13 Year-Old Becomes a Dad!

[BigRedBeta]

other than the fact that the father looks so young...I don't see the big deal about why this made international news.

Seriously, spend some time with the OB/GYN's at any hospital that deals with the underserved and you're going to see a lot of this. I've personally done pre-natal visits for 13 year olds. Several of the pediatric residency programs I'm looking at have special "teen mother" clinics run jointly by OB/GYN's and specialists in Adolescent medicine.

[AGDee]

But girls mature physically before boys, generally, and look like they have matured some. The average age of menarche in the US is 12. Once that's happening, a girl can obviously get pregnant. My son is 12 and most of his friends are just now starting to grow underarm hair, have some voice changes, etc. Some of them look much older than this kid does, some of them look like that kid. The ones who look older (starting to get the peach fuzz moustache, etc), I would expect them to be fertile. I wouldn't necessarily expect the younger looking ones to be fertile yet.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by AGDee

But girls mature physically before boys, generally, and look like they have matured some. The average age of menarche in the US is 12. Once that's happening, a girl can obviously get pregnant. My son is 12 and most of his friends are just now starting to grow underarm hair, have some voice changes, etc. Some of them look much older than this kid does, some of them look like that kid. The ones who look older (starting to get the peach fuzz moustache, etc), I would expect them to be fertile. I wouldn't necessarily expect the younger looking ones to be fertile yet.

I didn't know fertility had a look...LOL

"Mmmm gurl...you lookin' mighty fuuuuurrttile today...lemme git in dem jeans."

hehe!!!

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

I didn't know fertility had a look...LOL

"Mmmm gurl...you lookin' mighty fuuuuurrttile today...lemme git in dem jeans."

hehe!!!

Actually, and I'm taking this beyond what AGDee was saying, it does. If you ever watch the TV shows about the biology of sexual attraction that PBS or whatever have (yep, I'm a nerd), a lot of what is considered typically beautiful over time is associated with fertility: waist hip ratio, symmetry of features, youth generally, but obviously not as much as the topic of this thread.

[SWTXBelle]

It sounds like Octomom should have moved to Britain, and then she wouldn't have to worry about housing.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by BigRedBeta

other than the fact that the father looks so young...I don't see the big deal about why this made international news.

I think that's it, along with the fact that there are several other "young lads" who have come forward saying that the kid is theirs. Add the grandfather in the devil mask and you have a lot of WTF.

The photos make me laugh. It looks sooo posed and dramatic! She looks like a giant compared to him, too.