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Sue Radford is pregnant....

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MadameFoner · 20/10/2019 20:21

Just seen a post on Facebook...

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Rose87777 · 21/10/2019 14:42

@Tweetingmagpie couldn’t agree more! I can see how some US states have managed to legalise abortion up to birth with many peoples way of thinking Sad

Allthecake89 · 21/10/2019 14:42

They have more patience and order than the average parent I think. Maybe they don't get as much sitting down one on one time as other kids. They seem to have meals and stuff together at the table and things. Maybe sue does sit down each night and do 15 mins of reading with the young primary ages kids. She probably has 3-4 kids sat at the table to help them with homework. When the big kids are at school the babies and toddlers are home and she will have time with them. Then they have a garden with amazing outdoor equipment in. They live near a beach too. So it looks like they do have plenty of things to do and it looks to me that they go out in a big group to the beach and stuff regular. I do think they would be easier to talk to than my parents. Theres only two of us but we never got the emotional support as my mum wasn't like that. Sue would be more like that from what I can see.

I do agree she's mad having more and it would never be affordable or realistic for the rest of us. But they have made it work. I don't see any actual cruelty. The kids are fed, clothed, there mum is home every night after school, they are kind polite children from what we see. Sue seems very good at multi tasking and being patient. Maybe I see it differently to you all. I think it's their lives and until they are neglecting them then they really are not doing anything that bad. It's just sad to read grown women being so unkind about a bunch of kids and a pregnant women who has lost a child and a parent recently. She's hardly a bad or evil person. Just abit rare in what she can handle Confused

summertimehere · 21/10/2019 14:43

I’d love to be her my shit body can’t even produce 1

NoSauce · 21/10/2019 14:50

Allthecake89 I don’t believe you aren’t Sue or one of them. You seem to know an awful lot about them. Wink plus you are SO defensive.

PaulHollywoodsSexGut · 21/10/2019 14:53

They have Clarke’s shoes

PHEW.

Was thinking they were actual savages there for a moment.

lynsey91 · 21/10/2019 14:53

I very much doubt Sue is sitting reading with her children. She apparently does not believe in reading!

Anyone who thinks those children get enough one to one time with either parent or enough attention must be as moronic as Sue and Neil.

She definitely is only interested in them when they are babies. Once they get to about 1 she has another and shoves the 1 year old off to the older girls.

Allthecake89 · 21/10/2019 14:54

Ok lol. Think what you like. I'm just able to make my own opinion. I follow them and watch their blogs etc. All I see is parents who love their kids. I have better things to do than analysis a family I don't know. Much worse things in the world. I'm sure these kids will grow up fine!

Limer · 21/10/2019 14:55

Just bleating "but they do their best" doesn't cut any ice. Their best is woefully inadequate. Those poor children have parents for whom there simply aren't enough hours in the day. Noel doesn't know any of his children's birthdays. He doesn't think they need friends because they have each other. The children don't do any out-of-school activities, no clubs, sports teams or playdates. And don't forget that in the early years, he removed the handles from the children's bedroom doors overnight. He & Sue don't read with the children or supervise/support homework.

The best interpretation for the endless baby-making is that as both Sue & Noel were adopted, they mistakenly thought that more children would make a better family. In recent years they've clearly been chasing the money, each new pregnancy is a guaranteed moneymaker. But whatever the real reasons are, the welfare of their own children is nowhere near the top of their priority list.

cactusthief · 21/10/2019 14:56

Sadly underwge pregnancies are a thing and always have been.

Oh that's ok then..

No it's not right.

Oh wait, it's not ok..

But what would you all like to happen. Him to go to prison.

Well perhaps if there had been some sort of consequence for that they would not have continued to throw out baby after baby

His kids to all think he was a disgusting horrible man who harmed their mum?

Well, aside from the fact that their would not be so many kids, YES, yes I would want them to know what he is. Are you seriously suggesting people who have sex with children should not be reprimanded simply so their children don't think they are horrible?

TrixieFranklin · 21/10/2019 14:56

@Allthecake89 you think they're doing their best? They used to remove the doorknobs from their children's bedrooms at night so they could get out if they woke up / were upset or needed something. Imagine if there had been a fire and all of those tiny children were trapped. They only stopped doing it after the backlash from their TV show. Their children have said time and time again they want privacy, attention and for their parents to stop having more.

wheresmymojo · 21/10/2019 14:58

3 kids here and I can't even run a parents race on Sports Day without it turning into a breaststroke across a pond of my own piss.

