Girl (10) gives birth in Spain

gurramok

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1102/breaking42.html?via=mr

Shocking stuff :eek: How can a 10yr old raise a child?:eek:

IT wrote:

A girl of 10 has had a baby in southern Spain.

Social workers are deciding whether to let the mother and her family retain custody of the baby, born last week in the city of Jerez de la Frontera.

Micaela Navarro, the Andalusia region’s social affairs minister, said that the father of the baby was also a child.

She refused to give further details, such as the sex or health of the baby.

Spanish newspapers said the mother is of Romanian origin.

The daily Diario de Jerez quoted medical staff who treated the girl as saying they were told by her mother that giving birth at such a young age was common in their country.

Sykk

IB4B

Ledger

Thats just plain wrong.

I didnt think it could be possible at such a young age.

Asphyxia

:eek: Now that is just shocking!!

Just Contribute

How can a ten year old even have a child? :eek:

I wonder if they're Roma, based on the "romanian origin", they marry young enough

easyeason3

How can a child raise & provide for a baby?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

when are people gona wise up and start prescribing the contraceptive pill to toddlers.

Ickle Magoo

Just Contribute wrote: »

How can a ten year old even have a child? :eek:

I believe the youngest recorded mother is 5...

Duggy747

Micaela Navarro, the Andalusia region’s social affairs minister, said that the father of the baby was also a child.

What the hell? I didn't know what my willy did until just 2 days ago :eek:

Standman

Shocking stuff alright. Also shocking is the fact that the age of consent in Spain is just 13!

Just Contribute

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

I believe the youngest recorded mother is 5...

Wow!

msg11

So when the Mother is 20, the Child will be 10 that's very very odd. Can't believe that is even possible.

Couldn't give a rats about culture or anything, it's just wrong.

msg11

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

I believe the youngest recorded mother is 5...

A human or a dog/cat ?

Duggy747

msg11 wrote: »

Couldn't give a rats about culture or anything, it's just wrong.

Then you, sir, are worse than Hitler!

*slap*

It's their traditition for babies to give birth to babies. Usually it's a good luck charm if you become a grandfather before your 6th birthday. :pac:

It is pretty twisted stuff, though.

JustAddWater

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_birth_mothers

check out the youngest grannies! Apparently there's one who's a granny at 17! Thats shockingly wrong

She could potentially be a granny by 20.

dilallio

Reminds me of this one ...

Little Bruce And Jenny Are Only 10 Years Old
But they know they are in love.
One day they decide that they want to get married,
so Bruce goes to Jenny's father to ask him for her hand.

Bruce bravely walks up to him and says,
'Mr. Smith, me and Jenny are in love and
I want to ask you for her hand in marriage.'


Thinking that this was just the cutest thing,
Mr. Smith replies, 'Well Bruce, you are only 10.
Where will you two live?'

Without even taking a moment to think about it,
Bruce replies, 'In Jenny's room.
It's bigger than mine and we can both fit there nicely.'

Still thinking this is just adorable,
Mr. Smith says with a huge grin,
'Okay then how will you live?
You're not old enough to get a job.
You'll need to support Jenny


Again, Bruce instantly replies,
'Our allowance. Jenny gets five bucks a week
and I get 10 bucks a week.
That's about 60 bucks a month and that should do us just fine.'

Mr. Smith is impressed Bruce has put so much thought into this.
'Well Bruce, it seems like you have everything figured out.
I just have one more question.
What will you do if the two of you
should have little ones of your own?'



Bruce just shrugs his shoulders and says,
'Well, we've been lucky so far.'




Mr. Smith no longer thinks the little sh*t is adorable.

Princess Peach

I really hope it was a c-section. Cause thats just not right

Princess Peach

JustAddWater wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_birth_mothers

check out the youngest grannies! Apparently there's one who's a granny at 17! Thats shockingly wrong

The world is a sad and disturbing place

PanchoVilla

bluewolf wrote: »

I wonder if they're Roma, based on the "romanian origin", they marry young enough

What's that got to do with anything?

easyeason3

PanchoVilla wrote: »

What's that got to do with anything?

It's not unusual amoungst Roma's apparently. Bit like Travellers getting married very young. Irish people voting for Fianna Fail constantly & then moaning about it.
Culture I think they call it.

Ickle Magoo

msg11 wrote: »

A human or a dog/cat ?

Dog/cat? What? Logic should tell you that an animal that can breed when it's two isn't going to have a five year old as the recorded youngest, no?

scientific1982

Yuk. That is all.

smk89

Sykk wrote: »

IB4B

In before the baby? Your a bit late

fontanalis

it seems girls may be hitting puberty earlier.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/09/us-study-early-onset-puberty-girls

Max Power1

PanchoVilla wrote: »

What's that got to do with anything?

PC sh!te -> out

Morlar

PanchoVilla wrote: »

What's that got to do with anything?

I was wondering about that too - why should people not be curious about that ?

Are you afraid it would reflect poorly on the roma if it is ?

Ickle Magoo

fontanalis wrote: »

it seems girls may be hitting puberty earlier.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/09/us-study-early-onset-puberty-girls

There is also a condition called precocious puberty which results in girls menstruating from as young as four or five...

Kimono-Girl

Still 10 is waay too young to have a child! :eek:

FrostyJack

I don't know why this is so shocking, it's simple nature, I'd be more concerned how she got pregnant.....

enviro

Thats terrible, I wonder is she ok?

kiad

Just Contribute wrote: »

How can a ten year old even have a child? :eek:

Well....when a boy and a girl love each other very much they do this "special hug" that results in both making weird animal noises. Then when they're both finished the boy will cry and the girl will steal his wallet.

