Heroic mother has her 15th, wants more

God bless this lovely woman:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e/fifteen_kids
In this day and age of rampant self-indulgence, here is a role model
of loving self sacrifice and family joy.

"jitney" wrote in message
om...
God bless this lovely woman:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e/fifteen_kids
In this day and age of rampant self-indulgence, here is a role model
of loving self sacrifice and family joy.

Oh, contrairre. In a world that is already overpopulated, where there are
many children without parents, giving birth to 15 children is nothing short
of self-indulgent, selfish, and irresponsible.


--
Byron "Barn" Canfield
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"Politics is a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles."
-- Ambrose Bierce

Am I mistaken, or is the same family that was featured in a "Parents" article?



(jitney) wrote in message . com...
God bless this lovely woman:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e/fifteen_kids
In this day and age of rampant self-indulgence, here is a role model
of loving self sacrifice and family joy.

"Byron Canfield" wrote
Oh, contrairre. In a world that is already overpopulated, where there are
many children without parents, giving birth to 15 children is nothing
short
of self-indulgent, selfish, and irresponsible.

I think as long as someone can care for them, they can have as many kids as
they want and it's none of anyone else's business.

Jill

"Jill" wrote in message
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"Byron Canfield" wrote
Oh, contrairre. In a world that is already overpopulated, where there
are
many children without parents, giving birth to 15 children is nothing
short
of self-indulgent, selfish, and irresponsible.

I think as long as someone can care for them, they can have as many kids
as
they want and it's none of anyone else's business.

Jill

I agree with Jill.

But I don't think that having her 15th child makes her any more of a role
model than any other loving parent, I don't care if it's one child, 5, or
15. I don't see why the OP wants God to Bless her, again, any more than any
of the rest of us with kids need blessing.

From the perspective of someone who has dealt with infertility and adopted,
I'd say she's been blessed by God already, 15 times over.
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Jamie said:


But I don't think that having her 15th child makes her any more of a role
model than any other loving parent

ITA. It's not some sort of selfless act on her part to have 15 kids; it's what
she and her husband want to do. It would be another story if they took in 15
kids with problems to raise!

I think it's great for her to have 15 kids, if she wants. Most people think
I'm some kind of superwoman for having 5! But it's all about what you want to
do, and being the best parent you can be to however many kids you are blessed
with.

Leslie

"Leslie" wrote in message
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Jamie said:


But I don't think that having her 15th child makes her any more of a role
model than any other loving parent

ITA. It's not some sort of selfless act on her part to have 15 kids; it's
what
she and her husband want to do. It would be another story if they took in
15
kids with problems to raise!

Agreed!

I think it's great for her to have 15 kids, if she wants. Most people
think
I'm some kind of superwoman for having 5! But it's all about what you
want to
do, and being the best parent you can be to however many kids you are
blessed
with.

Leslie

Also agreed. I don't think having lots of kids makes anyone "heroic".
It's just their choice and since it's what they want they're lucky to have
that many.

(jitney) wrote in message . com...
God bless this lovely woman:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e/fifteen_kids
In this day and age of rampant self-indulgence, here is a role model
of loving self sacrifice and family joy.

I'm glad for her and all, but to my mind, you're heroic and a model
of self-sacrifice if you're taking care of fifteen abandoned and
homeless children. If you choose to have fifteen of your own,
you're just being a parent to the number of children you desire,
same as anyone else. Saying it's heroic actually makes it sound
awful - we call people heroes when they bravely do awful things.
These parents don't sound like they think having a really big
family is awful!

Beth

"jitney" wrote in message
om...
God bless this lovely woman:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e/fifteen_kids
In this day and age of rampant self-indulgence, here is a role model
of loving self sacrifice and family joy.

I am not sure how having 15 children constitutes self sacrifice. Call my
nuts.

S

Stephanie Stowe wrote:
I am not sure how having 15 children constitutes self sacrifice.
Call my nuts.

You have nuts, Stephanie? What a surprise! And what would you like us to
call them? ducking and running
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