成为一个父亲的我也不知所措。我会好起来，并照顾好。

由Sun公司爆料小阿尔菲的故事，在今天完全引发了巨大的政治风波。保守党领导人卡梅伦说： “当我今天上午看到这些图片，我只是想如何令人担忧的是，今天在英国的儿童有儿童。

“我希望这些无知孩子成长为负责任的父母，但事实是父母是不是应该思考现在怎么了。 ”

秘密

下午英国财政大臣布朗拒绝直接评论这个故事，但说，重要的是，政府尽了一切可能，防止少女怀孕。

阿尔菲的父亲丹尼斯昨天告诉如何法援署并没有真正了解他的情况的严重性-绝望，但似乎是一个专门负责的父亲。

他希望成为第一个举行麦茜后医院出生。他温柔地亲吻宝宝，给她一个奶瓶。

和Dennis ， 45岁，说：揌é可以耸了耸肩，坐在他家游戏。但他一直在该医院每天都有。

麦茜的成孕后，尚和阿尔菲- 12岁时-只有一个晚上的无保护的性行为。

他们发现将出世的婴儿时，尚已经有12个星期的身孕。

但是，他们一直是保持这个秘密，直到6个星期后，当尚的母亲彭尼，现年38岁，开始面对她的体重增加产生了怀疑。

专门...阿尔菲持有和cuddles 麦茜
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之后，阿尔菲的家人说，只有那些最接近他们担心他会背emonised学校。

尚周一晚在经过五个小时的生产在伊斯特本医院生下了麦茜，东苏塞克斯。

昨晚她告诉太阳报：生完小孩后我很累。进入产房之后我很紧张，但除此之外我非常的兴奋。

The baby father ... Alfie Patten with little Maisie

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BOY dad Alfie Patten yesterday admitted he does not know how much nappies cost — but said: 揑 think it’s a lot.?
Baby-faced Alfie, who is 13 but looks more like eight, became a father four days ago when his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman gave birth to 7lb 3oz Maisie Roxanne.

He told how he and Chantelle, 15, decided against an abortion after discovering she was pregnant.

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The shy lad, whose voice has not yet broken, said: 揑 thought it would be good to have a baby.

I  didn’t think about how we would afford it. I don’t really get pocket money. My dad sometimes gives me ?0.?

Chantelle told how she discovered she was expecting after going to her GP with 搑eally bad?stomach pains. She said: 揗e and Alfie went. The doctor asked me whether we had sex. I said yes and he said I should do a pregnancy test. He did the test and said I was pregnant. I started crying and didn’t know what to do.

 

揌e said I should tell my mum but I was too scared.

 

揥e didn’t think we would need help from our parents. You don’t really think about that when you find out you are pregnant. You just think your parents will kill you.?/i> 

 

 

Chantelle admitted she and Alfie — who are both being supported by their parents — would be accused of being grossly irresponsible. She said: 揥e know we made a mistake but I wouldn’t change it now. We will be good loving parents.

 

揑 have started a church course and I am going to do work experience helping other young mums.

 

揑’ll be a great mum and Alfie will be a great dad.?

 

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Chantelle and Maisie were released from hospital yesterday. They are living with Penny, Chantelle’s jobless dad Steve, 43, and her five brothers in a rented council house in Eastbourne. The family live on benefits. Alfie, who lives on an estate across town with mum Nicola, 43, spends most of his time at the Steadmans’ house.

 

He is allowed to stay overnight and even has a school uniform there so he can go straight to his classes in the morning.

 

Alfie’s dad, who is separated from Nicola, believes the lad is scared deep down.

 

He said: 揈veryone is telling him things and it’s going round in his head. It hasn’t really dawned on him. He hasn’t got a clue of what the baby means and can’t explain how he feels. All he knows is mum and dad will help.

 

揥hen you mention money his eyes look away. And she is reliant on her mum and dad. It’s crazy. They have no idea what lies ahead.?

 

Dennis, who works for a vehicle recovery firm, described Alfie as 揳 typical 13-year-old boy?

 

He said: 揌e loves computer games, boxing and Manchester United.?Dennis, who has fathered nine kids, told how he was 揼obsmacked?when he discovered Alfie was to be a dad, too.

 

He said: 揥hen I spoke to him he started crying. He said it was the first time he’d had sex, that he didn’t know what he was doing and of the complications that could come.

 

揑 will talk to him again and it will be the birds and the bees talk. Some may say it’s too late but he needs to understand so there is not another baby.?

Lovely

Chantelle’s mum said: 揑 told her it was lovely to have the baby but I wish it was in different circumstances. We have five children already so it’s a big financial responsibility. But we are a family and will pull together and get through.

 

揝he’s my daughter. I love her and she will want for nothing.?/i>

 

Last night Michaela Aston, of the anti-abortion Christian charity LIFE, said: 揥e commend these teenagers for their courage in bringing their child into the world.

 

揂t the same time this is symptomatic of the over-sexualisation of our youngsters and shows the policy of value-free sex education just isn’t working.?

Today Sussex Police and the local council's children services said they have investigated the case and pledged continued support for the young parents.

Britain’s youngest known father is Sean Stewart. He became a dad at 12 when the girl next door, 15-year-old Emma Webster, gave birth in Sharnbrook, Bedford, in 1998. They split six months later.

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Alfie, who is just 4ft tall, added: 揥hen my mum found out, I thought I was going to get in trouble. We wanted to have the baby but were worried how people would react.

揑 didn’t know what it would be like to be a dad. I will be good, though, and care for it.?

Alfie's story, broken exclusively by The Sun today has sparked a huge political storm with Tory leader David Cameron saying: "When I saw these pictures this morning, I just thought how worrying that in Britain today children are having children.

"I hope that somehow these children grow up into responsible parents but the truth is parenthood is just not something they should be thinking about right now."

Secret

PM Gordon Brown refused to comment directly on the story but said it was important that the Government did all it could to prevent teenage pregnancies.

Alfie’s dad Dennis yesterday told how the lad does not really understand the enormity of his situation — but seemed desperate to be a devoted and responsible father.

He wanted to be the first to hold Maisie after the hospital birth. He tenderly kisses the baby and gives her a bottle.

And Dennis, 45, said: 揌e could have shrugged his shoulders and sat at home on his Playstation. But he has been at the hospital every day.?

Maisie was conceived after Chantelle and Alfie — just 12 at the time — had a single night of unprotected sex.

They found out about the baby when Chantelle was 12 weeks pregnant.

But they kept it a secret until six weeks later when Chantelle’s mum Penny, 38, became suspicious about her weight gain and confronted her.

 

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After that Alfie’s family told only those closest to them for fear he would be 揹emonised?at school.

 

Chantelle gave birth to Maisie on Monday night after a five-hour labour at Eastbourne Hospital, East Sussex.

 

Last night she told The Sun: 揑’m tired after the birth. I was nervous after going into labour but otherwise I was quite excited.?