CHILD BRIDES IN AMERICA

I love visiting rural or small villages in any country l travel to.I have never gone to gap at Buckingham palace, White house etc but natural wonders of the world like falls,mountains,canyons,etc .Hundred miles from Washington DC is Horse Creek,Clay county,in the wooded hill side of Appalachian mountain,South Eastern Kenturkey.

Here girls as young as 10 years often get married and have children as soon as they started menstrating.Most of these girls live in pure poverty in dilapidated wooden shacks,or trailer homes without tap water and no Toilet.Those that chose to remain in school,contend with home work,and child care.

One 12 year old,got married to a 74 year old man.They all live in a makeshift shack with his older son and grandchildren.The corner shop is a good place to get all the gossip one need about any small county.As each person is passing,the bored shop keeper will give a low down on the person.

Most of the girls are not working and live on welfare payments and food stamp,this is good as their counterpart in developing country dont get a dime from their government..

This is the bible belt,abortions are seen as sin.Some of the tenage brides are married to older men who had lost their wives.
A doctor in whose clinic a girl was born,later married the 12 year old girl,this is cradle robbing for real.Young boys of 16 years also marry younger girls and start off their own families,while living with mom and dad.

We are not talking about native American or black families here,but European American families.Protections against pregnancy are seen as sin.since most girls start breeding children from 12, just imagine the number of children at 45 or at menopause.Families from well to do homes, also practise this.Early marriages are seen as normal here,legally and culturally.

The essence of this story is for international bodies to stop their blah,blah about child marriages in poor countries, scratch the surface of so called first world countries,you will also see their own can of worm.The campaign to stop early marriages should be world wide, what is wrong in one place, cannot be right in another place, or over looked in another.A Girl of 10 years has no business with marriage and should focus on school.Most girls at this age still play with toys.
most of these girls give birth though cesaren section,as the birth canal are not well develop at this tender ages.