Topic: Misc.
'Ist er ein Junge oder ein Vater?' - That's my main memory of being taken to a coastal resort in Germany when I was 13 - a little girl asking whether I was a boy or a father. Of course the two are not mutually exclusive, as we are reminded by the case of 13-year olf Alfie Patten shown in this video with his offspring.
Many people are expressing their shock. For me the real eye-opener comes in this exchange with the reporter:
Reporter: "What will you do financially?
Alfie: "What's 'financially'?
Marvellous. He's 13 and doesn't know the meaning of the word 'financially'. I've often speculated that the problem with telling young people to use condoms is that it assumes that they can read the instructions on the packet.
_ DY
at 12:02 AM GMT
Updated: Sunday, 15 February 2009 12:12 AM GMT
