The Octuplet Mom

[Hybrid Mom]

What do you think about the mom with 14 children? Should we give her a break, or do you think she deserves the scrutiny she has been getting?

[Diane J]

This is just my opinion: I think she was acting irresponsibly. She lives with her parents, they help with the other 6 and will be helping with the additions as well. If she was capable of providing for the kids herself, fine, that is her sole choice, but she's relying on other people and that is selfish. I don't know maybe she has a trust fund and I'm way off base, but the little bits I've heard don't seem to sound that way.

I'm curious how she was able to afford the procedure to begin with.

[AprilE]

She saved up for the procedures all by herself. From what I have understood she doesn't live with her parents but in a rent house that her mom owns (she pays them rent). That said my opinion is--She has a very hard but rewarding job ahead of her. I come from a large family with eight kids. It was wonderful growing up-even though I was the second mom in our house. Large families should be a wonderful experience for anyone whose lives they touch. I only have my first and it is so much work running your own business and home and taking care of a little one etc. I can't imagine having eight babies all at once!

[AprilE]

One more thought--She was an only child who "never felt connected and attached". Obviously her mom didn't want a large family or she would have had more than one kid. And having siblings has nothing to do with attachment and connectedness. It has to do with your parents! She needs to find some other support than her parents. She needs to see them only on birthdays and holidays. She needs to get all of her children away from her mothers negativity. Or they will grow up feeling just as unwanted as she feels.