Britain’s 13-year-old father a symbol for society

Reuters
Friday, February 13, 2009

A school boy of 13 has become one of Britain’s youngest dads, underlining concern about the rate of teenage pregnancies in the country.

Four-foot Alfie Patten, who looks considerably younger than his age, was just 12 when his 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Steadman conceived after a night of unprotected sex.

Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith said the “tragic” case illustrated the country’s social decline.

“It exemplifies the point we have been making about broken Britain,” he told London’s Evening Standard newspaper.

“It’s not about being accusative: it’s about pointing out the complete collapse in some parts of society of any sense of what’s right and wrong.”

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