13 Kids and counting....anyone watching tonight?

[anniebear]

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[Alambil]

OMG @ 75 nappies a week - WHY aren't they in reusables?!!

[expatinscotland]

the council housing helps, too, wilted.

[amner]

Agree with the personal details.... but dont forget this Government lost his child benefit details 12 times already !

Gawd.... my life is so different ...........

[BetsyBoop]

75 nappies a week - that's like 10 a day, do they never change their bums? there are at least 3 kids in nappies....

[Alambil]

Oh that's so sad; almost like "I wasn't asked - I'm stuck with him" or is that an inaccurate translation?

[southeastastra]

that poor woman seems to be a prisioner to that awful man

[cali]

Expat, I'm being serious, have met a lot of families through work who may not have as many children as those featured on tonight's programme and the majority do live on benefits. I realise that there are lots of large families who do not live on benefits, it's just that those that I come into contact with, do.

[LyraSilvertongue]

He sounds like Johnny Vegas. I couldn't live with him.

[BetsyBoop]

I'm no problem with people having 2 or 3, or even 4 or 5 kids, but I'm sorry having 13 kids & no means of supporting them & expecting everyone else to pay for them is totally irresponsible IMO

[MsHighwater]

Is that car seat strapped in?

[expatinscotland]

Depo, Noreen, Depo. I hope that HV came round when he wasn't there and told you about Depo, it's made for women like you!

God, we had SO many who had 10+ kids and were desperate not to have any more.

[avenanap]

None of those kids are strapped in.

[katz]

mshighwater - nope not strapped in

[thewiltedrose]

yup and the council housing.

I get £105 a week and i pay for me and the two kids, the bills, the food and other things.

So imagine if i had 8 more kids id be getting over £1000 a week And its only nappies and food id be buying as i would have had stuff from other kids. If you look at it that way your actually getting more money than most even with the kids.

[Alambil]

Would she be allowed to though? I always thought some religions discounted all contraception etc so she could get into major doodar if anyone found out?

[BetsyBoop]

I feel really sorry for the Rochdale woman, the other two women at least seem to WANT to keep getting pregnant, she has definitely had enough (and who can blame her, two pregnancies was enough for me, even if we could afford more I couldn't face pregnancy again )

[MsHighwater]

Thought not. But then I say something today I thought I'd never see again. Car driving along with an adult in the back seat holding a child in her lap - then she took off the seatbelt!

[practicalparent]

I understand a bit of the arguement when ppl go on about the disgrace of families ever expanding and on benefits at the time. I Understand 1st hand as I am from a family of 9 kids. True my mother and dad both went a period of yrs when neither of them worked though both did attend night school,do open uni and uni courses etc. (my dad has Bac arts degree& Hons degree)
However upon my youngest brother startin school my mother learned 2 drive and (ironically!) became a midwife, my father also began working.
Another testiment 2 their time lookin after us wud be that their children now are fully contributing the society -2 are teachers, 1 an astrophysicist(brains of the family!lol!), 1 a self employed artist,1 a joiner,1 a qualified nursery nurse and 3 more doin well and still studying at school.
Therefore my argument is that u cant always judge or critise sum1's choice 2 have so many kids and not all 'sponge' or set this pattern 2repeat through 2their children. We were always taught the importance of education and always told 2 aspire and aim beyond what our parents had achieved. So I think that my parents did a fine job and valid contribution (u may class as a repayment) 2 the economy/ country etc.

[expatinscotland]

No, but some do it, anyway, Lewis. Most of the women we treated in such situations were either married to Latin American men who were very macho or African or Muslim.

[AitchTwoCiao]

haven't read thread yet... this jock lot seem nice enough. nice house, are they millionaires?

[MsHighwater]

Just realising that two of these families are Scottish.

[bramblebooks]

good point starlight - pmsl! He does seem a good dad though (if not a totally supportive husband in 'all' senses).

[findtheriver]

please someone slap Mo

[Heated]

None of these parents are feckless in the sense of breeding children and then putting their feet up waiting for the next handout. They all seem to work damn hard. I know we're about how much at least one of the families must cost in benefits, but I can't think many will copy their example.

[thewiltedrose]

And he thinks shes kidding she loathes the man you can see it