When the story of 13-year-old Alfie Patten went viral, Prime Minister David Cameron expressed concern, saying, “It’s worrying that children are having children in Britain today.”
Alfie became the country’s youngest father before he was even old enough to buy party poppers. However, it was later revealed that another young man, slightly older than Alfie, was the real father. This event had a devastating impact on Alfie’s life, and he continues to struggle with problems like alcohol abuse and legal issues.
But Alfie and the girl who had his supposed daughter aren’t the only young people in Britain who have become parents.
Tressa Middleton, who became Britain’s youngest mother at age 12, recently announced that she’s expecting her fourth child.
Now 29 years old, Tressa shared the news on social media by posting an ultrasound photo. She gave birth to her latest child 17 years after making headlines as the youngest mother in Britain.
In her post, she wrote, “So guys, it’s another girl!!” and joked, “Four girls, I can’t believe it. Good luck, Darren.”
Tressa’s story is very sad. Her parents struggled with alcohol and drugs, making her childhood difficult.
She became pregnant at 11 and gave birth at 12, soon after finishing elementary school.
After having her daughter, Tressa went through depression and started using drugs and alcohol, which led to her losing custody of her baby, who was then adopted.
The father’s identity was kept secret until 2009, three years after Tressa gave birth.
Eventually, Tressa revealed that her brother, who had abused her since she was seven, was the father.
In 2009, her 34-year-old brother, Jason, was found guilty and sentenced to four years in prison.
In a 2011 interview with the Daily Mail, Tressa revealed that her brother would sometimes blackmail or bribe her.
“He’d say he was going to tell Mum,” she said. “He’d give me things like joints, drinks, or cigarettes, or he’d threaten me.”
Since then, Tressa has worked hard to rebuild her life and overcome her addictions, which used to cost her around £400 a day.
Until 2011, Tressa was known as the youngest mother in Britain. But then, news broke about an 11-year-old girl who gave birth, making headlines.
The girl’s identity remained private, but according to The Sun, she had been abused, and her family didn’t know about it.
“It came as a big shock,” a family friend told The Sun in 2021. “She’s now getting expert help. The most important thing is that she and the baby are OK.”
Before Alfie’s case, Sean Stewart was considered Britain’s youngest father.
In 1998, Sean’s neighbor, 15-year-old Emma Webster, became pregnant with his child when Sean was only 11 years old.
A month after Sean turned 12, his son, Ben Louis, was born, and he was given a day off from school to mark the occasion.
Sean and Emma were neighbors, and according to Emma, Sean would climb onto her roof to visit her. “He told me he was 12. I wouldn’t have dated him if I knew he was only 11,” she told The Sunday Telegraph at the time.
After having the baby, Emma married someone else and moved to a £200,000 house, while Sean continued school before leaving Bedfordshire in his early teens.
In the early 2000s, Sean was jailed for seven months for theft, according to The Daily Mail.
Speaking about Sean, Emma said at the time, “I don’t know where Sean is or what he’s doing. I don’t want to talk about it anymore because I don’t think it helps Ben.”
As unbelievable as these stories may seem, the most shocking is that of Lina Medina from Peru, who gave birth at just five years old. Now 89, Medina became the youngest mother in history when she gave birth in 1939.
She reportedly had “precocious puberty,” a condition where puberty begins earlier than normal. It was initially thought that her father was the father of her child, but he was later released due to lack of evidence.
Teenage couples of a comparable age who have consensual s*x in the UK and are under the legal consent age of 16 are unlikely to face legal action.
But all s****l activity with children under the age of 13 is illegal.
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