Sue Radford is pregnant....

[MadameFoner]

Just seen a post on Facebook...

There is something distinctly "cultlike" in the whole set up.

There is something distinctly "cultlike" in the whole set up

Yes and with those who follow them.

If they want a big family I don't see a problem . They are a lovely family very close . They have raised all the children on their own hard earned money not like some who think it's right to claim benefits to fund a family. They run their own pie shop which you can order from online . I say congratulations hope all goes well for them all.

NoSauce Ididnt know about her ignoring the boy, that sounds awful. I understand that kids have to wait and I certainly tell mine to but, knowing the family I can picture how that must have been. She doesn’t have to cuddle him if she’s holding a baby but at least communicate, reassure and comfort them in some way

The child was just crying and trying to get her attention and she was just chatting away ignoring him. It was noisy as there were other children in the room too. I remember it being discussed on here at the time and other posters thought the same as me.

Tinsel going by your post i suspect you would be humming a different tune if Sue was a single mum.

As i suspect many of their followers would.

There is underlying misogyny at play here.

Nosauce. It’s just one snapshot of family life. Trust me there have definitely been occasions when one of my DC has cried to get my attention and they may have had to wait until I finished doing something before I responded. That doesn’t make someone a bad parent.

They have raised all the children on their own hard earned money not like some who think it's right to claim benefits to fund a family

They used to claim Tax Credits. They still claim Child Benefit. They have raised the children off the backs of the older children who are expected to act like de facto parents while the actual parents focus on the new baby. A large part of what they have comes from sponsorship, advertising, and fees for interviews/documentaries.

They might run a pie shop but they certainly don't make or sell enough to fund a family of that size without the additional income from Child Benefit, sponsorship, and television/publishing fees.

going by your post i suspect you would be humming a different tune if Sue was a single mum.

I suspect there would also be a different tune if they were non-white or non-British.

Venger. That’s still making a living and earning money. Thousands of people do that on social media, TV etc

Sorry, you must be joking - even their children dont want them to have more, it's not fucking controlling, obviously all they want is some time and attention, which they are not letting
Sorry perhaps I WAS wrong and you DO have to have some understanding of children to realise that allowing them to make decisions beyond their understanding or maturity is NOT a good thing. Ultimately all women should be making these decisions, not their husbands children or parents or anyone else.

IVF didn’t effect me in the way a previous poster described but I’m sure all of our stances are coloured by our journeys.

But @Venger surely that’s a different discussion? This baby won’t get CB, there are lots of people who sell their privacy for money, blah, blah...

There is a point where families get too large to adequately meet the emotional needs of all the children. We can argue exactly where that point is, and it does depend on circumstances, but I think many of us feel that 20+ children has long passed that point.

DH was one of 12 and none of his siblings have had 12 children, the highest is 8 and the lowest 2. I don’t think it is a coincidence that as the women have had more ability to control their fertility the number of children has reduced. None of them have chosen to replicate their birth family size. My MIL probably had no access to reliable contraception so couldn’t choose how many children she had (rural North Africa). People in Britain today can choose.

I really don’t feel that the Radford children have been prepared for an independent life outside of the family. That’s why I think the older ones stay. The family is their world.

Unless they own bird’s eye threy don’t make enough to support a family that big

Ffs is my thoughts. The snapshots I have seen lately they kids don’t seem happy. Fed up with the constant noise and ?? Chloe was finally going to do something she wanted . She is in her 20’s.

She will keep going until her womb packs up or menopause.

Starlight. Is that the Chloe who’s a trained makeup artist running her own business? Think she’s been doing what she wanted in life for a while now

Maybe it was an old episode on then it was only a few weeks ago I saw it . I don’t follow them .

I don’t see the attraction of their Tv program.

I was one of ten and, although mum and dad were hardworking and kind and wonderful, I have barely any memories of them as a child. They were always busy. I remember my siblings of course, always being around me, but mum and dad are shadowy. There is NO WAY children in large families receive the attention they need. I had a lot of mental health problems and extremely low self worth growing up and well into my twenties, which I truly believe was down to the consequential neglect I faced as a child.

I want to know her fertility secrets! I've been ttc #1 since she announced her previous pregnancy and I'm yet to still fall pregnant (without loss) and she is on her second now!

NoSauce. It’s just one snapshot of family life. Trust me there have definitely been occasions when one of my DC has cried to get my attention and they may have had to wait until I finished doing something before I responded. That doesn’t make someone a bad parent

Rubbish, this scenario wasn’t just a one off. How could you even think it was just a snapshot of their life when that IS their life.

Day in, day out. And now more babies which means even more of them will be ignored, while Sue basks in her new baby selfish bubble.

Did someone upthread really say "You can't call the dad a rapist because it will upset the children"??

Do you know what else upsets children? Having 21 fucking siblings! Even 1 drove me absolutely batty.

I think it also has to be an eventuality that no. 24 will be not too far beyond the horizon of this child? When is too many? 25? That's a possibility

There are enough hours in the day for all those children and that's a fact. That's all it boils down to for me.

Aren't* !

My DGM was one of nine. Only one of her siblings had four children, her and the rest of her siblings had one or two. I think being one of many children would naturally deter most people from doing the same.

Sagrada. Two is definitely enough for me but I think many people are forgetting that not all of theirs are babies/ young children. They have 7 under 10/11 (at various ages).

6 of their DC are between the ages of 18 and 30 so all adults.