This is just plain nuts, and social services should have stepped in and offered the baby up for adoption.

>"Asked what he would do to support the child financially, Alfie asks in a small, high-pitched voice, "What's financially?"
Alfie's father, Dennis — who reportedly has nine children — said his son told him it was the first time he had sex. He was reportedly allowed to sleep over at the girl's house. "I will talk to him again and it will be the birds and bees talk," he said. "Some may say it's too late but he needs to understand so there is not another baby."

I'd say the father is pretty stupid too, and mostly to blame for not telling his son earlier in life about this.

It appears that sex education in the schools only dropped pregnancy 12% over there. And Britain has the second highest pregnancy rate for the 15 to 19 year olds. Guess who's the highest? We are. And the state pays for these (mostly) unwanted kids, because very few grow up in stable homes (unless the grandparents raise them), and at these percentages, unless curbed... will have an ever increasing debt on our society.

Article <here.>