is "eight enough"?

[ridd187]

any comments on the lady (recently in the news) with 14 children? is it possible? can she afford them? will the children suffer?

[nurseslaven]

I do think that she has enough but, this is a free country and there are lots of people who have kids beore they can afford them. Yes I think that maybe the way that she went about it wrong, but,  it appears that she really tries to take care  of the children that she has to the best of her ablity. Not really sure why the world is condeming her when here in this country peole live on welfare and have tons of kids to get money and still abuse and neglect their children and no one is putting these people on the news and condeming them. She appears to have clean healthy happy children minus the the new eight babies that need all the love and support anyone can give them.

[LittleDebbieG]

Personally, I cannot see how a woman with no job and going to graduate school could possibly raise her 14 children without the aide of many tax dollars. I'll stick with just having one child. That's more than enough attitude for me!

[fbeatriz52]

she has no job, she is living on student loans and foodstamps but yet she can afford her plastic surgery on her lips. she denies it but come on now have you seen the before and after pictures. i do believe those kids will suffer because one newborn needs a lot of attention and she has eight of them. i truly hope she can give those kids a good life because there are so many people out there that cant have kids that would take really good care of them.

[xtinamagnolia]

I think those kids will grow up to have a lot of emotional problems.  There is no way that poor lady could be able to pay enough attention to ALL those kids!

[ODOMS6598]

 i also agree that the children will suffer..  how could she possible take them anywhere, let alone feed, clothe and watch that many children..  ive heard of loving kids, but there are times when u have to stop and think...  she lives with her parents, for gods sake..  im not saying she is a bad mom, but the kids are gonna be the ones who pay the price...

[dodgers16]

 having 14 kids is just ridiculous!

[jdotres]

I totally agree; but I just wonder; (I never had a child) giving birth to one child must hurt like hell, let alone eight kids in one shot!

[LittleDebbieG]

I have given birth. It was the most pain I've ever experienced - and I've been through quite a lot.

As far as giving birth to eight, I believe I read that she had a c-section. Otherwise, it would have been a baby water slide. 

[jdotres]

What I don't understand is the following: How can a woman, with no job, still living with her parents, with six children in a two or three bedroom apartment, going to college and I think I heard she was disabled was thinking of having more children let alone eight?  I am so sorry, but this really ticks me off because us, the taxpayers, are supporting this these family when, in today's economy, the average Joe like you and me are having trouble supporting ourselves.  If you are going to have children, great, but support them yourself.  We should not support another family, we need to support our own.  I don't mind people being on welfare if they are old, disable or going through a rough situation (by this I mean are trying to better themselves and getting off the system), God knows we peobably all had a rough moment; but if you are already having a rough moment and have x amount of children, I am sorry, but you have no business bring in more life into this world.  This is just my opinion

[simguy13]

It is truly sad for the kids. It is definitely not possible for the mom to provide all the necessary attention and affection that each individual child needs. Not even a super mom can do it with 14 kids. What was she thinking? Probably she is just someone who was seeking fame, attention and money. It reaaly did not make sense to purposely have 14 kids, be a single mom and unemployed. She must have thought it through before she did it. Money! Money! $$$

[JLBT2]

I don't think she can afford, having so many children. The state will help pay for the children or she will get donations to help pay  for her children. Which isnt fair to her children. They will grow up as the children of the lady who had so many kids.

[greeneyedgirl23]

I agree, they're going to be known as "octomom's kids" growing up. I don't think she should have had 8 more, concidering she already had 6, and 2 of them were severely disabled. I am a stay at home mother, and I don't make alot of money, but I cannot imagine trying to support 14. I think trying to raise 14 of them in a 2 bedroom home, without a job, living with your parents, going to school, and recieving welfare is just crazy. She should have thought a little more carefully before going through with this. 

[LauraPelt]

I won't comment on her decision, because it is hers to make, whether I agree or not.  (Certainly not a choice I would make!)  This morning the news said that her parents had not made a mortgage payment in 10 months!  And she is living off of them!  It's a mess, I truly hope that all the kids grow up well.  It's going to be hard on them to feel unique in that situation. 

[LittleDebbieG]

Then again... how can you raise 14 kids in a 2 bedroom home? Where I live, you cannot have more than 2 people per bedroom and that includes infants! Then again... just imagine 14 teenagers in a 2 bedroom home and only 1 bathroom.

Just imagine how the teenage boys will all fare when their sisters sync their monthly joy....