Teenage Parents

I find this one a very difficult subject as I do have a few friends that are in fact teenage parents and they are better parents than some 'adults' I know that have children. They provide for their children, they work or are in education to get that fantastic job so that their children can have the lifestyle that they deserve and crave. However, when watching the news the other day I could have died. I saw this boy sat on a hospital bed holding this baby that he was going to have to look after and provide for the rest of his life. I thought he only looked about eight years old so when they said he was thirteen I suppose that was a bonus lol But I just thought to myself what kind of life will the baby grow up to have but nevertheless, what on earth is the poor mother and father going to do. Will they continue in education or will they be yet another drop out who end up on the dole, struggling for survival. Then will the baby grow up and repeat the cycle that she has been brought up to know?? I don’t think it makes me angry, more upsetting than anything. My mum was a teenage mum (18) and she always told me as I was growing up that she would not have changed things for the world but there were things she couldn’t do because of the responsibilities of a baby. I know how irresponsible and childish I can still be at 20 so heaven knows what that boy at only 13 is going to be like. And that is if he evens sticks around because doubts are already setting in for the simple fact that he wants a DNA test. Kids are growing up far too fast, my thirteen year old brother’s shock me at times with what they know and what they get up to and I am not sure how and where they gain the knowledge.