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My mum was 17 by just 4 weeks when she had me, she was also married, from everything i hear from family, mum put me before anything or anyone, including herself. Being an army wife, Dad was away alot, it must have been very hard for her, but i was a well looked after baby and wanted for nothing.....but that was back then when young girls werent getting pregnant to get a flat etc and then suddenly find out a baby starts growing up!....how times have changed.

Well first of all rather her than me!!. But seriously I think its a shame that having a baby becomes a lifestyle choice because someone either can't get a job or dosen't want one. Or as seems to happen round here, girls have them because their friends have them - a bit like a fashion accessory - . I'm sure that if they could see that in the future, rather than a little baby they can dress up they saw that by the time they were 30 they would have a stroppy teenager, they may think again.

I think like mother, like daughter...

There's a woman in my local paper this week who's being featured in a TV prog called Britains Youngest Mums and dads-on the 9th of October ITV1 9pm. She had triplets at 16 all identical. She fell pregnant to her 19yr old boyfirend. She says she can't get a job, and there's nothing wrong in falling pregnant at 16. Her mum fell pregnant at 16 and says life can be tough for her daughter, when she's not in the mood for changing them or feeding them. It's a tough life for her. what you think? catherine xx

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