THERE'S somehow something wrong about a woman out on the pull with the chat-up line "I'm a grandma, you know."
But with more and more girls giving birth in their teens, Britain is witnessing the emergence of a new kind of grandma: sexy, glamorous and 30-something!
By the looks of things, the sight of them enjoying a night out parading their youth is about to become a regular feature about town. But is it a nightmare to see your daughter repeat your 'mistake' and become a teen mum just like you were?
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Or can you have it all: a beautiful new baby in the family which you have the youth and energy to enjoy and can hand right back when it's time for a nappy change?
Last night, BBC3 presented Britain's Youngest Grannies, and we met Pauline who became a grandma at 34.
She was a teenage mum herself, then her daughter Leanne, fell pregnant at 15 years old.
The initially sensational-ist tone of this document-ary veered into a dispiriting view of the personal difficulties posed by society's vicious cycle of teen pregnancies.
The programme proved that this cycle will continue for many more years, but is that such a bad thing? I think not.
There's just one problem - where will the new generation of grandchildren get their winter woolies from now that it's highly unlikely their grandmas are going to knit them like ours did!
[bold]bold[/bold] [italic]italic[/italic] i loved it... i am a young mum ... i featured in this documentry... for those of you who watched it my mum is tracey and my name is kay and i gave birth to tiyla :) and i wouldnt change anything about how i am living my life tiyla is a very loved and wanted little girl and me and her dad are still firmly an item and do not claim benifets... xx
i loved it... i am a young mum ... i featured in this documentry... for those of you who watched it my mum is tracey and my name is kay and i gave birth to tiyla :) and i wouldnt change anything about how i am living my life tiyla is a very loved and wanted little girl and me and her dad are still firmly an item and do not claim benifets... xx
[bold]bold[/bold] [italic]italic[/italic] i loved it... i am a young mum ... i featured in this documentry... for those of you who watched it my mum is tracey and my name is kay and i gave birth to tiyla :) and i wouldnt change anything about how i am living my life tiyla is a very loved and wanted little girl and me and her dad are still firmly an item and do not claim benifets... xx
i loved it... i am a young mum ... i featured in this documentry... for those of you who watched it my mum is tracey and my name is kay and i gave birth to tiyla :) and i wouldnt change anything about how i am living my life tiyla is a very loved and wanted little girl and me and her dad are still firmly an item and do not claim benifets... xx
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