Another Radford

[triedandtestedteacher]

Is it me or are the Radfords a bit selfish? Loads of people congratulating them on social media about the new baby. I'm crippled with morning sickness at the moment and I know I'm not giving my dd 100 percent on this homeschooling as a result. How are they all getting homeschooled? How can they possibly attend to all the emotional, mental, physical and educational needs of those children? I caught one episode of their programme that showed her in hospital unable to attend her own son's birthday party because she was having yet another child. I know they say they're self sufficient with the bakery etc but they still use NHS and education resources. Her having that baby at this time is adding to the strain of the NHS. I just don't get how people can congratulate them

I would honestly be amazed if all their kids reach adult hood being able to read tbh.

Pretty name I don’t like the spelling though

Ha, the one time they actually care about spelling!!

And that’s not a mean dig btw- it’s based on the fact sue doesn’t support any reading at all, or homework and there is no way in hell they are fully involved in their DCs eduction so highly likely some of them are totally floundering in school but the teachers know there is no point in trying to engage the parents to fix it.

Anyone fancy making a bet when she will announce the next pregnancy? 😂😂

@ChandlerIsTheBestFriend

What??? If she doesnt like reading she doesnt have to read for fun herself. But to deprive all those kids of education support at home is completely irresponsible. I guess that's why 20 of them still live at home despite 6 of them being 18 or over. I'm not saying everyone has to be ultra ambitious, but to not even want to go to college or move into a flat with a friend for a bit of independence?

Tenner on a Xmas announcement.

What do you mean by not supporting reading? Do you mean she can’t be bothered with it or is actively against it for some reason.

@ChandlerIsTheBestFriend

I was going to say December sometime! But I will go with January!

She was moaning in the sun about restrictions to shopping, she usually buys 16 loaves of bread a week and that people give them death stares for going for their daily exercise all together - 21 of them.

She has said she doesn’t believe in reading. She doesn’t read, she doesn’t hear her children read and they don’t have books in the house.

I suspect it was a case of never having the time to hear them reading/read to them but she probably realised it sounded like she was failing them a bit so decided to pretend it was a considered and conscious decision not to have any reading in the house.

@MrsRaab

Can you imagine trying to pass them on the pavement? Dont they have a garden for the little ones? Then they can split the older ones into 2 and each take a group.

@ChandlerIsTheBestFriend did she say that on the programme about the reading?

So sad if these kids are being failed by schools and social services as while they might be trying to teach the parents a lesson, it is the kids who will suffer and society

@Wolfgirrl they wouldn't get attention if they went in small groups - in the article she said 'there's nothing we can do' and called themselves a parade and a said everyone thinks they are having a social gathering

OK I agree with you that they can't possibly give each child the attention they need, but a lot of people don't. I also agree that they can't be supporting a family that size on a family run Baker alone, however :

I caught one episode of their programme that showed her in hospital unable to attend her own son's birthday party because she was having yet another child. I know they say they're self sufficient with the bakery etc but they still use NHS and education resources. Her having that baby at this time is adding to the strain of the NHS.

No one can hold in a baby so they don't miss a birthday party. Basically it works out that they have at least 2 birthdays a month, it's likely she will miss someone's birthday due to giving birth.

Everyone in this country is entitled to use the NHS and education system, no matter how many children they have. Do I agree with them having so many children.... No.

She wouldn't have known coronavirus would strike when she fell pregnant. No one having a child at the moment could have predicted what they would be bringing their child into. Not that it would have stopped her I'm sure.

did she say that on the programme about the reading?

Yes about 4ish years ago. Maybe longer. Not sure how many kids and counting it was.

I have a 17yr old son. He knows full well that anyone under 16 is too young as he found out last year when he “fell in love” with a girl who was only 14 and he was 16. They hadn’t even kissed, he’s very innocent and once her parents found out how old he was she was forbidden to see him.
He spent the whole summer pining for her ( pretty much ruined two foreign holidays ) and it took a long time to get over her.

Some 14 year olds look older than him but he now is very aware that 16 is 16 for a reason. Most of his friends are very inexperienced too, apart from 2 or 3 who have had sex. 13/17 is too big a gap.

Wouldn't shock me if she was pregnant again within the year.

If someone was getting a shiny new puppy every time their dog got to 18 months people would be up in arms about it. It's sad she seems to want the novelty of a new baby rather than devote herself to the ones she already has.

Her daughter is due a baby in Autumn so imagine that there will be a pregnancy announcement around that time. I think Sue enjoys the attention being pregnant/ having a young baby brings.

@thesearmsofmine

I once saw a very insightful post on MN about sue.

It essentially said when the going gets tough with kids, you can think back to good memories (like travelling, partying, holidays with friends etc) to get you through it, and think when the kids leave home you can go back to that more carefree way of life. But because Sue started having babies so young she has nothing to go back to iyswim- she probably doesnt know who she really is or what she enjoys bar being a mum. Which is why she keeps stretching it out and having more, because she has no idea what they will do when the kids grow up. Will sue and noel even enjoy a lot of each others company?

That said I reckon there will always be some of their kids living at home, they wont go far I dont think

Actually with her clock ticking I expect she wont waste any time trying for another, so I'm going to go with an announcement in September 😬

How far are they going on their daily exercise that they're being mistaken for a kid's party?! Ignoring the fact that it's a very strange kid's party that involves a load of teenagers and young adults wandering the streets with an assortment of young children... Surely people who live near them recognise the huge family who run the pie shop?

My take on the not believing in reading, is that reading broadens the mind. More knowledge and education would probably lead to the kids. at some point, realising what a fucked up situation they live in. Heaven forbid they start questioning the narrative by thinking for themselves

Surely people who live near them recognise the huge family who run the pie shop?

I don’t imagine there is a single person within a 5 mile radius of their home who doesn’t know who they are. They’ve made their money out of making sure they are known.

MrsSnitchnose I think you’re being generous with that theory. I don’t think sue is capable of thinking that far ahead or even understanding the consequences of reading herself. I think it’s a case of someone whose education is incomplete and so has never realised the value of it. She just doesn’t see the importance of it. And as a result never found the need to make time to read to her children.

Fair point Chandler