Mom With 14 Kids, One on the Way, Honored

[spinbaby]

Apparently, you get a prize for not using birth control in Arkansas:

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - With her 14 children in tow and pregnant with her 15th, Michelle Duggar waddled into Arkansas' Capitol on Wednesday to accept the state's Young Mother award.

"We're going from diapers right up to driver's ed," she said with a smile.

(snip)

"We were using birth-control pills," Jim Bob Duggar said. "Then we ended up giving this area of our life to God."

Duggar said the family stopped the birth control when it came to their understanding that the pills could cause a woman to miscarry.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/fifteen_kids

[arcane1]

1. sigh...

I probably shouldn't comment on this one... no flame-proof clothing for me today

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. i stopped using birth control tooo

and now am completely dependent on GOD!

[arcane1]

10. how many kids are you thinking of having?

though I would imagine that's not really an issue for you at the moment :)

14, though, that's gotta hurt!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. lol!

i was teasing

[arcane1]

16. hehe

well I had no trouble believing the b.c. part anyway :silly:

but I was a little concerned, I don't wanna marry some if they have kids I don't even know about (and I can't fit 14 of them into my little place anyway!)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. i have 2 felines

you've seen pics right?

[arcane1]

29. I have indeed

one of them looks like one of mine, too :)

[MountainLaurel]

23. Nah

By number 5 or so she can probably sneeze them out.

[BlueJazz]

28. Oh. I agree arcane1...If I wrote what I think about....

people having 15 kids, I'd be banned, flamed and run out of town on a rail.

[Donkeyboy75]

47. OK, I'll say it.

Unless you have a farm to run and ten of your other children are disabled, this is a totally irresponsible decision. How the hell does one care for 14 kids?

Not to mention that if everyone did this, we'd have a world population of about 14 trillion in 100 years.

[ikojo]

48. As would I radical liberal....

Even in our scarce society we are supposed to hold women up on a pedestal if they choose to have a litter. I don't understand it.

[GOPisEvil]

2. I, uh, er...

...just speechless...

[liberalhistorian]

3. I know, David,

me too! For once, I'm at a loss for words (no smartass comments, please!)

[Don_G]

4. Hitler Would've Been Proud

And I imagine Dimbo is too.

[ironflange]

11. I own a Nazi Motherhood Medal

Gold class. Some Deutschen Mutter had to squeeze out eight of them to win that one. Wonder what Huckabee had for Mrs. Jim Bob.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. They can only afford their education...

...because of those eeeeeevil socialist public schools. Unless they're filthy rich.

14 college tuitions? That gotta hurt.

[MountainLaurel]

25. 14 college tuitions?

I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that not too many of those kids get to college.

But. . . they very well might be cannon fodder in a few years.

[TheMightyFavog]

37. Well, this Jim-bob guy seems to have connections...

the kids that do go will prolly go to places like Bob Jones or Liberty or some other whacked-out fundiebot school.

[TheMightyFavog]

38. Actually....

The article says that these kids are homeschooled.

[UrbScotty]

7. God works miracles, doesn't He?

:-)

[ironflange]

8. Hey Jim Bob!

Ever heard of a vasectomy? Show a little responsibility!

[THUNDER HANDS]

9. okay, I'll comment

This woman is fucking crazy and should be locked in a mental institution, not given a medal.

How can she raise 14 kids?

How can she give them all individual attention.

She thinks she's birthing them out for god. THAT RIGHT THERE, should get her a one-way-ticket to the looney bin.

[stopthegop]

14. once again...someone that thinks differently then people here

belongs in a mental institution....Hello Uncle Joe!

[THUNDER HANDS]

17. it's not that she's thinking differently, she's NOT THINKING at all

She's blinded by religious devotion.

She's putting her own health at risk and her children's welfare.

[stopthegop]

22. what happened to "choice"?

she can do as she likes with her health...and the article doesn't sound like the kids are at risk...except by having parents you disagree with...

have a good evening

[THUNDER HANDS]

45. choice is choice....this is a psychological problem

This is like those religious nuts who don't get their kids vaccinated because they think God will heal their kids.

It's criminal and so is having 14 kids because you think God wants you to.

She'll probably have 14 more if she could.

It's just wrong. And something is definatly not right with this woman.

[ikojo]

49. I would like to know how healthy the last few kids are...

Do any of them have Downs? It appears she is having a kid a year and that is TOUGH on a body. The older one gets the more likely it is to have a baby with Downs.

Also, just because a family can afford 14 kids does not mean it is a wise decision. ONE American uses more resources than a family of comparable size in the "third world", but yet many Americans bemoan the number of children born in "third world" countries. What would people celebrating her "choice" to birth 14 children say if she and her husband were not so well situated financially? OH I know what many would say behind closed doors.

I come from a family of seven kids and think it was incredibly irresponsible of my parents to bring so many kids into this world (in a ten year period my mom had seven kids). I am not proud of that fact. I have never wanted kids because I felt my mom had too many. She could not give us individual attention and expected the older ones to help with the younger ones whether they wanted to or not. It's not fair to the older ones to be expected to be parents to younger siblings. FYI: I am the youngest girl.

My uncle told me that my mom was so overwhelmed with kids by the time I was born that she rarely held me to feed me and I was left in my crib a lot of the time. Growing up I could not WAIT to be away from all those PEOPLE and be alone.

[arcane1]

18. that is hardly fair

saying he thinks this woman belongs in one, is not the same as saying that anyone who thinks "differently than people here" belong in one. That is a strawman arguement, first of all, and second there is no lock-step "proper" thinking being enforced here

[stopthegop]

26. my post says 'someone', not anyone...

and it's not a strawman...MagicRat said she should be institutionalized, because he thinks differently than she does...