Didn't they teach you anything in school?

gbee

And common in their own country? :eek:

My name is URL

Princess Peach wrote: »

I really hope it was a c-section. Cause thats just not right

I would have thought that the conceiving of the child is what's not right.. don't think how it's delivered is important really

This happens more often than you'd think. I remember hearing about a 9 yo in Thailand giving birth a few years ago

PanchoVilla

Morlar wrote: »

I was wondering about that too - why should people not be curious about that ?

Are you afraid it would reflect poorly on the roma if it is ?

No, I think people are just looking for even more reasons to bash Roma people. It seems to be the thing to do on these forums and it's getting tedious. Actually, the minority bashing in general is starting to wear thin. This is public forum, it's not a haven for racism and bigotry. Stormfront and the EDL forums are --->.

bazmaiden

Duggy747 wrote: »

What the hell? I didn't know what my willy did until just 2 days ago :eek:

must have been a hell of a piss

scientific1982

FrostyJack wrote: »

I don't know why this is so shocking, it's simple nature, I'd be more concerned how she got pregnant.....

Something about eggs and tadpoles.

Princess Peach

My name is URL wrote: »

I would have thought that the conceiving of the child is what's not right.. don't think how it's delivered is important really

A ten year old is going to break their pelvis giving birth!

Morlar

PanchoVilla wrote: »

No, I think people are just looking for even more reasons to bash Roma people. It seems to be the thing to do on these forums and it's getting tedious. Actually, the minority bashing in general is starting to wear thin. This is public forum, it's not a haven for racism and bigotry. Stormfront and the EDL forums are --->.

& PC Police should go
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that a way.

People are allowed to discuss things like this without needing to justify it to people like yourself or censor their discussion on your behalf.

Also as an FYI the obligatory 'stormfront racist /bigotry /minority bashing' reference is a typical PC over-reaction in my opinion.

Marcus.Aurelius

Princess Peach wrote: »

A ten year old is going to break their pelvis giving birth!

There are cases of precocious puberty which can often allow such births to take place, quite naturally, unless they are quite small, which is often the case.

My name is URL

Could a baby grow to what is considered a normal size given the fact that the mother is still in the early stages of development? I would have thought that it was impossible for an unborn child to outgrow its mother, so to speak

Mrmoe

Princess Peach wrote: »

A ten year old is going to break their pelvis giving birth!

I would wonder what would have happned a similar aged girl back hundreds of years ago before CS and any other surgical intervention. I presume both the mother and baby would have dies during child birth.

fontanalis

Mrmoe wrote: »

I would wonder what would have happned a similar aged girl back hundreds of years ago before CS and any other surgical intervention. I presume both the mother and baby would have dies during child birth.

Never mind ten year olds, some child births can take a lot out of and damage older women.

Chinasea

Was she Irish?

Ickle Magoo

My name is URL wrote: »

Could a baby grow to what is considered a normal size given the fact that the mother is still in the early stages of development? I would have thought that it was impossible for an unborn child to outgrow its mother, so to speak

The child of Lina Medina, the youngest mother on record was a reported 6lb odd at birth which although small, isn't too far off a normal birth weight...she required a section despite a widened pelvis as she was so small.

Other cases here; be prepared to be disturbed...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_birth_mothers

OutlawPete

Is the average age of first pregnancy younger in Spain than elsewhere in Europe?

Just wondering as their age of consent is 13.

PanchoVilla

Morlar wrote: »

& PC Police should go
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that a way.

People are allowed to discuss things like this without needing to justify it to people like yourself or censor their discussion on your behalf.

Also as an FYI the obligatory 'stormfront racist /bigotry /minority bashing' reference is a typical PC over-reaction in my opinion.

This thread is a discussion about a 10-year old girl having a child, race or ethnicity have absolutely nothing to do with it. There are stories similar to this from many different races or ethnic groups. If you wanna have a discussion on ethnic traditions of the Roma you should probably start a new thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_birth_mothers

The After Hours Troll

PanchoVilla wrote: »

This thread is a discussion about a 10-year old girl having a child, race or ethnicity have absolutely nothing to do with it. There are stories similar to this from many different races or ethnic groups. If you wanna have a discussion on ethnic traditions of the Roma you should probably start a new thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_birth_mothers

But it does when the kids mother said it was common in her culture.

Certainly not common in most cultures. Therefore people are curious.

Morlar

PanchoVilla wrote: »

This thread is a discussion about a 10-year old girl having a child, race or ethnicity have absolutely nothing to do with it.

You don't get to impose limits on this discussion. This discussion has not centred around the alleged ethnicity of the mother - it was simply mentioned. Curiosity about that aspect of this story and it's context is perfectly legitimate and perfectly within the limits of a normal conversation.

PanchoVilla wrote: »

If you wanna have a discussion on ethnic traditions of the Roma you should probably start a new thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_birth_mothers

No. Why would I ?

I will say it again in case you misread it :

People are allowed to discuss things like this without needing to justify it to people like yourself or censor their discussion on your behalf.

PanchoVilla

OutlawPete wrote: »

Is the average age of first pregnancy younger in Spain than elsewhere in Europe?

Just wondering as their age of consent is 13.

Spain is actually way down on the list. This is only for 15-19 year olds from 2002 but it's probably the same for under 15s.

http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/indicator.cfm?IndicatorID=127