Maggie, the older children have always helped with the younger ones. I have not said she is a bad mum, she is not, ok she is not a very hands on mum but her kids have a home. What concerns me is the fact that the eldest girls are more than aware of how many men have passed through the home, They have never seen their mum working, she lives off of credit and is in debt by her own admission.
Her older children take care of the younger ones.
BUT mainly this woman was very ill when she had her last baby who is just a year old, the delivery was very bad apparently, she had to have an emergency c section, which was her 3rd section. I worry what will happen if the same happens again, how much can a womans body take?
I do think when the local kids in the street shout "league of all nations" every time they pass her door, kids, her in the street then the kids are going to be affected.
She has had some nasty experiences with exes, one tried to snatch their daughter to take her back to his home country.
I am a friend of this woman and I have told her what I think, I have told her that imho she needs to think long and hard before having more children, she is not doing her body any favours.
Sorry for short OP I had ds2 clambering over me and couldn't type it all in one go, but he is in other room waking ds1 up at the moment.