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Britain has the highest level of teenage pregnancy in Europe and teenage mums and dads get a lot of bad press. This morning we've heard from some who say having a baby is the best thing they've ever done. Two of those teenagers have written an entry for the blog about what it's like being a teenage parent.

Emily is 19 and she has a 2 year old son:

When I fell pregnant with LJ I was 16 and my boyfriend Karl was 18. It took a long time for it to sink in that we were actually going to be parents. We have both found it hard to deal with the comments and views that other people have shown towards us but we have been determined to prove that we are good parents even though we are young. LJ is two now and we have a beautiful home. We both work and are both at college as we want LJ to be proud of us when he is older. Even though there have been some really difficult times where our relationship has been tested and money has been really tight, having LJ has made it all worth it. It makes me sad when people put young parents down because we can make great parents. LJ has given us an incentive to make a great life for him.

Kelly is a mum of four - she had her first baby when she was 15:

I'm Kelly, age 24 with four children - Thomas nine, Daniel six, Keira two, and Jessica who is one. I had Thomas when I was fifteen with my then boyfriend, the same age as me. We had another child together but broke up when I was nineteen. I then met my present partner Mark, the father of my two younger children. People criticise girls like me for getting pregnant under-age - but I believe I did the best for my first child, Stayed in school (Books and Babies) and now have a happy stable family. How many can say that?

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