[arcane1]

30. correction

he said she should be institutionalized because he thinks she is crazy

big difference

[stopthegop]

36. OK..true..but he thinks she's crazy because she doesn't

think like he does...different world view...not irrational behavior

[arcane1]

39. so there is no such thing as crazy, I suppose

they just have different world views...


here's a crazy idea- let MagicRat speak for himself, instead of mind-reading.

:eyes:

[stopthegop]

41. I will.....

but your kidding yourself if you think it's other than a knee jerk reaction...criticizing any other life style choice like that would be 'bigotry'...but not in this case
have a good evening

[arcane1]

42. yours was the knee-jerk reaction

MR commented on a single person, a single "opinion", and you extended that for him. I'm not fooled

you have a fabulous evening

[stopthegop]

43. you're not fooled...you're misreading...but

it's unimportant

[AngryAmish]

46. 2 of my great-grandmothers should have been locked up

Each had 20 kids. No family tales of lunacy, however.

[absyntheNsugar]

13. COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE

14 kids in todays day and age, when ONE kid in the US does more damage to the world than 3 from a developing nation....

UGH

[Lorien]

51. Agreed, but not only that

it's pretty much impossible to put quality time-hell, ANY kind of time, into each of those children individually in that situation. I use to work with a woman who had 13 siblings, and she was one of the most poorly adjusted human beings I've ever known! She was abusive to her own kids, her marriage was a mess, she would actually snatch food away from people when she was hungry (she said it was "everyone for themselves" at her dinner table; kids acting like wolves, or else they might not get anything to eat!) she couldn't hold down a job, and to top it all off, she's a Rush Limbaugh dittohead Freeper!Granted, she came from a lower middle class Catholic family that didn't have the finacial resources (or time) for a family of that size.

Someone should send that woman a case of condoms.

[flamingyouth]

15. They have to be getting some gov. assistance

...Food stamps, subsidized health care or something. How can they afford to (birth and) raise 14 kids without it??? And they probably comment on all the "lazy welfare cheats" out there. When I read stuff like this, I just get livid. :grr:

http://www.populationinstitute.org

[webjamn]

31. Irresponsible??

I am the youngest of thirteen children. My parents were Roman Catholic and didn't believe in birth control. We never received any assistance from the government or anybody else. While I do agree that people should not have more children than they can afford to support, it is ridiculous to assume that anyone with that many kids is irresponsible. My parents were incredible people and it was their right to have that many children despite what you might think. I would never choose to have that many children but I don't look down on those who decide to.

[U of M Dem 07]

52. My dad is the fifth

of twelve children. They grew up in a loving, stable home with no government assitance. Every single one of them are still completely healthy and have jobs and healthy family lives. My grandparents were Roman Catholic, also. I completely agree with you, webjamn, "it is ridiculous to assume that anyone with that many kids is irresponsible," and "it was their right to have that many children despite what you might think." :)

[IronLionZion]

19. hmm

I think it would be more Christan to adopt kids but whatever. This isn't Communist China.

[Fenris]

20. What effect would fourteen pregnancies have on a vagina?

:shrug:

[cmf]

27. There are all sorts of pelvic floor problems that can happen

Prolapsed bladder, rectum, or uterus among other problems. It ain't pretty.

[Fenris]

33. Thanks for the information

[cmf]

24. Well I hope her award provides her great comfort -

when she has a prolapsed bladder from pushing out so many babies. I can understand recognizing someone who adopted that many children, but for breeding? Give me a break. The world is overpopulated as it is.

[Robb]

32. I think a guiding principle should be

...if your children could be subject to the "too many men on the ice" rule by themselves, it's time to stop. :)

But that's just me. Different strokes, and all.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

34. "too many men on the ice"....

now thats funny. Well put, Robb.

[TheMightyFavog]

35. We have pictures!!!

Granted these seem quite dated, though









Doesn't that guy remind you of either a sleazy televangelist, or a Branson, Missouri lounge act?

[Robb]

40. Good gravy.

Just so long as they don't burst into song, I'll be fine.

do-mi-mi, mi-so-so, re-fa-fa, la-ti-ti....!:D

[Cuban_Liberal]

44. Paddy's one of fourteen, folks.

While I may not personally agree that having 14 kids is a great idea, others have different ideas. If they are good parents to their children, who are we to judge? :shrug:

[Blue_Tires]

50. been there done that

A story I wrote last christmas...woman has 15 kids, ages 16-2(!) Had one kid a year for 15 years, and she's still in her 30s...You have to wonder if the husband was still alive, would they be on 17 or 18 now???

Big family gets a lot of Christmas love after loss
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by Scott M. Lowe Jr.
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Jan. 1, 2004
If Charles Dickens' masterpiece "A Christmas Carol" had been re-written for the modern era, it might read something like this.

A dozen county representatives from the department of social services, the sheriff's department and the fire department visited the 15-child Dorsey household in Marlton on Christmas Eve to donate toys and food. Daphne Dorsey, mother of the family, was widowed in June 2002 when her husband Jonathan Sr. died at 37 from complications suffered after a liver transplant.

As the family struggles to make ends meet, county leaders stepped in to make sure that the spirit of Christmas wasn't lost. "This is an exciting day for Prince George's. We believe in giving and sharing, and people in the administration all chipped in to make this Christmas special," said James Dula, deputy chief administrative officer for the county Department of Health and Human Services.

Dula, playing the role of Santa, spent the afternoon giving gifts to the children, who beamed with delight. The Dorsey clan unwrapped some of their gifts and found dolls, action figures, books, a LEGO set, bicycles, and a basketball. The items and food were donated from a variety of county and private sources, and cries of "thank you" bounced around the house.

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