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Originally Posted by SamF
To be honest, I cannot see any 13 year old thinking of having a child to save getting a job, which it seems you are suggesting - I apologise if I have misinterpreted the meaning of your words.
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Some do.The incentives are,as Ianto said,can originally seem very tempting especially if the girl in question is not very academic and has poor job prospects.If she's only going to be able to get menial work then when you weigh up all the paid rent and council tax,free dental work,free prescriptions,maternity grants that she would get then she may start to think she'd be better off not bothering to get a job and get pregnant and staying at home.Of course,we know that getting pregnant and staying at home is far from easy,often going out to work is the easier option!
But some girls of 13/14 have a very rosy view of what life with a baby would be like and then have a very rude awakening when they go down that path and end up regretting losing their freedom at such a young age.