Kaiya Acton gave birth to her beloved son, Dean, three days after her 15th birthday in March last year
A young mother who was bullied for falling pregnant at 14 has said the vile abuse she received made her more determined to ‘prove everyone wrong’.
Kaiya Acton, from Liverpool, gave birth to her beloved son Dean three days after her 15th birthday in March last year.
But despite her excitement during her pregnancy, Miss Acton, now 16, said she was subjected to bullying and ‘looks to kill’ from strangers as she made her way home from school.
Speaking to the Mirror Online, she said: ‘One time I was on the bus on the way home and the bus was very busy. There were around three men sat at the top of the bus shouting verbal abuse at me.
‘Eventually I became immune to the verbal side of people’s opinions by simply a thought in my mind that I overthought after every snarl, giggle, and that was, at the end of all the criticism it was me who was going to have a gorgeous little baby in my arms.’
In addition to coping with falling pregnant as a teenager, Miss Acton reveals she was given dirty looks and attracted ‘unwanted attention’
The determined teenager, who dreams of becoming a television presenter, said she didn’t realise she was pregnant at first as she was on birth control and had an irregular menstrual cycle.
However, after suffering from morning sickness, she discovered she was carrying a baby.
Six months after giving birth, she returned to school at Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy in Runcorn, near Warrington, and began revising for her GCSEs.
Miss Acton, who is no longer with Dean’s father, said: ‘I didn’t want to be the ‘average’ young mum that everyone thinks we are – lazy, jobless and a young girl with no future. I wanted to be the young mum who carried on with education, got a part time job and had my own house, a roof over my son’s head.’
But despite the hardships she encountered, she remains positive and determined about her future as a hardworking mother
Despite the hardships she has encountered, she remains positive and determined about her future as a hardworking mother.
Miss Acton added: ‘I don’t think it’s fair that some people automatically put a label on us as bad mums because of our age – no matter our age, we are capable of just as much love towards a child and the right care depending on your situation.’