Another teen pregnancy question

rammy007

Been in the same situation with our DD,and am afraid you dont get a penny for any 16 or 17 year old whether pregnant or not if they choose to come out of education the parents are expected to keep them.But you should be able to get the healthy start vouchers, what about a E2E course for the time being you get EMA for that,once the baby is born there will be tax credits and so should get the sure start then.Its tough on the parents and dont think many teenagers realise,also employers are not supposed to discriminate with pregnant employees but they do again this happened to us the best she could do is do something at college for the time being

Gemmzie

If she's 16, she can claim Child Benefit and Child Tax Credits for her baby in her own right as soon as he/she is born. With no income this will be fairly substantial.She should also be able to get IS (unless the rules have changed in the past two years).
Until then, there's no real help. Sorry and best of luck.

Fran

Hi paperclip,

I think if your daughter is registered for training you can carry on getting Child Ben/CTC until she has the baby.

Connexions (assuming you are in England, I know Wales is different but can't remember the equivalent and don't know about Scotland/Ireland) has an advisor you can speak to from 8am to 2am (I had to re-read that a few times...2am! that's good!). So if you are both still up you can find out now! If not any time from 8am...

paper_clip

Conor wrote: »

Perhaps her sodding boyfriend who is in fulltime employment should accept responsibility for the kid he fathered and pony up the money. After all, if she was older and in the same situation, you'd expect her partner to support her then so why not now or is the fact half your household income comes from your other half sponging off the state clouding your judgement? Why should we foot the bill for her stupidity when the other party involved in the creation of this child is still with her and still in employment?

If you had actually read my post you would have realised that her BF has payed for EVERYTHING for the baby and if they could find a place together he would happily fully support her, and as for your comment about half my household income coming from my hubby sponging of the state, fyi he gets a pittance of the state and I work full time, if the NHS looked after its staff and mindless members of the public didnt attack those who are trying to save their lives he wouldnt be out of work, and if the NHS didnt make people have to fight tooth and nail for the pension they are not only entitled to but payed a bloody fortune to be a part of then he wouldnt have to claim anything. If you are not here to make any kind of constructive comments or offer some support why do you bother posting? I take it people like you enjoy kicking those who are down!!! :mad:

DaisyFlower

Conor does make a point though, you have already said you know how to play the system to get social housing so the boyfriend is not supporting her really is he. Buying a few baby bits is one thing, supporting a family by renting a house and putting food on the table is quite another.

Its all too easy now as a teenager to see having a baby as a passport to getting your own place and all the benefits our government provide. Perhaps if we made it so that no minors under 18 could claim we would have fewer teen pregnancies.

RichyRich

DaisyFlower wrote: »

Conor does make a point though, you have already said you know how to play the system to get social housing so the boyfriend is not supporting her really is he. Buying a few baby bits is one thing, supporting a family by renting a house and putting food on the table is quite another.

Its all too easy now as a teenager to see having a baby as a passport to getting your own place and all the benefits our government provide. Perhaps if we made it so that no minors under 18 could claim we would have fewer teen pregnancies.

What a fantastic idea! Let's make it so that anyone who has a baby under 18 makes their baby starve to death!

The system at present may not be perfect, but I'd far rather have a system like we do now than one where children die because their parents can't afford to feed them.

moneysavingfamilycomp

I think some of the comments on here are very harsh people seem to assume the pregnancy is deliberate as your daughter seems to be a mature intelligent girl im sure it was an accident. I got pregnant at 17 it wasnt planned contraception can fail and boyfriends arent always supportive. as both of my parents were retired and i had to give up the college course i was doing money was tight i went for about 10 interviews for jobs but as soon as they realised i was pregnant they didnt want to know. once i turned 18 i could claim IS and once my son was born I could claim child benefit but before that i had to rely on family for support. as soon as i could i went back to work part time as i felt guilty claiming benefits mainly due to other people assuming i was lazy and sponging from the state. all i can say is dont let the worry detract from the joy of a precious new baby. iv worked hard it wasnt easy but now i own my own home and have a wonderful son who is doing gcse next year and expected to get all A and B grades. life sometimes knocks you down but its how you live it that counts. good luck for the future

linda63_2

Your daughter can claim Income Support when she is 29 weeks pregnant, this will entitle her to sure start Maternity Grant. When the baby is born she will also claim Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit

mummytofour

OP, I want to wish you luck for you and your DD.
I think that its fab you are supporting her and I understand it must be a difficult time for all. So many parents for whatever reason are unable or choose not to help and support their kids in the type of situation your dd is in, you really are a star!

As for those that have useless, unhelpful and nasty comments please keep them to yourselves, if you have nothing nice to say. Shut up!

Oldernotwiser

moneysavingfamilycomp wrote: »

as your daughter seems to be a mature intelligent girl im sure it was an accident.

Rather a contradictory statement, I'd've thought!