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Originally Posted by Loz
Good points but if some young girls think its a easy way to get benefits etc.. then what incentive have they got to get work etc...
The goverment needs to take some blame and stop making it so easy to have that sort of life.
Agree about better education though,i was the same,wasn't really made aware of my options and went into work at 16 and regret it in some ways,it must be even worse if you are 16 with a child thinking you have the life of riley when in reality it must be a nightmare at times.
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At 16 I didn't even think about the possibility of living on benefits and at that time I knew exactly what it was like to bring up a family on them, so I think that if people really knew what it was like they'd think twice.
I don't actually know any young mums on benefits, and I know at least 10 girls from my year with babies now. It seems that college is more accessible to young mums than ever before so they go to college instead.