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Innocent-eyed Alfie Patten spent his first night as a 13-year-old dad and declared: It was easier than I thought.

Innocent-eyed Alfie Patten spent his first night acting as a 13-year-old dad and declared: ‘It was easier than I thought.’ The four-footer - who looks no more than eight - said: ‘I know I’m young, but I plan to be a good dad.’ As he went on the PlayStation with 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, he added: ‘I think we’ll be good parents. I’ll have to work extra hard at school.’

Even Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke out, commenting: ‘I think all of us would want to avoid teenage pregnancies.’ But Chantelle insisted: ‘When I was pregnant the police and social workers came to interview us and they decided that we would make good parents to Maisie.’

Their story, revealed by The Sun, has rocked Britain.

Schoolboy Alfie Patten’s sister has laid the blame for him becoming a father at 13 on their own feckless dad running off with a teenage girl. Dennis Patten, 45, tore his family apart by dumping them for a 19-year-old friend of his stepdaughter. The father of seven - who is also dad to three stepkids - is still living with new love ‘Maz’, now 21.

Daughter Nicole - Alfie’s 19-year-old half-sister - declared: ‘I blame my dad for Alfie getting Chantelle pregnant. If it wasn’t for him, Alfie wouldn’t be in this situation. When Dad left it tore the family to pieces.

Venting her fury at her father, Nicole declared: ‘Dennis has never been a dad to me. He’s shown me no affection, hardly even a hug since as far back as I can remember. When we heard about Alfie becoming a dad, Dennis didn’t quite seem to be really interested. He never spoke to Alfie properly, never said a word about how big a thing it was to become a dad. He just ignored it.’

Read more on who's to blame in The Sun

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