Yet another shining example of society creating more dependants on the government tit! It isn't just the UK, I've seen this story before here in the US. Mark my words, that kid won't be the responsible one, and eventually they'll be on welfare (if they aren't already). I feel bad for the baby too. Link to story: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2238252.ece -------------------------------------------- Feeding, nappies... and PlayStation By LUCY HAGAN INNOCENT-eyed Alfie Patten spent his first night acting as a 13-year-old dad and declared: âIt was easier than I thought.â The four-footer â who looks no more than eight â said: âI know Iâm young, but I plan to be a good dad.â As he went on the PlayStation with 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, he added: âI think weâll be good parents. Iâll have to work extra hard at school.â Chantelle looked up from 18-rated action game Saints Row II to admit her first night out of hospital since having 7lb 3oz daughter Maisie had been tough and had left her âin a dazeâ. But she went on: âAlfie has been really good with her. âHe made the first bottle and then we took it in turns feeding her. He did the first bit with me. âWe didnât need any help from Mum. I didnât really get back to sleep. I just lay there in a daze.â She added: âIt feels better to be at home than it does in hospital. I prefer it now I am at home and it is just us and our family.â Both Chantelle and Alfie change four-day-old daughter Maisieâs nappy and the baby sleeps in her mumâs bedroom in Eastbourne, East Sussex. It is a typical teenage bolthole â packed tight with cuddly toys including a giant pink teddy. A school gymnastics certificate is proudly displayed on the wall. Mickey and Minnie Mouse hold hands, surrounded by lovehearts, on the headboard of her bed â where Maisie was conceived when Alfie was just 12 and Chantelle 14. Their story, revealed by The Sun yesterday, rocked Britain. Even Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke out, commenting: âI think all of us would want to avoid teenage pregnancies.â But Chantelle insisted: âWhen I was pregnant the police and social workers came to interview us and they decided that we would make good parents to Maisie. âNow we will prove to everyone that we can be, and give her a great future. When Alfie is 16 he can come and live here with me and my family. âWe donât want to get a flat because we wouldnât have enough money and I want us both to stay in school to make the best future for Maisie.â The pairâs parents have been singled out for criticism. Both knew Alfie and Chantelle were âdatingâ but said they did NOT know the relationship was sexual. Alfie lives with mum Nicola, 43, in a £395,000 detached home in nearby Hailsham. A cheeky message in the window reads: âI am horny.â Neighbour John Holmes, 90, said: âI have always found them very nice, but I know a lot of neighbours have complained about her noisy parties.â Nicola is separated from Alfieâs dad Dennis, a 45-year-old father of ten, including three stepkids. He said: âHow were we to know what they were up to? To us they were just kids â weâre as shocked as everyone else.â He said the child couple hid the pregnancy for six weeks and added: âI feel that the doctor that told them she was pregnant should have told an adult.â Chantelle lives with mum Penny, 38, dad Steve, 43, and her five brothers in a council house. The family survive on benefits. But Penny explained: âSteve is a fisherman and work is sparse. âI need to be at home to look after Maisie and my other children so that Chantelle can go to school in April and take her GCSEs. Whatâs important now is Chantelleâs career and her family and that this mistake does not mean she cannot have the same dreams as any other 15-year-old.â Penny also dismissed a neighbourâs allegations that she had let THREE other boys stay overnight with Chantelle. Sean Thomas, 20, claimed: âShe is not a young innocent girl who got pregnant with the first boy who came along.â Furious Penny hit back: âItâs rubbish. Chantelle lost her virginity to Alfie.â Chantelle gave birth to 7lb 3oz Maisie in Eastbourne Hospital on Monday. Social Services in Eastbourne admitted to âconcernsâ over the case but vowed to give âall their supportâ, including intensive monitoring. Police said they had investigated but had decided to take no further action as it was ânot in anyoneâs interestsâ to prosecute. Julie Vine, 37, whose daughter goes to Cavendish School with Chantelle, said: âI feel sorry for them both. Itâs not the schoolâs fault, itâs a very good school.â A family friend said Alfie had been thrilled when he learned he was going to be a dad. Becky Holmes, 19, said: âHe is a lovely little boy. âWhen he found out his girlfriend was pregnant he paid my baby girl so much attention. âI was pretty shocked but heâs a natural with babies, even though he still looks like one himself. âHeâs so tiny, he doesnât even look his age. But he says heâs ready for it.â Another family friend, 28-year-old David Lee, said: âI am really shocked. I didnât know anything about it. I was only round there two weeks ago playing Xbox games with him. âHe didnât say anything. You would think being a few days away from being a dad he might have mentioned it.â Childrenâs Secretary Ed Balls said: âYou look at that young lad being a dad when he is so young â and also the teenage girl â and you think itâs not right, this looks so terrible. âOur first reaction has got to be to make sure that the young lad, the teenage mum and the baby get all the support they need. âAnd itâs also vital that we do everything we can to make sure that these kind of teenage pregnancies donât happen in the future.â Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, who runs the Centre for Social Justice think tank, said: âIt exemplifies the point we have been making about Broken Britain. âItâs not being accusative, itâs about pointing out the complete collapse in some parts of society of any sense of whatâs right and wrong.â Local MP Nigel Waterson said: âThis is a very sad story which will have a huge impact on both the parents and the child. âIâm very pleased that the families are being supportive, but this of course raises huge questions about sex education, and also about the sexualisation of our society.â
That kid hasn't hit puberty. He isn't the real father. ------ I love how he's holding the baby and playing the PS3.