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13岁的爸爸

　　The case of the 13-year-old who has fathered a baby highlights a worrying trend of "children having children", the Tory leader has said.

　　David Cameron was speaking after Alfie Patten's girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15, gave birth on Monday.

　　Latest figures from UK National Statistics show there were 7,826 conceptions in under-16s in 2006 - down 1,000 from 10 years earlier.

　　Sexual health experts said teens should be encouraged to have "ambition".

　　Children's Secretary Ed Balls said it was an "awful" and "unusual" case.

　　"I want those kids to be safe and also the young child as well, and I want us to do everything we can as a society to make sure we keep teenage pregnancies coming down," he said.

　　Mr Cameron said: "It is really worrying in our country today you've got children having children - and obviously we all hope that these very, very young children will grow up and be good parents, but frankly parenthood isn't something they should be thinking about.

　　"That's what's gone wrong and we've got to put it right."

　　The case of the 13-year-old who has fathered a baby highlights a worrying trend of "children having children", the Tory leader has said.

　　David Cameron was speaking after Alfie Patten's girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15, gave birth on Monday.

　　Latest figures from UK National Statistics show there were 7,826 conceptions in under-16s in 2006 - down 1,000 from 10 years earlier.

　　Sexual health experts said teens should be encouraged to have "ambition".

　　Children's Secretary Ed Balls said it was an "awful" and "unusual" case.

　　"I want those kids to be safe and also the young child as well, and I want us to do everything we can as a society to make sure we keep teenage pregnancies coming down," he said.

　　Mr Cameron said: "It is really worrying in our country today you've got children having children - and obviously we all hope that these very, very young children will grow up and be good parents, but frankly parenthood isn't something they should be thinking about.

　　"That's what's gone wrong and we've got to put it right."

　　Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, who now runs the Centre for Social Justice said it "exemplified the point we have been making about broken Britain".

　　He told the BBC the problem of teenage pregnancies was concentrated in certain communities.

　　"Quite often what fails to recognise is that in some of the more difficult communities, this has become pretty much the norm.

　　"I've visited many estates where there are very huge collections of very young mothers, often with multiple children - and often 'guesting fathers'.

　　"This is a major problem in the UK."

　　No prosecution

　　The teenagers, both from Eastbourne, had kept the pregnancy secret until Chantelle's mother Penny noticed her daughter was getting bigger.

　　Chantelle had her baby in Eastbourne District General Hospital, and is now home with her family.

　　Sussex Police said no action would be taken with it "not in anyone's interests" to prosecute.

　　East Sussex County Council said the teenage parents will be supported with intensive monitoring and health visitor support.

　　Tony Kerridge, a spokesman for the sexual health specialist Marie Stopes International, said: "These sorts of lifestyle choices can be dealt with on an educational level if teenage girls realise what they are contemplating is a route into social deprivation and being in the benefits culture for the rest of their lives.

　　"It may seem like a short term solution to problems at home, but the mid to long term prospects are probably a life stuck on benefits.

　　"We should, as a society, be encouraging our young people to have much bigger and better aspirations than that."

　　Simon Blake of Brook added: "Most under-16s aren't having sex, but young people do want more education about sex.

　　"They want their parents to talk to them, their school to talk to them and they want confidential services to go to."

　　Mandatory education

　　Speaking on a visit to the Midlands, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "I don't know the individual details of the case, but of course I think all of us would want to avoid teenage pregnancies."

　　Beverley Hughes, children and young people's minister, said 80% of under-18 pregnancies were in 16 and 17-year- olds.

　　"Evidence shows that good quality sex and relationship education and parents talking to their children delays early sex and increases the use of contraception whenever they do have sex.

　　"We know that life as a teenage parent is hard, with outcomes for them and their children often very poor.

　　"That's why the government has issued guidance to local areas on providing the right support to improve the welfare of both the teenage parents and child."

　　保守党领袖表示，这件13岁便为人父的事件使“孩子生孩子”的趋势显著化。

　　在阿尔菲 15 岁的女友尚-斯蒂德曼在周一生下孩子后，大卫-卡梅伦发表讲话。

　　根据英国最新统计显示在2006年，十六岁以下少年中发生7826例怀孕——比10年前下降了1000例。

　　性健康专家说应鼓励青少年富有“野心”。

　　儿童秘书长 埃德-保斯 则说这是件“可怕”并且“反常”的事。

　　“我希望孩子和儿童们平安无事，并且我希望我们竭尽所能来使青少年怀孕的现象下降。”他说。

　　卡梅伦说：“现在，这的确使国家烦恼，你们让孩子生下孩子——当然我们希望这些非常非常年轻的孩子会长大并成为好父母，但是坦白讲，亲子关系并不是他们应该考虑的东西。”

　　前保守党领袖，现掌管社会公义中心的雷恩-邓肯-史密斯说“这为我们正在制造‘烂不列颠’的意图提供了例证。”

　　他告诉BBC，未成年人怀孕的问题受到了某些区的关注。

　　“很多时候，不解就在一些更为贫困的社区里，这件事已经成为了‘经典范例’。

　　“我已经访问过了不少拥有超多年轻妈妈的阶层，那些妈妈往往有很多孩子和‘露水爸爸’

　　“这就是英国的症结之一。”

　　不会起诉

　　直到 尚-斯蒂德曼 的妈妈潘尼注意到她的女儿变得越来越大的时候，那对伊斯特本的年轻人才说出了怀孕的秘密。

　　尚-斯蒂德曼 的孩子在伊斯特本总医院降生，尚-斯蒂德曼本人现在和她的家人在一起。

　　萨塞克斯警察表示，将不会在“对任何人都没有好处”的情况下，就这件事进行起诉。

　　东苏塞克斯郡议会称这对未成年父母将会受到严密监和护 卫生访视员的照顾。

　　一名玛丽斯特普国际组织的 性健康专家的发言人托尼-卡瑞芝说：“如果少女意识到她们所关注的是一条社会剥削和使其生陷入福利文化的道路的话 ，这种活方式的选择就能由教育水平来来解决 。

　　“那似乎是家庭问题的短期解决方法，但是这种中长期的前景更像是种救济生活

　　“在一个社会中，我们应当鼓励我们的年轻人去培养比那更重要、更好的抱负。”

　　“绝大多数16岁以下的未成年人并没有性行为，但是年轻人的确需要接受更多的性教育”

　　“他们想要父母、学校告诉他们，并且他们想要隐秘的服务。”

　　义务教育

　　在米德兰(津巴布韦的一个省)访问的英国首相戈登布朗称：“具体细节我还不太清楚，但是我想所有人都希望避免青少年怀孕现象的发生。”

　　儿童与青年大臣 贝弗利-休斯说80%的未成年人怀孕现象发生在16到17岁的群体中。

　　“证据显示，当未成年人做爱的时候，良好的性教育与家长(微博)对自己孩子推迟过早的性行为的劝告，有利于避孕措施的运用。

　　“我们知道未成年父亲的生活是艰辛的，夫妻和孩子的结局亦为可怜。

　　“这就是为什么政府要对地方关于正确提高未成年父母以及他们孩子福利的指导意见的原因。”