This week, the revealing observational documentary series meets those women and girls who have married and become parents whilst little more than children themselves.
Interesting to see how things have changed. I was 16 in 1963 when I married and still 16 in 1964 when I became a mother. Because my husband was in the Armed Forces I lived away from family and friends; therefore I had no support network. Abortion wasn't an option - other than illegal route; HomeStart didn't exist; Social Services were not on hand to give advise. It was a case of get on with it the best you could. By the time I was 21 I was a mother of 3; had been sterilised (for medical reasons); had lived in Libya during the Arab 6-day War; and was about to have a complete nervous breakdown which would put me in a psychiatric hospital for 6 months and see me needing electric shock treatment. My 3 children all turned out okay!
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Interesting to see how things have changed. I was 16 in 1963 when I married and still 16 in 1964 when I became a mother. Because my husband was in the Armed Forces I lived away from family and friends; therefore I had no support network. Abortion wasn't an option - other than illegal route; HomeStart didn't exist; Social Services were not on hand to give advise. It was a case of get on with it the best you could. By the time I was 21 I was a mother of 3; had been sterilised (for medical reasons); had lived in Libya during the Arab 6-day War; and was about to have a complete nervous breakdown which would put me in a psychiatric hospital for 6 months and see me needing electric shock treatment. My 3 children all turned out okay!