16 kids and counting tonight at 9

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I will be watching after I have done some work!

hes a self employed mechanic

he was joking about being a taxi driver

the younger family

i spotted their black swirl sofa in the front window of Brighthouse

the benefit cap will hammer them i would of thoght

no they are on carers allowance.

£300 per child!

MrsBucket, we don't use bed times, I go out for time to myself. I genuinely don't mind them being about (and I am really not that 'my kids are my world' type of mum).

Currently the 5 DC range from 6-21 so the idea of bedtimes wouldn't even work for us if we did want to use it.

yeah but with 9 child tax credits alone and cb that would come to over £550 a week and thats without the parents applicable amount and rent etc

The multiple girl family, mum works too so I guess they both earn well then, although she was talking about spending less than the other family on Christmas.

Awww its a lovely baby.

thats the thing, if you pay for them I dont see an issue.

I feel for that dad though.

Bet Pete's glad he's got that beach hut. I want one of those.

Why do i have only two kids yet look like an old hag?

The Families featured looked very happy.

Why have 9 kids if you don't work

They don't mention dollys dad? Is Chantelle a single mum?

I think I remember them saying Chantelle moved out and lived with her partner now, I think he just doesn't want to be included like some of their older children and their partners. Dolly isn't their first grandchild from what I gather.

Also from what the other family said the dad worked until their eighth child at which point he became a carer for 2 of the children and his wife. Not that unreasonable.

I like the new family a lot too, and can completely understand why Dad gave up work. He'd worked for over 25years, and then had two children with severe medical needs (and they must be pretty severe needs If they get DLA/carers) and with a wife with arthiritis, I think he made the right decision to give up work.

And yes, the house is lovely, but after 25+ years of working before having to resort to benefits, it might be theirs anyway- very likely to not be a council house.

I'd agree with the poster that says children of large families seem to have children at a younger age than most. DH and I are from large families too, and that's a similar reflection here. Maybe because the older children think that looking after younger ones is something they know they are "good" at?

Must have missed the bit about dad giving up work

Totally understand why te older children and partners don't want to be included on tv

Like the other osbourne daughter and also on towie / there's another wright but didn't want to join mark and sister

Irrelivant that was my thinking re the house.

I disagree I don't think you should choose to go on benefits. If you lose your job or are a single mum
with a baby or a disabled child then that's fair enough but that's not the case with this family. Also the dad wants more children he doesn't plan to provide for.
I am wheelchair bound due to different medical conditions and have a daughter with asd and three other children. Looking after my dc can be hard but we chose to have them and there is no way I would want my dh to give up work to claim benefits.

agree withPearlyWhites

just watching on catchup... did the non-working Dad say they spend £300 on each child? DH and I earn good money, and only have 2 DCs but spend nothing like that.... I can understand going into debt/borrowing of parents if it meant your child having absolutley nothing otherwise, but not to spend £300 on each.

24yearsandcounting yes he just said they spend £300 per child and £4500 in total!! Complete madness

I think their house looks like a converted pub with the split level room.

Anyone watching tonight?

Me

She never washed the girls socks? £2.50 a day on socks, the woman is a looney!