I just can't even fathom this. Of course, I can't really fathom having one child, let alone 16!
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Sixteen kids...I don't know if I want one little alone sixteen..WOW! 


I know there will be times when they will get sick of driving brothers and sisters around and wearing hand-me-downs, but when it comes right down to it I am sure they will manage just fine.
he is 40 and she is 39 how much time are the younger ones going to get with them before they pass away ? and they want more
I just think it is plain wrong it makes me very angry 
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Originally Posted by fatkitties
I would cut off his....well you know...before I ever let things get that far out of hand!
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But I would invest in some very strong birth control, some super thick contraceptives, and maybe a hysterectomy.
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Originally Posted by Jaspers Mummy
Oh my goodness I think that is so wrong
he is 40 and she is 39 how much time are the younger ones going to get with them before they pass away ? and they want more I just think it is plain wrong it makes me very angry ![]() |



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Originally Posted by lionessrampant
Wow, paying 16 tuitions is gonna be rough. They should really take advantage of this media coverage now and get some endrsements if they want to put thos kids through college!
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. I dunno, having that many kids and homeschooling all of them... sounds a bit clannish to me.
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Originally Posted by mferr84
<snip>...If you think back to the old days, families used to have that many or more people in them, it was normal thing. If it worked back then, why cant it work for this couple...<snip>
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Originally Posted by darkeyedgirl
Well I hear after the first 3 or so kids, the pregnancies get easier (being pregnant is about as hard as sneezing) and the deliveries are like drive-throughs. "here's the mitt! Catch him when he falls out, ok?"
I think that if the couple is married & HAPPILY MARRIED and ABLE to support the kids (a 7,000 square foot house? I mean, like wow) and they do not abuse the kids AND they can raise them to full adulthood; okay keep on breeding. They seem like one of those couples. Just lucky I guess; some women out here can't have any kids or just have one and have to get fixed. So I think if she can and will and it just happens so easy, and her hubs is supportive? Great! Love all around... There are couples who should not have any more kids, shouldn't even have ONE. Couples who have babies because they don't know how to use birth control, aren't financially able to support the kids on their own (live on Welfare and all the hand-outs from the government), keep popping out kids and saying, "we are so poor" yet oops... she's pregnant again. I myself can't fathom what 16 kids would be like. That women needs a cape & a lasso or something. |

) to not only have this many children, but provide them with adequate housing full of love and education. Rose Hawk does bring up a very good point, though. The US is a natural resource hog as it is...although families are generally smaller now than they were even 40 years ago, we still use waaaayy too many resources.
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Originally Posted by squirtle
At 40 if they have another she will be 58 by the time the kid is 18.... That is still young these days.
I don't understand how people can be angry about this when it has no affect on them. ![]() |

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Originally Posted by Jaspers Mummy
Oh my goodness I think that is so wrong
he is 40 and she is 39 how much time are the younger ones going to get with them before they pass away ? and they want more I just think it is plain wrong it makes me very angry ![]() |