Beauty In Simplicity

Monday, March 23, 2009

KIDS KIDS AND MORE KIDS

okay here is the thing. i am totally addicted to jon and kate plus 8 now. those who have watched it must have realized how difficult it is for both jon and kate to raise 8 kids. all the laundry kate has to do, the meals she has to cook for them, the noise they have to tolerate.... its really not easy as it takes alott of patience and skills to not only raise 8 kids, but also ensure that every kid recieves equal amount of love and affectionate from both parents. parents on the other hand must also make sure that every kid is brought up the right way and that every child has a normal and happy childhood .

then there was the huge commotion of Nadya Suleman. Nadya went for a total of 6 IVF treatments since 2001 and resulted in four single births and 1 set of twins. She then went on to have another IVF treatment, this time implanting 6 embryos all at once! and her reason was because she did not want the 6 embryos which was left over from her previous IVF treatment to be destroyed. totally riduculous right? so the 6 embryos were implanted and two of the embryos split into twins, resulting in a total of eight embryos. In january 2009, Nadya gave birth to octuplets, making them the second full set of octuplets to be born alive in the United States.

yup so that left her with a total of 14 kids! all under the age of 7!! to make matters worse, shes a single mum, unemployed, living in her parents house, and living on the benefits she receives from the government. 14 kids leh!! imagine the amount of money she has to set aside per year for food, clothes, education and medical bills. it totals to a million dollars per year. and how is she as a single woman able to provide all 14 of her kids with adequate love and be there for every single one of them. have she ever taught of the consequences before she even went to attempt for her 6th pregnancy. super irresponsible woman. she even set up a website so that people could donate money for her kids. she was also hoping that they would film a reality show on her family (like jon and kate). luckily nobody wanted to do a series for her. thank god. just search her name on youtube and you can find all the interviews about her. see how she defends herself. totally outrageous

but thats not all, recently discovery home and health is showing a new reality show 18 kids and counting. dun think i need further explanation. yup, this couple has 18 kids. believe it or not. haven't start watching the show yet, but from what i know the family is quite well off. the house they live in is huge. just their living room is 2000sq feet! and the kids range from 21 to 1 year old. their situation is thousand times much better then nadya suleman.

18 kids and counting (the gosselin kids are still cuter )

this make me wonder, are there any more families in US with more than 18 kids??