Alfie Patten; baby-faced daddy at 13

[Majick]

You think they're getting too much pity?

I can almost assure you, they're not.  Unless you know them personally, there's no way for you to know just what they're going through each day.  Their faces and names have been revealed, and now the world is out to get them.

They messed up, okay fine.  They probably could have taken better preventative measures, but then how do we know they didn't?  Did the stories specifically say they had unprotected woohoo?  Condoms fail.  I know from personal experience.  They can break, they can (and do) come off.  A bit too graphic, perhaps, for some of the people here on the forums, but still.  These things happen.  It's how my Niece, who is now 11, came into the world.  The one her parents used broke.

At his age, sure, he shouldn't have been having woohoo.  But at 15, it's normal for most girls/boys to start having woohoo.  15 and 16 are the pretty standard ages for when people have woohoo for the first time.  But, it doesn't matter.  Whether they tried to be careful or not, someone is still going to say they were wrong.

I'm glad you understand that, Amber. For their age, that baby is going to be both a blessing and a punishment in many ways.  Especially once that boy realizes just what he's gotten himself in to, IF it is his, after all.  If not, then I will feel relieved for him; and saddened, because he's gotten himself attached to the child already and it won't even be his.  His little heart will be broken; this kind of news would be hard for anyone of any age, imagine how it will be for a 13 year old who WANTS to be able to be responsible and to be a good dad.