in the Sun as saying: "I only told my boyfriend David, who was 14 at the time, but I didn't want to have an abortion.
"He was my first love but now I'm gutted because he doesn't want to have anything to do with me or T-Jay."

Desperate Midwives starts on Monday, 23 May, 2005 at 2100 BST on BBC Three.

[Howard]

I'm shocked

That's apalling.

[Garion]

Ok...maybe she was gonna call it C-Jay...but cos of her poor schooling... she couldnt remember what a C looked like...them bam... midwife thinks its T-Jay...

[Nick F]

The state of Britain today (shocking), gotta blame the parents tbh.

[Kezzer]

I thought 16 was bad, but c'mon! Let's just hope they're competent

[Skii]

scum

[Norky]

"DAVID I'M PREGGERS!!!"
"Jesus, get away from me!"

[Yohji]

"DAVID I'M PREGGERS!!!"
"Jesus, get away from me!"

Heh. I mean... 16 is young to have a child, but 12? That's what year 7? Eugh.

[Stewart]

Dirty chavs. This country is going to the dogs, and its 99% because of the current youth generation.

And to be fair to David, would you have anything to do with a kid called T-Jay?

[iranu]

The 3 girls plus babies and mother claim a total of over £31,000 in benefits per year and live rent free in their council house. Source

Welcome to Tony and Gordon's New Britain.

[Stewart]

'Then, in November, Natasha, 16, who had already had two miscarriages and an abortion, had Amani.'

Two miscarriges, an abortion and a baby called Amani at 16...

Say no more.

[JimmyBoy]

no 1 to blame but themselves. claiming it was te schools fault is stupid, ok sex education should be better but the mother should of told those girls wats wat, u'd think after two abortions that natasha would of learnt her lesson at least.

crazy country

[Kezzer]

If the sex ed is so bad then why is it the other girls don't get pregnant? It's down to plain stupidity probably due to their poor upbrining

[Jiff Lemon]

One word.......

Sterilisation

[nichomach]

The 3 girls plus babies and mother claim a total of over £31,000 in benefits per year and live rent free in their council house. Source
Welcome to Tony and Gordon's New Britain.

So that's about £4,430 per year each then. I don't think they'll be parking a new Beemer outside the front door at the taxpayer's expense. And if you think teenage pregnancy's a new thing, sorry, but there was the same moral panic in the '60s, '70s and '80s. Anyone remember the Tories' scare stories about girls getting preganant to jump council house waiting lists? Of course, they never produced any examples of this, but they used the idea to whip up a fair old hue and cry. Nice to see the Torygraph's got a sense of history; I think it does old campaign strategies and folk devils good to be taken out and given a dust once in a while, otherwise they feel neglected.

I think the situation's terribly sad, and I don't see much of a good future for the kids involved (both generations), but it's nothing new. Sorry, but it just isn't. At least the one who was due to sit her GCSEs appears to still be going to do so, and at least all three are still in school. Perhaps a better approach might be to take the view that if they receive support while in education, they'll be better able to look after themselves and their children due to at least having some basic qualifications.

[Garion]

'Then, in November, Natasha, 16, who had already had two miscarriages and an abortion, had Amani.'

Two miscarriges, an abortion and a baby called Amani at 16...

Say no more.

Most people learn from their mistakes the first time... but no...seems this was a "if at first the broken condom line doesnt succeed, try try again..."