11-year-old girl gives birth on her wedding day

Talk about Babies having babies. This to me is quite astonishing and I hope they would never allow someone 11 here in the US to get married. What does an 11 yr. old know about being a mother, and taking care of a child, etc? This to me I find a little scary for sure. And to think they were refering to the baby like they would a Toy doll, that is scarier for sure. All I can say if this is really True I only hope somehow there is someone else on the scene who will help take care of the Baby and teach the girl how to raise it as well.

what is the world coming to? how old is this story? yeah big point where are her parents.

I think it is terribly sad. She is not old enough to be a mom and certainly not old enough to be married. It is sick that the parents allow her to get married at this young age but sicker still is the government that allows it.

This story has been lost in translation. Having read the original in Bulgarian what she said is not such tragic as what the media makes it. "married" is not necaseraly what we think of (the legal aspect of it) she might only had the wedding without been legaly married. Also when she sais about playing it was more the case of she has responcibility to the baby now and the baby will be No1 and her priority not games and toys. She said NOW she is not going back to school she didnt say never. As much as it is all so sad she is very mature to say this things I only wish some older mums think that way and put their kids first. It is not Balkan thing or Bulgarian thing and its not normal or common it is more the case of the Gypsy population.

Hello my friend victorywp Ji, It is very sadto know one way, but happy to know thefeelings of newly wedded mother. I would not hesitate to name as 'Bad-Parenting' by her parents, who could not bring her to correct age and monitor heractivities very closely in order to avoid such un-social event in the family and society. I am sure , many of you maynot like to feel like me. For any mishap in the family, elders only have to take blame. May God less You and have a graet time.

Well I think she has to face with reality, no one should be put up to this kind of responsibility at such tender age, some still cannot get it at 50 less a little girl at the age of 11. From her description, you know she is still a child, however she know she needs to grow up and look after the baby. Perhaps she is not think about not going to school but to work to get the money so the baby does not suffer. Whatever the case it is pretty sad to see that she have to suffer. I do hope that god in all his grace and mercy would watch over the mother and child. And the family would be supportive for her to tide over these difficult time.

unbelieveable,that's all i can say. a girl that young,especially if she calls it a toy,should not be a mother.

She is under aged. She is not adult. Then how is it possible. I do not believe this story. The age of being pregnant is about 18 years. But she is a baby. If this happened then it is very strange and unusual. What do you think?

I have mixed feelings about this. First of all, I think she is definitely too young to be a mom. But on the other hand, I admire something in this girl. At a tender age of 11, she is willing to be a very responsible mom and care for her baby. And we have news where newly born babies are dumped in the shed, near the dustbin, in the toilet and many more. There are also adults whom have killed their newborns. So, in a world of chaotic happenings, it's definitely good to know that an 11 year old appreciates motherhood pretty much. But that does not change my opinion that she is too young for that and how come her parents allow her to do so. But since she's married, well, the baby will be in a caring and loving environment for sure.

To a mother her baby is like a toy. The Bulgarian girls behavior is not unnatural. The unnatural thing is that the girl came to the hospital wearing flowing white dress and tiara.

This is an abusive situation, this is unfair to the younsters. Where are the parents? The little girl is using the play as a strategy to cope. What is happening to modernity? I am sorry for her.

It's a shock that an 11-year-old girl gives birth. What's more is that she had her wedding day scheduled sometime during her final weeks of pregnancy? This is really disturbing. I do think she meant well (hopefully) when she said that she had a new toy. Maybe it was misinterpreted or something got lost in the translation. It could be a cultural thing for mother's not to go back to school.

Toy...that's scary. I wonder how a mother can call toy her own blood in the first place.

I think that is straight up crazy. I know that things are different in some parts of the world, but I can't imagine anywhere where it's ok for that to happen. School should have been her first priority first. She was too young to even think about that kind of stuff if you ask me. The fact that she actually talked about her baby as if it was like a toy should have been enough to get the child put in a proper home. Both of the children that is. The baby and the 11 year old. Makes you wonder what this world is coming to.

amazing.....why can a girl got pregant at 11?a girl in 11 just began to grow up,isn't her?

A wife and a mother at 11?????!! Oh my gosh! She's only a child herself. I don't agree that she had to get married because she got pregnant. That would be committing another mistake to cover another mistake. while it would be nice that they would grow up together, this mother's youth has been robbed by her motherly duties. How can she actually take good care of this child when she herself needs to learn a lot of things too?!? More than anything, I hope the parents of this 11 year old will be supportive and will help her raise the child right.

As sad as that is. I don't find it shocking. It happens more often than is reported. A few years back I was with my friend whose brother was in the hospital after an accident. Since he was 17 and not yet adult they put him in Pediatric ward, whil we were there visiting A young girl came in with a toddler and an infant. She was 13 and already had her 2nd child! Where are her parents and why isn't anyone being charged with statutory rape? And our tax money is obviously paying for her welfare and her kids welfare Medical and food- because she isn't even legally old enough to work!

While I think it is obviously way too young, I am looking at it from the point of view of my own culture - I would assume that in that culture it must not be quite so shocking for a younger child like that to get married, as it seems it must be legal for it to happen. There are also many cultures where she would not be going to school for much longer,if at all, anyway. Having said that, I don't know how anyone deals with having a baby at 11. But then I know some pretty rubbish adult parents....

First I'd say, how did she get pregant at 11? That might be child abuse or incest because we don't know who's the father. Is a 11 yrs old boy able to get a girl pregnant? I don't know about this one but have some doubts. And second: where are the parents?? And third: how comes the law allows a 11 yrs old to get married? In my country you can only get married at 18, and 16 if and only if a judge allows you to.

I do not think that an 11 year old child is capable of taking care of a baby. She is developmentally a child herself. I think the old saying "babies having babies" applies here. Most young girls think that babies are cute and fun to dress up. What happens when the baby starts crying for hours and is inconsolable because they have colic and the parent goes days without sleeping. She is not going to have time with her friends or to do all the things that she did before she had the baby. I think that life is to short and these kids need to take the time to enjoy their childhood because there is plenty of time for them to have to deal with adult issues.