"So many people are getting pregnant at such a young age and society tends to look down on this. I have a one-year-old daughter, which has been the best thing that's ever happened to me. Being a teen parent isn't that bad and there is lots of help out there"
ELMER GIRALDO, 15, TOTTENHAM
"When it comes to contraception a lot of young men don't like to use protection and think it's the girl's responsibility. They don't look at the big picture, and I didn't either 'til I watched videos on teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, which made me think"
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