Boy Becomes Father at 13 - "I Thought It Would Be Good to Have a Baby"

I have to give alfie credit for being there for his child. I am not saying it's a good thing being a parent when their both children themselves BUT my own child became a parent when she was not much older than alfie, I am saying is that both of them are in for a really,really rough time being parents themselves.Most adult males aren't there for their offsprings and here is a child that now has a child of his own and he plans to be there for him! Grant it both of the new parents have no idea what their in for but I hope they get alot of help from at least the grandparents.I am NOT saying that teens go out and have babies, I am just saying that these kids are now parents and are going to need a whole lot of help. I just hope and pray they get alot of help and they both finish school because without an education all three are going to be in trouble in years to come.

This kid has some gigantic problems and so do his parents. What the hell are these people thinking? He needs to be sterilized so that he can't produce anymore like him and the rest of his family. Tax payers have enough now and I think there should be some seious butt kicking going on. This is crap!! This ranks right up there with the idiot doctor and the woman who had the 8 kids. I'm tired of the BS that is allowed to go on now. The girl needs to be sterilized too. When is the world and government going to wake up and see reality? People make a big deal out of garbage like this and make a living out of upholding everything that is wrong. What ever happened to common sense. Kid and the girl need their butts whipped.

I think it's crazy. How stupid are kids and parents these days? What are 12 year olds doing having sex and why is the media posting about it. Do they want more kids to think its okay? Alfie did it and it made the news, so lets do it. This generation disgust me.

Well what's done is done no need to condemn anyone for making mistakes. Just turn to God invite him into your life and allow Christ to take over, I don't see any other choice any the matter. Let go and let God!!!

This is not a good situation at all. Every one can carry a little blame for this. The parents for lack of supervision. Society for allowing a 13 year old boy to think that it is a good thing to have a child at 13. Now that blame is pointed at every one. The big question is what do we do? Society will pick up the cost of this, however the boy, the girl ( the parents of the baby) and their parents should reimburse the government for the cost. As a parent of an 22 yr old son with a 3 year old child (yes he was 18 when his 16 yr old girlfriend became pregnant) I can speak from expierence. I have had to bear a great deal of the cost of raising my grandchild as my son is going to college. I do this gladly as I accept my responsibility. We had all of the talks that parents have with their children: but, in today's society talk is cheap. So you parents out there, talk oflen and loud and explain the mental, physical, emotional, and fianicial consequences of having children at an earily age.

This father is still a child himself. Education and parental supervision could have prevented such an outcome, but it's too late for that. At least he's trying! There are a lot of dad's 2 and 3 times his age that don't step up and take responsibility. I don't understand why they don't adopt this baby out. This 15 year old and the octuplet's mom both should consider adoption.

Children having children. Parents acting as if they have no responsibility towards their children. Others trying to justify the foolish acts of children and the inaction of foolish parents.

Traditional conservative Christian values reduce these types of problems. I am glad the boy wants to be a father to his child, at least that is a start.

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Mike

God gave us brains for a reason,but maybe sometimes he skips people! Hopefully they will give the baby to a childess,loving family who will give it a chance to have a wonderful life.

I think that this whole situation isn't that bad. I am not 3 week's over 14 and I had a friend that was pregnant. All those horrible thing's that people said about this boy, you're all a bunch of life less dirtbag's. First off, I think this boy is going to make a great father. Another thing is that you have all been in the prediciment where something has scared you about sex. Wether it was AIDS or Pregnancy, whatever the case may be, you still have NO right to contridict another person's life. I am not saying that a 12 year old bot should be having unprotected sex, but I am saying that he is more than welcome to have sex . Next time he should just use a Condom. He has just welcomed a little baby girl into this world. Someday maybe one of you people might be teaching this little girl. Think about that. Put yourself in his position for just a minute. How do you think he feel's about all of this? His whole life just went down the drain. It didn't end, but it's not going to be party's when he's 16, or being able to go out with his friend's when he's 18. His life's going to modified a little bit. I Wish him the best of luck on his journey thru fatherhood. And I wish the babygirl well.=]

Every child deserves love and the best thing to wish for this family, is that they feel love, not shame, and are able to provide love to ALL of the children involved.

This is not the first case of a young one fathering a young one, and unfortunately will not be the last. But it is time parents learn to parent their children, quit trying to befriend them. A parent's job is to prepare their children for adulthood, not allow them to control their own lives and make decisions that thrust them into adulthood too early. Too often I hear of parents allowing male/female friends to stay overnight because they don't want to upset their child by saying no, and they are uncomfortable explaining why it is not an option, then they are surprised when the same children end up becoming parents? Yes, I have children, 1 is an adult, the other is still a teenager and they were never allowed to stay over at an opposite sex friends after the age of 3 { which at that time was more a case of the parents babysitting } and the reasons were explained when the appropriate time came. I feel for the child, all 3 of them, but I am also saddened to see another child making a decision to rear a child instead of considering adoption to give the child every opportunity in life.

This is really sad. I don't know what good it does to be ugly about what happened. I guess it makes people feel better about themselves to berate others. I don't excuse this situation. It's wrong on every level. I just hope all turns out ok for this poor baby.

You've GOT to be kidding!!!!!!!!! I think little Alfie ought to get together with Nadya...sounds like they would make a great pair!!!!

If we let a jobless woman on welfare have 14 kids why not let a 13 year old kid have 1? That seems to be the way this country is heading

i dont see how a 12 year old boy can get a girl pregnant? its impossible. parents just using this story for publicity. its soooo sad. the parents dont seem to be the least bit disterbed or concerned about a 15 year old getting pregnant by a 12 year old!!!!!! i mean the BOY IS ONLY 12 FOR GOD SAKES!!! there is something seriously wrong with those families and i pray for that poor baby...

Sounds to me like needed to keep his pants zippped.

Wow.... I cannot imagine not having a "birds & bees" talk after the fact... I want to know what in the world was wrong with the girls mother ( poor excuse for one if you ask me), letting her male 'friend' stay overnight? And the boys parents allowing the same. What a sad situation...

very sad and wrong that the kids parents weren't doing everything they should be doing. some are like that. its not just the boy or girls fault for the baby. it takes two. but the baby is here and they should hope for the best. not many grown guys can step to what this boy did. but the parents are the blame. i have 3 children of my own and i always have to know where they are. even when they are with their dad(step). alot of obstacles to go through...but hopefully the parents of these children will step up and go from there on the right road. bible thumpers....lol! real smooth you should be careful about somethings you make fun. how do you think you came into excistence. it all started with God and adam and eve.

Yo' Hyper...how can you call a 13 year old child trash?! He's a kid for crying out loud! A kid who obviously hasn't had the time and attention from his parents that he should have gotten. The parents may be trash, but the boy is just a kid who hasn't had a decent upbringing. Shame on you.

This can happen; I know of an identical case where a 12yo boy (now a friend of mine) was seduced by a 16yo girl (mainly because he was quite endowed). After their son was born, the boy's parents helped take care of the baby son, and the mother then died in a car crash a year later, leaving my friend and his dad to take care of the son. The father is now 24 and the son now 11, and they are a wonderful family. The saving grace in this case was that the boy's family are well off and able to take care of the young dad and his baby boy. But this clearly is bad business and parents need to keep better control of their kids