Sue Radford is pregnant....

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Just seen a post on Facebook...

Easy way to remember Tory CB versus CTC rules- middle class families claim CB so it’s not capped , poor families claim CTC so it is capped.

At two children obviously not income.

@nolongersurprised I was thinking more that potentially they had rooms used as a study/ office - particularly since he might need it for running a business. They have a very large house

Can't comment on whether they have wall to wall bookshelves but they have four kids in several of the bedrooms even though they have a ten bed house. I assume they have at least a couple of play/storage/office rooms in the 'spare' bedrooms.

Our local newspaper messed this one up.

Can't comment on whether they have wall to wall bookshelves but they have four kids in several of the bedrooms even though they have a ten bed house. I assume they have at least a couple of play/storage/office rooms in the 'spare' bedrooms.

I can’t remember seeing books in bedrooms either, but it was a while ago that I saw the program.

I can't understand this level of self indulgence

Different. They said when they went on holiday recently and hired three separate lodges they only ended up using two as the children wanted to sleep in together so maybe that’s why they’re in the same room?

To be fair ... there is no reason to believe you’ve seen the whole house in their documentary

I'm sure if I could be bothered to look they would probably have a video of a house tour or something, that seems to be the done thing in vlogging families these days.

I would imagine however it is incredibly unlikely they have any space to study or any books given that they don't seem to have many personal belongings for each child and that in the last show I saw them in their children's rooms looked more like room in a hostel rather than a bedroom.

I probably explained what I was trying to say badly but in the shows I've seen, they have very few possessions of any sort in the bedrooms. Their fans often gush about what an immaculate house they have. I think that they keep their possessions in rooms that aren't shown on TV/social media. They definitely haven't shown ten bedrooms on TV so nobody knows if they have a study area of some sort or not.

I worry about how she is going to handle going through the menopause. She has deep issues and just can't stop having children, she has developed a need to keep having them. How is she going to cope when she finally can't have them?

I think once she’s going through the menopause she will find other ways to draw attention. Not sure what but I’m convinced she won’t step away from the “limelight” and be a regular mum.

I’m amazed she’s had all singleton pregnancies (at least I think she has). Do the chances of multiples not increase with age? And do the risks of multiple pregnancies themselves get worse with older mothers.

Their fans often gush about what an immaculate house they have. I think that they keep their possessions in rooms that aren't shown on TV/social media.

Or maybe their kids don’t have much personal “stuff”?

Are the kids who have left home fulfilling the poster upthread’s prediction that some of the children would end up in academic, professional jobs?

With that many kids and the relentless stream of newborns, are the various talents and areas of interest of the older children (and their weaknesses and areas where support is needed) able to be recognised?

For those speculating on things, Sue posted a tour of the house on YouTube just over a year ago

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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.
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Yes it does. My gran had ten children and her children (except one who died young), had one, two or three children, the third one being an accident (a happy one of course as the baby of the family often is). The older ones in gran's family were very aware what a hard life their mother had. They were all quite devoted to her because she was good but they were not going to have the same struggles.

The Radfords must find life a struggle if not financially. If I was one of her children I'd be longing to leave home and have my own space.

I think the kids lack personal possessions. I think they often kind of share from a wardrobe of a range of sizes.

I think it is quite sad. As some others have mentioned she seems to have another baby to keep her relevant and to keep the endorsements coming in. The refurbished kitchen, the American trips and all the new buggies have all been gifted so I feel like when things go quiet for them another pregnancy announcement soon follows.

Why on was my post deleted?@MNHQ I hadn't wrote anything absuive or that I can see is against talk guidelines

I saw a few of their vlogs and fb page and there is a massive amount of product placement although they pictured a load of clarkes shoes but then commented they weren't gifted.
She apparently had a new pram for each baby, and they were on about 15 (babies/prams! ) before the tv shows started so not sure how they afforded those. The bakery doesn't seem huge (maybe we dont see the whole thing) and Noel comes home to do the school run. I struggle to see how it was so lucrative....even before they started with tv/youtube etc

Tbf the house looks like a nice family home, although it quite probably had a big tidy and clean before the tour video was filmed, perhaps it is usually more messy and chaotic.

They have made a big deal for the previous two babies about how they were the ‘final baby’ and how she was definitely not having anymore. They will never make the conscious decision to stop, they will constantly be TTC and will only stop when menopause kicks in and she no longer has the choice.

Also after looking them up... they have FIVE grandchildren now. Their eldest grandchild is around 8, how many aunts and uncles must she have who are actually younger than her?

Surely there comes a point in life when you want to start thinking about your own life. I suppose if Sue got pregnant at 14 that's all she's ever known and she is probably fearful of a life that doesn't involve being pregnant and looking after a newborn. She doesn't seem to have any life outside of the family and she only seems to socialise with her adult daughters, nothing wrong in that but she seems very scared of change.

But when those working parents are not at work they only have the one child (to use your example) to focus on and they have weekends, days off, mornings and evenings.
The child gets quality time When? Don't make me laugh, parents home, cook tea, children bath and bed, knackered parents lucky to hear them read.

You really know nothing about how working parents organise their lives if this is what you think. I've always given plenty of quality time to each of my children despite working a 5 day week, and certainly heard them read every day in addition to supervising other homework and playing with and reading to them. The notion that every working parent comes home and ignores their children is just absurd.

I'm sure the older ones do naturally help mum out by holding a toddler or pushing a pram. But that's not cruelty if they are happy.

And what if they're not? What if they would prefer to follow their own interests and activities rather than spending so much time helping their mother because she can't stop having babies?