11-Year-Old Girl to be Britain's Youngest Mom

[Lemur]

For some reason, I can't get this story out of my head. Maybe it's a parent thing -- a dark nightmare so awful that I don't want to even contemplate it. Curious about what degrees of outrage this would cause in the org. Her mom is "proud" of her. Sheesh.

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Girl, 11, will be Britain's youngest mother

By IAN DRURY, Daily Mail 08:52am 12th May 2006

A girl is to become Britain's youngest mother after becoming pregnant at 11.

The girl smokes 20 cigarettes a day despite being eight months' pregnant. She conceived aged 11 when she lost her virginity to a boy of 15 on a drunken night out with friends.

The 15-year-old has since been charged with rape by police, and is due to appear again at Edinburgh sheriff court on July 10.

Her 34-year-old mother, who gave birth to her youngest child eight months ago, said she was 'proud' of her daughter.

She will be 12 years and 8 months when she has the child next month. Jenny Teague, Britain's youngest mother until now, was a month older when she gave birth in 1997.

The youngster, who lives near Edinburgh, says looking after her younger brothers has prepared her for motherhood.

But the girl admits she "panics and cries" when babies are unwell and does not feel able to bathe them.

The mother-to-be, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had unprotected sex with the teenage boy, who also cannot be identified, while drunk last August.

'Excited'

She told the Sun: "I didn't think I'd get pregnant because it was my first time. But I'm really excited and looking forward to being a mum.

"I can't wait to take the baby swimming and out for walks in the pram. I think I'll be able to cope as I've had lots of practice looking after my brothers.

"I know how to feed a baby its bottle and I can change nappies. But I panic and cry if they're sick and I don't like giving them a bath because I'm a bit frightened.

"It's good to know I'll have my mum here to help me if I need her."

Concerned she might be pregnant, the girl visited a GP three times but tests proved negative. She learned the truth after buying a home-testing kit from a supermarket.

After the device displayed two blue lines, indicating she was pregnant, she pleaded with a female relative to break the news to her mother. The girl, who has been suspended from her first year of secondary school for fighting, said: "I was paranoid about what my mum was going to say and just frightened about being pregnant too.

"I knew straight away that I couldn't have an abortion because that's something I don't believe in.

"I was upset and so was my mum, especially as she'd just had my wee brother. We had a big argument and I ended up locking myself in my room and running away to a friend's.

"It was really hard but it's brought me and my mum closer, which is good. I knew my mum would stand by me no matter what, but I told her straight away I was going to keep the baby.

"The social worker suggested I got rid of it but I'd never do that."

Smoking at nine

The girl, who has shoulder-length dark hair, began smoking at nine and started drinking tonic wine and vodka cocktails at ten. She claimed her cigarette habit was not harming the health of her unborn child.

She said: "I can give up smoking at any time, but I don't find it affects my pregnancy."

The girl, whose parents split up several years ago, said she would like a baby boy - and may call him Leo.

She is currently being educated at a local community centre but knows she must return to school.

She told the Sun: "My mum has said she will look after the baby so I can go to school. I don't know what I want to do with my life when I leave. I used to want to be a nursery nurse, but now I'm not so sure."

'Proud of my daughter'

Her mum said: "I'm not ashamed of my daughter at all - in fact, I'm proud of her for keeping the baby.

"I know she's worried what other people will say but she can walk out there with her head held high.

"At first I wasn't too happy about becoming a gran. But now I'm used to the idea. I'm really looking forward to having another baby in the house."

The Scottish Conservatives has called for society and families to unite to change attitudes towards sex following the news.

[GoreBag]

I saw an article about this a while ago, but didn't notice until now that the girl's name is Jennifer Teague. THAT freaks me out.

[Ice]

This is disturbing on so many levels. First, the girl the had sex at 11. Second she is going to have a freakin baby at 12. Third, she is smoking while pregnant and she thinks it doesn't hurt the baby. Something should be done for the sack of the baby. I'm outraged authorities let this happen. Finally, her mother is proud of her? This has to be one of the most ****ed things I've everh heard.

[Divinus Arma]

Eurotrash!

Did you see the previous "youngest mom" in England? WOOF.

[Beirut]

Eurotrash!

Did you see the previous "youngest mom" in England? WOOF.

I know what you mean. God knows there's not a single under-aged, less-than-gorgeous pregnant girl in all of North America.

[Divinus Arma]

My wife's distant relative got knocked up at 13. She is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo heinous.

