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Friend, I'm so pumped...just don't be upset if I overwhelm the blog with lots and lots of stuff=)
First topic of conversation:
that show on TLC with the bajillions of kids...I think it's called 20 Kids and Counting or something...
Have you seen it??
I (and some other moms from Mom's Group) think it's socially irresponsible to have so many children for a couple different reasons.
Another mom (Elya) does not...
It was a bit uncomfortable...
Thoughts?
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i have to agree with you that having that many kids is a little crazy. not only because there's a small army of them, but because two parents cannot POSSIBLY care for the emotional and physical needs of all of them. can they?!
ReplyDeletewhich means the kids have to be parents to their siblings. and i think that's WAY unfair.
i can't imagine what that woman was THINKING! 18 kids...
i just feel like more than 4 or 5 kids and there's no way you can give each child the OPTIMAL situation to thrive in. do you think there is a cap on # of kids? (i think of this sometimes about fostering. because i'd like to help as many kids as i can, but at some point, too many is too many.)
i would be hard pressed to think it's responsible or even reasonable to have that many children.
did elya think it was a good idea? what did she think?
ps, i have not watched an entire episode...i've only seen snippets.
ReplyDeletealso, how uncomfortable was "uncomfortable"??
Elya said, "I see no problem with it." She said it a couple times as the conversation went on and more an more comments were made about the family/show. I've also not seen much of the show, but what I have seen makes me wonder how people like that exist in reality =)
ReplyDeleteNot extremely uncomfortable...probably no one else even noticed but me...but I was just watching her closely and could tell she was possibly offended. The entire convo probably lasted 10 min. and then we moved on. No big deal.
interesting.
ReplyDeletei don't think i have a "problem" with it as much as i don't think it's fair to the kids. those kids will never know anything else, but they're missing out of having normal responsibilities, as opposed to HAVING to help out to take care of such a big family.
dave and i talk about this sometimes- how many kids is "too many"? does it depend on the parents? the financial situation? or after a certain # of kids, is it just impossible to care for them all?
I guess it also depends on the culture. Not long ago it was not uncommon for families to have 10/12 kids. It was a way of life for older kids to take care of their younger siblings. The culture has changed now and that seems strange, but it does make me wonder...is it wrong? My "beef" isn't even as much with number of kids but that specific family. It strikes me as strange that they raise their children in a VERY conservative way, yet capitalize on their situation by being on a television show which can only air when situations arise that are good for ratings. I think this is true of any family on reality t.v. Networks would not be interested if the family didn't put themselves in situations that, at the very least, are good for ratings, and at the worst are dramatic and problematic. Also, Sarah Talley said they were about to be evicted from their old house and then extreme makeover built them their current house. Is this responsible? This is where I will say 18, 19, 20, whatever is too many...The number doesn't matter so muc as, whatever number significantly affects your ability to provide is too many...so that's my 2 cents=)
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