When I was thirteen years old, the last thing on my mind was having children. In fact, I’m pretty sure that sex wasn’t on my mind at all at that point, because I considered girls to be festering pools of cooties that, when touched, required immediate medical attention in the form of crossing my fingers and reciting an old nursery rhyme out loud.

Needless to say, my brain spent most of my adolescence pondering whether or not Ask Ketchum would find all 151 Pokemon, rather than mulling over women. But perhaps, I was an exception.

In England, a 13-year-old boy named Alfie Patten became a father four days ago when his 15-year-old girlfriend, Chantelle Steadman, gave birth to a 7lb. baby girl. Clearly, the last thing on this 4ft. teen’s mind was Pokemon, Power Rangers or cooties.

The Sun reports:

[Alfie] told how he and Chantelle, 15, decided against an abortion after discovering she was pregnant.

The shy lad, whose voice has not yet broken, said: “I thought it would be good to have a baby.

“I didn’t think about how we would afford it. I don’t really get pocket money. My dad sometimes gives me £10.”

I think he’s going to need a wee bit more than £10, or roughly $20, a week to support a family. After all, the crib and baby clothes alone will probably cost a small fortune. Then again, considering Alfie is only thirteen, there’s probably a strong possibility that his old crib is probably still lying around somewhere.

Here’s the moral to this story, guys: On Valentine’s Day, strap up, unless you intend to become the United States’ youngest father.

[Photo via The Sun]