I guess sex validates the self-esteem of some uglies. It really is a shame. I do honestly feel bad for ugly girls. An ugly guy can at least be "rugged" and nail chicks by being a hard dog. There is no such thing as a hot "rugged" woman.

I've seen "rugged" chicks. They either have mullets or are pock-marked from meth. yuck!

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Ick.

[GoreBag]

...pock-marked from meth. yuck!

I love that look. I crack up every time I see it.

[Samurai Waki]

I don't know. Whenever I even twist the thought in my head, I just feel a rage that I cannot comprehend. Things like this should never happen, under any circumstance by anyone. Its extremely disturbing and saddening on so many levels that I cannot help but feel they should put the child's mother to the stake, take the 15 year old boy and lock him away in a 4 ft. by 4 ft. Jail Cell for the rest of his life, take the baby away when it is born and put it under foster care, and admit the girl to a Mental Illness Hospital until the government feels that she is not only old enough to care for the child, but ready. I know, that I don't think I'd actually act under the first two examples of what should be done, but I seriously feel aweful for not only the girl but the child as well.

[BHCWarman88]

This is disturbing on so many levels. First, the girl the had sex at 11. Second she is going to have a freakin baby at 12. Third, she is smoking while pregnant and she thinks it doesn't hurt the baby. Something should be done for the sack of the baby. I'm outraged authorities let this happen. Finally, her mother is proud of her? This has to be one of the most ****ed things I've everh heard.

Alleuah to that Bro,That is just Sick. 100% Sick. if my Daughter did That (i'm 14,but I am just making a General Statement) if I ever have a Daughter who did that, I would tell her JUST AS my Dad Told me and my 24 year old brother (when he was 14)


"if you have sex and make a girl preganet before you 18, pick your stuff and leave this House now and don't ask us for help"


and if she does,or if my son does that to girl,it your kid,so take care of it yourself..


And she Smokes,she gonna kill her kid or Make the kid have some sort of damage........

but that is disturbing....god help us all....

[Tribesman]

Her mom is "proud" of her. Sheesh.

Now that could lead to an interesting pro/anti abortion thread

So she is smoking (illegal) , drinking(illegal) , screwing (illegal), she should have been taken into care as her mother is clearly unable to look after children .

[Ser Clegane]

Alleuah to that Bro,That is just Sick. 100% Sick. if my Daughter did That (i'm 14,but I am just making a General Statement) if I ever have a Daughter who did that, I would tell her JUST AS my Dad Told me and my 24 year old brother (when he was 14)


"if you have sex and make a girl preganet before you 18, pick your stuff and leave this House now and don't ask us for help"


and if she does,or if my son does that to girl,it your kid,so take care of it yourself..

Maybe an even better idea would be to make sure that your daughter does not have any misconceptions like that:

"I didn't think I'd get pregnant because it was my first time."

[Rodion Romanovich]

Well, I think you're just jealous 'cause she's getting some

Seriously, it's quite disturbing. But even more than the actual pregnancy age, the fact that the girl obviously doesn't have any feelings at all for her child, smoking 20 cigarettes a day etc. If you feel that little about a child then you shouldn't have children. Considering how many maniacs we have in the world, all of whom have become mad because of a bad childhood, a woman (or girl in this case) who gives birth to a child while being that irresponsible about her child is a danger to society. What if her child becomes a serial killer, a mass rapist or a politician who abolishes the little democracy we have, and starts massive wars?

[Divinus Arma]

Well, I think you're just jealous 'cause she's getting some

Seriously, it's quite disturbing. But even more than the actual pregnancy age, the fact that the girl obviously doesn't have any feelings at all for her child, smoking 20 cigarettes a day etc. If you feel that little about a child then you shouldn't have children. Considering how many maniacs we have in the world, all of whom have become mad because of a bad childhood, a woman (or girl in this case) who gives birth to a child while being that irresponsible about her child is a danger to society. What if her child becomes a serial killer, a mass rapist or a politician who abolishes the little democracy we have, and starts massive wars?

Yep. We should terminate this worthless child before it spawns into a public menace. What is our criteria for abortion? A mom who smokes? Crack baby? Retardation? A mother who doesn't care? Eurotrash? Poverty? Change of heart?

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

children having children, damn.

[Rodion Romanovich]

Yep. We should terminate this worthless child before it spawns into a public menace. What is our criteria for abortion? A mom who smokes? Crack baby? Retardation? A mother who doesn't care? Eurotrash? Poverty? Change of heart?

