Schoolboy father: Alfie Patten may take DNA test after two more teens claim paternity

[EternalOptimist]

[QUOTE=Drewster;773304]was that meant as a double-entendre.......

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Iain Duncan Smith came out with a good one, 'it's inconceivable that children of this age should be having sex'

heh heh.


If you are right though, Sally Anne, why are teenage pregnancy rates going through the roof ?

[NotAllThere]

Teenagers have sex. FACT. And it's not sex educations fault, it's just life!.

It's the idea that somehow more sex education will reduce pregnancies, that I find somewhat illogical. What makes the powers that be think that the kids will pay any more attention that they do, e.g. in maths class?

[oracleslave]

A chip off the old block indeed.

[Cyberman]

I think this has more to do with the fact that you (and most others on this board) were giant nerds at school.

Believe me, there WERE people in your year shagging. Just cause you didn't do it doesn't mean it didn't happen.

The difference now is that everybody is doing it now, thanks to our education system promoting it.

[EternalOptimist]

It's the idea that somehow more sex education will reduce pregnancies, that I find somewhat illogical. What makes the powers that be think that the kids will pay any more attention that they do, e.g. in maths class?

It's obvious really. The more maths I did at school, the less I wanted to do it outside, the same with English, physics and tech drawing. Therefore the more I get told by the teacher that a BJ and large wobbly boobies might be nice, the less I would want to do it. Thats Logic that is.

[SallyAnne]

So how many 13 year-old fathers do you know of prior to this one, in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s etc ?
Of course his father is proud of him. He has won him a contract for 10s of thousands of pounds with a horde of tabloids to sell his story as his father.

A girl in my class at school had a baby in the 3rd year, so she would have been 13, and her boyfriend was in the same year (but at a different school).

I can't remember the media being there - course we didn't have 24 hour news channels to fill up back in those days

[snaw]

It's the idea that somehow more sex education will reduce pregnancies, that I find somewhat illogical. What makes the powers that be think that the kids will pay any more attention that they do, e.g. in maths class?

Works in Holland. Though it's not just more sex education, but the way it's taught as well.

[Drewster]

....the more I get told by the teacher that a BJ and large wobbly boobies might be nice

I don't claim to be an expert but I don't think - BJ and LWB end up in pregnancy............ perhaps I should have paid more attention at school?

[snaw]

A girl in my class at school had a baby in the 3rd year, so she would have been 13, and her boyfriend was in the same year (but at a different school).

I can't remember the media being there - course we didn't have 24 hour news channels to fill up back in those days

Hit the nail on the head. If this 13 year old boy didn't look like he was a 9 year old there would be no story.

[NotAllThere]

Works in Holland. Though it's not just more sex education, but the way it's taught as well.

That's what I said - they have the same level of sex-education in holland, but the kids either don't shag, or use contraception.