Woman gives birth to her 17th child
I typically try to veer away from talking about parents and kids on this blog, choosing instead to celebrate the growing number of non-parents out there in the world. But every now and again comes a news story about parenting gone berserk that simply must be highlighted.
In this case, it's the story of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, who've just had their 17th child. That's right. One seven. And what's the first thing Michelle's mind after giving birth (one imagines the babies just fall out at this point)?
[LINK to article | LINK to the Duggar's Web site]
In this case, it's the story of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, who've just had their 17th child. That's right. One seven. And what's the first thing Michelle's mind after giving birth (one imagines the babies just fall out at this point)?
"We'd love to have more," Michelle said, adding that the girls are outnumbered seven to 10 in the family. "We love the ruffles and lace."I suspect that the Duggar's are part of the Quiverfull movement, which believes that women should have as many babies as God gives them and therefore eschew all forms of birth control. You'd think 17 kids would actually be birth control--who has time to have sex with all those mouths to feed--but apparently not.
[LINK to article | LINK to the Duggar's Web site]
4 Comments:
The Quivefull website listed reason #10 for having more babies: that you create more souls for heaven...and leave the 90,000 diapers down here on earth that the Duggars have used so far, I guess?
"Michelle has been pregnant for 126 months – or 10.5 years – of her life." Giving birth is her CAREER. I regard her with unmitigated horror (and shudder to think of the condition of her reproductive organs!).
I hope they can afford all these children. It's my observation that people with too many children tend to like to leave them with family, friends, the guy next door etc. And they also expect some amount of 'special help' from the gov't. They must be filthy stinking rich.
If they all grow up to be productive, contributing citizens - then kudos for the parents.
But from a health point of view - that just ain't right!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bob_Duggar
Her repro system is probably very healthy. It's not as though it wears out. My mother looks like a million bucks. (FWIW, she now advises younger women NOT to "biblically submit" to breeder-machining as she did.)
@ Anonymous 13/10/07 5:59 AM -
They leave them with the oldest siblings.
And even if they all do grow up to be productive, contributing citizens? It's okay for the oldest kids to have spent their formative years doing substitute parenting?
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