No, it should never have happened. The girl and her mom should have be locked up in an asylum a long time ago.

[Duke Malcolm]

So she is smoking (illegal) , drinking(illegal) , screwing (illegal), she should have been taken into care as her mother is clearly unable to look after children .

It is not illegal to smoke, only illegal to buy.
Similarly, it is not illegal to drink over the age of 5, only to buy.
Screwing is illegal, although only the boy can be charged, as he has been, with rape. My local paper had a considerable article on the issue.

This sort of thing is not entirely uncommon. If one sees a teenage girl pushing a pram, it is most likely going to be that girl's own child. Several people in my year have dropped out to have a child, and several in the year below mine. Although no-one is quite as young as 11, usually 13, 14, 15, thereabouts... 12 and 13 year-olds go out drinking often now, in fact a group of pupils at my school almost killed a man because he refused to buy them alcohol... 12 year-olds boast about losing their virginity, although whether it is true or not is usually disputable... And we are given plethorae of free condoms from the age of 11-plus in order to encourage safe-sex, never are we taught to refrain from having sex until a suitable age.
God Save the Scottish Executive and its glorious Education Department!

[Rodion Romanovich]

Nice to charge the boy for rape when the girl - and her mother - are happy about the child... Equality of the sexes my ***

[Kralizec]

Doubleplus ungood, but this sort of stuff happens and it doesn't blow my mind. I think all you guys who are 'enraged' by one incident are a tad naive.

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

Doubleplus ungood, but this sort of stuff happens and it doesn't blow my mind. I think all you guys who are 'enraged' by one incident are a tad naive.

but she was 11, that's like paedophilia.

[Ianofsmeg16]

Nice to charge the boy for rape when the girl - and her mother - are happy about the child... Equality of the sexes my ***

Amen

[Kagemusha]

I think if we should point fingers to anyone,it should be the parent(s) of that girl. If we have an 11 year old child with history of years of smokin,boozing and now she is pregnant,the person that should be taken in custody should be the 11 years odl girl. It seems that there is no doubt that her mother is not capable of raising her Children.

[Fragony]

Doubleplus ungood, but this sort of stuff happens and it doesn't blow my mind. I think all you guys who are 'enraged' by one incident are a tad naive.

I agree. Not all kids are the same, a friend of mine had his first sexual intercourse when he was 11, and he was a guy, and girls grow up a lot faster. So she is 11 and he is 15, how is that rape, kids experimenting gone wrong. People that want to state to act, what exactly do you want the state to do? Take the child from them? All it means is that the girls mother has another kid to raise. If she accepted no responsibility the baby would have been flushed through the toilet by now, and nobody would have ever known.

[Avicenna]

The foetus' mother's mother is a messup. The foetus probably isn't going to live long.. all these young births don't tend to. Sad, really. The world record youngest mother, at five, lived far longer than her first son.

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

what's the age of consent in the Netherlands?

[Kralizec]

The world record youngest mother, at five

[Fragony]

what's the age of consent in the Netherlands?

There is none as far as I know, not one that is actually enforced anyway. Common, every 14/15 year old has sex, it is completily normal, or am I being too dutch?

[Duke Malcolm]

I agree. Not all kids are the same, a friend of mine had his first sexual intercourse when he was 11, and he was a guy, and girls grow up a lot faster. So she is 11 and he is 15, how is that rape, kids experimenting gone wrong. People that want to state to act, what exactly do you want the state to do? Take the child from them? All it means is that the girls mother has another kid to raise. If she accepted no responsibility the baby would have been flushed through the toilet by now, and nobody would have ever known.

It is considered rape if the child is under 13, whether it was or not. If it is over 13, but under 16, then it is the decision of the parents whether to prosecute the boy or not.

The Scottish Executive might only intervene if the mother was on hard drugs, or abusing her child, or somesuch thing. The drinking is all too common in Scotland, and even if she was put into care it would hardly change things -- she would continue to smoke discreetly, drinking is hard to prevent without stopping the child going out.

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

There is none as far as I know, not one that is actually enforced anyway. Common, every 14/15 year old has sex, it is completily normal, or am I being too dutch?

14/15 fair enough, just 11 strikes me as a little young.
So does paedophilia exist as a crime in Dutchland?

[Kralizec]

Of course it is. 16 is the legal age of consent.
However below 12 and 12-16 have different felony descriptions (the first having the higher allowable punishment), and in practice the latter is only prosecuted if the parents report it to the police.