My girl’s a mum at 12 but I’m proud of her, says supportive dad
The girl, 12, and her 13-year-old boyfriend are believed to have become Britain’s youngest parents.
She became pregnant at the age of 11 and gave birth to a girl weighing 7lb 4oz on Sunday. Being 12 years and three months old makes her five months younger than the previous youngest mother, Tressa Middleton, who gave birth in Edinburgh in 2006, according to The Sun.
The new mother was 10 when she met her boyfriend. The pair, from north London, cannot be named for legal reasons. The girl lives with her mother, who is 27, and is supportive of the couple.
The man claiming to be the girl’s father rang radio station LBC. Presenter Nick Ferrari said the station would have to take his word for it.
The caller agreed he was supportive of the couple, saying: “We only found that she was actually pregnant a month ago. For us, what can you do? She was eight months pregnant. The baby is going to come into the world no matter what.”
He agreed it was “heartbreaking”, adding: “But you can’t turn back time, you can only go forwards.”
Asked his view of the 13-year-old boy, he said: “He’s a great kid. Fortunately, they’ve been very supportive as well. We’ve had a discussion with his parents and everybody’s... We’ve obviously come to the conclusion when you’ve got no other conclusion is ‘What’s happened has happened’.
“All we can now do is look to go forward in bringing this baby into the world without this bickering everybody is doing.”
Asked if he believed in shame, he said: “No. Shame’s not nothing. That little girl does not bring shame to me at all, I’m so proud of her. Shame doesn’t even come into it.”
