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Okay, so what is with this woman who had the 8 children??? 8 children, on top of an existing brood of six? And she has no job and lives in a 2 or 3 bedroom house with her parents who not long ago lost their own home and had to file for bankruptcy? And now the media is supposed to cannonize this woman and give her some sort of contract to be a "child care expert"? Does the phrase publicity stunt mean anything to you? And to think, people give Angelina Jolie a hard time-- she's at least appropriately financially situated to support her brood, and besides, she's got Brad Pitt, whether married to him or not-- he's nothing if not an extra set of hands!
I know its a slippery slope, but I have to say-- if you can concieve 14 children without the assistance of reproductive technologies and you'd like to take care of them, that's your business. If you want to adopt 14 children a la Mia Farrow and Miss Jolie-- there are agencies and mechanisms in place that will screen you... but is it really appropriate for someone to use donated sperm and IVF to achieve a family of 14? Can one person really properly care for 14 children (most specifically, 14 children under the age of 8, where 8 of them are *infants*?) It seems like Jon & Kate plus 8 have a hard enough time as it is and there are two of them!
I think that this woman has had her fifteen minutes of fame and she deserves no more and certainly not a book deal a movie deal or any other kind of sponsorship.
Then, speaking of sponsorships... Michael Phelps? Okay, I have to say this kid looked like an idiot from the outset so the pot usage really doesn't come as a shock, but note to people who find themselves on a box of Wheaties: try to lay off the illegal substances or otherwise run afoul of the law, at least until your cereal boxes have expired and/or been replaced by the next sports-figure-flavor of the month. Oh, and by the way, when a corporation has hired you to be their spokesperson based on your squeaky clean image as a sports hero... again, could you lay off the illegal activity? Or, alternatively, don't take endorsement money and then you can legitimately claim that you never wanted to be anybody's "role model".
That's all for now!
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The woman with the now 14 kids - her doctor should be brought up on charges. This has to be an ethics violation. Also, expect to see more of this kind of thing....Jon & Kate + 8....have you seen their new house? The money is rolling in and I am in no way implying that they had their kids to gain financially......or that they ever even intended to have 6 at once, but look where it has taken them. On one of the shows Kate said she gets email from people hoping to have 6 kids at once and she said it is a fertility nightmare that no one should want to happen to them. How did the woman afford IVF in the first place if she was living with her parents, has no job and no husband? I'm done ranting.
Agreed on all counts!!!
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