17 kids and counting

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Anyone watching?

Pumpkin I am not jealous, I don't want 16 children thank you. It is like collecting, an addiction. Tgey are not happy unless they have another baby, 100 babies will never be enough. They need to address the root of the issues with professional help, not more babies. Yes they are both responsible. They have put themselves in the spotlight, yes people will have opinions, if you don't want it to be like that, don't contact the media!

I feel sorry for their losses. That is a seperate issue. As for jealous, i wouldnt trade my life for there for anything.

I wouldn't want 17 kids, either. Or to get pregnant at 14. Or my daughter to have a baby so young and not married.

If they court the media they should expect questions. They have the right to have as many dcs as they want.... As long as they don't expect more benefits.

Yes that does not mean I don't feel for the loss of their little boy, I am thinking from an objective point of view.

I agree Miaow, they rely a lot on the older children for childcare, I feel that Chole felt obligated to be near and to help out which is not right. You have the number of kids you can afford and cope with, the Radfords' cannot by themselves. I think Sue said that it would fall apart if anything happened to Noel.

I feel very sorry for the older girls too. I haven't seen the whole programme yet. I had to help out with younger children in my family and it really isn't fair.

I think it is selfish to have so many children when you rely on the older ones to do a lot of the work. When adding to your family you need to think about the children that you already have. Those children can not be getting one on one time with each parent.

anyway what are the children learning from their parents? That women are 'for' endless childbirth?

I have three and find it difficult to give them my time equally. Its for that reason I would never have anymore. Its just not possible for them to be nurturing them or seeing to their needs. The maths don't add up ! There simply are not enough minutes in the day !

She posts quite a bit on Babycentre in the larger families forum and that's one of the things she will never answer when challenged as well

As for not relying on state benefits that's rubbish. They would be entitled to tax credits and the child benefit alone is nearly £1100 a month. That's another wage !

Their gas and electric bill must be eye watering! That house is huge.
Not really relevant, but my dad told me when he was a child he had to share bath water with 4 siblings and the last one in the tub came out dirtier!

In 16 kids they said that they bath them in groups of 3-4 at a time.

One of the kids was quite insightful. Stating how difficult his mum would find it when the youngest children grow up and she's left alone at home.

I re watched the programme again and I it is interesting that a big part of it is focussing on how much they rely on the older children. In 16 kids they were portrayed as the completely self sufficient parents, who do not rely on handouts or family help. They made it clear that this was going to be the last filming they would do so I do wonder if Channel 4 wanted to give a more accurate depiction?

And also previously Sue was "wonder woman" and now it just seems that everyone is concerned about how she will cope without kids at home 24/7. They were happy with the programme!

Just thinking about the Radcliffes as Dd 3 has nits so thats 4 long haired dcs that need de/nitting, imagine that job in their house

Sue is pregnant with baby no18, so happy for her was on her fb page this morning.
A rainbow baby

I think I'm more worried about her than happy for her...

She's got a huge responsibility to 16 children.. She needs to be around for that and stop putting her life in danger for her addiction.

I haven't watched the programme. Have any of the children had health problems or learning difficulties? It doesn't sound as if they would cope with that. For instance, she apparently says that she operates a rigid policy of controlled crying from 6 weeks; which just wouldn't work with a baby with, say, reflux or a milk allergy.

I come from a large family and being one of the older ones I had to help with everything from bathing, cooking, dressing, washing, ironing. The lot. At the time it seemed fine but now I feel really resentful that I had no childhood and was a parent to my siblings. From a young age I was buried along into adulthood. I missed a lot of school was one of many children. It was very rare to have one on one time parents.

Even now I have few friends because my siblings became my social circle and I never got to play. As an adult I find it difficult to relax and unwind as I never had the chance to do this growing up. I feel so sorry for siblings who become carers like the older children in this family. It's so unfair and so selfish of the parents.

What's a rainbow baby?

Blooming hell another baby! Noel put a knot in it!

Apparently a rainbow babby is a baby born following a miscarriage or stillbirth. I never knew that

Baby, not babby