Sue Radford, baby 21 is here..

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21 babies! That's some achievement. I cannot believe her body is still in one piece. I feel sorry for those kids though. There's absolutely no way they can all have the individual attention they need growing up. Four kids maybe, perhaps 6 at an absolute push but 21 seems like collecting trophies for a hobby to me. It'd be interesting to see what families those children decide to have when the time comes. It seems like she's putting her own want for babies ahead of her existing children's wellbeing & that isn't healthy. I'm curious that she's practically guaranteed herself an endless supply of babies as her children have children. But they're supposedly paying for everything themselves so we're not allowed to say anything against them. I don't agree with it. Tell me I'm being U.

Anchor that's a very honest post of yours.

I agree it’s overkill and they should stop now, they have been incredibly fortunate:

I don’t doubt that they love their kids. But being a parent requires more than love. How many do they have in education? How many can they help with homework or even just their reading book or spellings. What about that one on one time after bath- reading together before being tucked in. What about parents evening when they have so many to see? How about paying for educational trips?

@Lekky12 of course they aren’t giving 21 what 2 get.

Actually Lekky there's quite a lot of people who do give a flying fuck about two parents putting all that extra strain on an already overburdened NHS and education system because of some desire to reproduce continually.

It's so beyond what any reasonable person could find acceptable, I assume that anyone who supports the Radfords online e.g. Lekky are the Radfords themselves.

Iv been thinking about having another baby, Iv cried 3 times because I don't want my 1 DD to feel left out 😂😂😂

Tosh, Whirly you give a 'flying fuck' so what does that actually translate to? Gossiping on the internet, that's what. Don't pretend that you or anybody else on it actually makes a difference.

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I wonder if the children will keep in touch when the parents are long gone, can't imagine that Christmas dinner. Agree with pp far too many and not enough one on one time for each child, feel sorry for them.

Thanks, Roussette

Hmm Lying that's a broad generalisation 'gossiping on the internet'. If we take that seriously, what's the point of anything... twitter, facebook, Mumsnet, digital spy, any forum, any social media. It's there. People comment.

Some horrible hudgemental comments on here.

My only question is how do they find the time to actually make all of those babies?

Rousette, I would say all of those are pointless, I mean, if this is the best we can do with having all those platforms. What good do they actually do?

Well you did ask.

Just had a nosy at their pie bakery info. It needs updating as they're only onto number 18 in the bit about us section.

It's a contentious topic on a chat forum. It's obviously going to invite strong views as does many other topics that are discussed here.

If you put yourself out there on tv etc then unfortunately you will get people debating gossiping about you.

Both her and her husband are adopted which explains a lot for me.

Does anyone have an approx figure of how much they are claiming in tax credits and child Benefit then?

Someone mentioned a few of the kids are disabled

Lekky, so it would be ok if we all decided to be that selfish and have 21 children would it? Where exactly would the money be found for all the births, all the other medical costs, all the dental costs, all the schooling costs?

The Radfords are a totally irresponsible, selfish and extremely stupid couple. There is no way on earth those children get enough time and attention. They are not good parents at all.

As to how do they get the time to make all the babies. Well that's obvious surely? They get the older girls to look after the youngsters. As soon as the new baby is not a baby Sue doesn't really seem interested in them so they get palmed off on the older girls and she has a new baby to make a big fuss over.

I note the boys are not expected to help with the younger ones or, it would seem, to help with housework. What a great house to grow up in

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I think some platforms are brilliant. Twitter can be (I would say that because I'm on there a lot). The Resistance against Trump has created a movement that just would not happen without the benefit of Twitter. There is some good. Last week they had thousands marching against the sacking of the AG, all within hours of it happening. You look at the Arab Spring... uprisings against human rights violations, corruption... a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests that would not have happened without social media.
Anyway, I don't want to derail the thread.

I had my first baby this year. I loved being pregnant. I already feel sad my baby is growing so quickly and isn’t the small baby she was and I hope to have another baby in the future.

I can imagine it’s hard, and probably a bit sad when the time comes to call it a day with regards to adding to your family.

But for Christ sake, there comes a time when a line has to be drawn. The strain on that woman’s body. She just has a baby and discards it to the older children, when another comes along.

@AnchorDownDeepBreath - very honest and thought provoking post, thank you.