PaisleyPark5083 said:

What ends up happening is that the older ones end up being "parents" literally. Of course they aren't the biological parents, but they do all of the parental tasks...They take care of the younger ones. They feed, dress, bathe, teach, entertain. I mean, come on...I consider myself a Christian and I don't buy into this BS that you have to have as many kids as God gives you. I think God gave us a complex brain for thinking and making decisions. Just because you can have that many doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea. If God wanted us to be like animals, particularly dogs and cats cause they can have huge litters, we'd be small, furry, and lick our private parts!

Ugh, I agree. Irresponsible parenting.

hokie1 said:

Agreed!

psychodelicide said:

I like you. Because you laugh at my jokes and agree with my views.

hokie1 said:

Thanks, I like you too.

psychodelicide said:

hokie1 said:

Agreed!

psychodelicide said:

I have seen the show...the kids are on a "buddy system" each older kid has another younger kid to be in charge of. Just wrong wrong wrong.

PaisleyPark5083 said:

YES! I saw that too. I think you should only have as many kids as you yourself can care for. To depend on your older children to raise your younger ones so you can go get pregnant again is a little screwed up. IMO

hokie1 said:

It is. Kids living in this environment where they have to tend to an older kid, are forced to grow up way too fast. Let the kids be kids, they grow up fast enough as it is. They should be able to enjoy their childhood, and to not be tied down 24/7 because they're in charge of a sibling.

CHIC0 said:

Can you imagine the stretch marks she must have from being pregnant so many times?

Yeah these kids will have a great life growing up - no chance of going to college and whatever money they make on their minimum wage job they'll have to send hom cos there'll always be more mouths to feed. Fucked UP.

Teacher said:

Well, I don't think they really care because they are taught to believe in a VERY conservative upbringing. The girls are brought up to believe their whole purpose in life is to give birth and the guys think the same. Some of the kids from this family said they'd want lots of kids themselves, but a fair number said, "no way!" I agree that it's messed up.

now you know if their last name was ramirez, gutierez or sanchez, or their first names was T'quila , Dayshon or Diamond, then america would be talking about how irresponsible the parents are...just saying

now you know if their last name was ramirez, gutierez or sanchez, or their first names was T'quila , Dayshon or Diamond, then america would be talking about how irresponsible the parents are...just saying

Fury said:

Err, did you read the answers on this thread?

Teacher said:

Yeah, I don't care what the ethnicity of the couple is--still irresponsible.

hokie1 said:

Well, you know some people gotta make EVERYTHING about skin colour.

That's irresponsible parenting.

we shouldn't judge her and her husband, but yeah those kids need individual attention....if I was one of those kids, I wouldn't know what to do...

CarrieMpls said:

Only if you can't take care of them. Those two are VERY organized and those kids are well taken care of and looked after and surprisingly well behaved. And I don't know what ol' Jim Bob does for a living but whatever it is, it ain't no joke because they just built a HUGE for the big family and their food bill is off the charts.

Conan O'Brien said that after giving birth to her 17th, she said she wants to have another one, then her Vagina got up and walked out of the room.

CarrieMpls said:

Only if you can't take care of them. Those two are VERY organized and those kids are well taken care of and looked after and surprisingly well behaved. And I don't know what ol' Jim Bob does for a living but whatever it is, it ain't no joke because they just built a HUGE for the big family and their food bill is off the charts.