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TrixieFranklin · 21/10/2019 14:59

Also @Allthecake89 "I have better things to do than analysis a family I don't know." That's exactly what you are doing..

SmileCheese · 21/10/2019 15:01

All I see is parents who love their kids.

Love isn't always enough. I'm not sure why people think that's a good measure of parenting. If someone had this many cats and they claimed to love them people would quite rightly be wondering if they needed some form of help. It would be fair on the cats and it certainly isn't fair on these children.

Much worse things in the world. I'm sure these kids will grow up fine!

Statistically speaking this is pretty unlikely and with each passing pregnancy the likelihood of Sue dying also increases. I'm not sure 20 + kids will grow up fine knowing their mother deliberately chose to do something so risky leaving them without a mother.

differentcity · 21/10/2019 15:01

I've always wondered if any of the kids have hobbies. Do they ask to do judo or learn the flute or whatever or do they know there's fuck all point until they're old enough to transport themselves there? Never mind the cost of 10+ kids wanting music lessons for example. I know extracurricular activities aren't compulsory but it's something they must miss out on because of having so many siblings. There just isn't enough hours in the week for the parents to facilitate it.

lynsey91 · 21/10/2019 15:03

@Allthecake89 fine, you carry on seeing such a wonderful couple who love their children so much. Some of us are not so brainwashed or stupid.

They CANNOT possibly give each child enough attention. Tell me how they can when they are only so many hours in the day?

Even if either of them had the intelligence to help their children with homework they just would not have time. Even if they thought books were great they don't get the time to read to them or with them.

Why do the older girls have to help so much with the young ones? They should be having their own happy childhood not acting as skivies for this selfish couple.

MissWitch2310 · 21/10/2019 15:05

Wow so many nasty cows on here!! They don't claim benefits, the husband owns his own business and it's no ones business to judge like they are so holy!! You don't like them? Ignore them! No need to be so bitchy!!!

Drabarni · 21/10/2019 15:08

People just want to benefit bash, such ugly narly faces, I can picture them now Grin

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SmileCheese · 21/10/2019 15:10

It's no ones business to judge

Child welfare is quite rightly everyone's business. At least some of these children are being neglected emotionally and I think its awful that people don't see that.

differentcity · 21/10/2019 15:11

Their own YouTube channel shows them in a positive light?! Who'd have thought it...

NoSauce · 21/10/2019 15:12

I’ve seen their shows. One episode struck me in particular when Sue was sat cuddling her new baby with one of the boys who was only a baby himself stood nearby crying for her attention. She was oblivious to him, to wrapped up in her newborn bubble.

It made for very uncomfortable viewing and that’s with the cameras in there.

Limer · 21/10/2019 15:12

Ah, I see the cavalry have arrived Grin

MissWitch2310 they do claim benefits.

I'd love to ignore them, but they constantly court publicity. If they wanted to just get on with living a quiet life, why all the social media and youtube self-publication? Why is every new pregnancy splashed across the tabloids?

LisaSimpsonsbff · 21/10/2019 15:13

I think it must be like living in a children's home or an orphanage.

The irony here is that a children's home with that many children and that staff ratio would be considered unacceptable.

NoSauce · 21/10/2019 15:13

It's no ones business to judge

Sorry but if you have 20 plus children AND let the public see how you parent them then it is anyone’s business to judge.

lynsey91 · 21/10/2019 15:21

I wish the whole world would ignore them. Serve them right if there was no media attention and the money and gifts stopped.

I think they are an awful couple. Incredibly stupid and selfish.

They may not claim benefits now (I don't believe that) but they did because they admitted they did. Just in child benefit how much do you think they have received for the 21 children over 30 years? A bloody fortune that's what.

Have you watched the video another poster put on here? Just shows what a nasty piece of work Sue is and her daughter Sophie doesn't seem any better.

I know that they spend hour upon hour reading through their social media and removing any negative posts. Don't have time to play or read with the children but do have time to spend on social media and make pathetic tv shows

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