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Arkansas woman has 15th child
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| May 25, 2004
| Mike Wintroath / AP
Posted on 05/25/2004 9:06:38 PM PDT by projectile
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To: kcvl
A smart family. They gave birth to their work force and trained them well! What a great story!
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posted on
05/26/2004 10:25:11 AM PDT
by
twigs
To: cyborg
Good point. But what about the kids? How can 2 people do a good job at
parenting when they have their attention split between 15 children?
I'm certainly not in the touchy-feely-self-esteem for kids crowd, but pleeeeeease. All the cheering on this thread seems to come from the same crowd that constantly complains that taking care of 1 or 2 kids is an unbelievable burden on their sanity. So given that, how can a mom do a good job at parenting when she has been
1. pregnant non-stop since 1988?
2. has 14 other kids to mentor/raise/feed/advise/teach/?
It just doesn't pass the common sense test.
To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes
83
posted on
05/26/2004 10:35:10 AM PDT
by
cyborg
(tit for tat butter for fat hillary is ugly that's a fact)
To: xJones
,,, thanx for those kind words
xJ and my best wishes for your two offspring as well.
Years ago I thought three would have been a good number too. I told the ex that three filled the lighthouse keeper principle. She asked what that meant and I told her "if two kill each other in a card game or something, there's still one to man the light." Sense of humour wasn't enough to carry that one though. I remarried in February 2002 and we're working on the regeneration campaign now. As I've said on these sorts of threads before... I'm worth reproducing! [LOL]
To: Captain Peter Blood
I KNOW several Congress people in the State legislature and MOST of them are ignorant and arrogant. How do you know I haven't met him? Many of them go from bums to "legislating" to lobbying. At least he has a business and runs his life debt free. I admire him for that.
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posted on
05/26/2004 2:11:15 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: cyborg
"Arkansas cheaper by the dozen ping" See what happens at family reunions?
86
posted on
05/27/2004 5:47:30 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: sweetliberty
87
posted on
05/27/2004 5:48:48 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: cyborg
And you thought Jeff Foxworthy was kidding about southerners rednecks going to the family reunion to meet women wimmin.
88
posted on
05/27/2004 5:50:55 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: projectile
A friend of a friend has 16 children, with multiple sets of twins and triplets. I can't imagine it. I'd be bald.
89
posted on
05/27/2004 5:53:27 PM PDT
by
FourPeas
(Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. ~Ambrose Bierce)
To: projectile
My husband's father was one of 19, all single births.
These are his cousins:
90
posted on
05/27/2004 5:53:35 PM PDT
by
stands2reason
( During the cola wars, France was occupied by Pepsi for six months.)
To: sweetliberty
I LOVE Jeff Foxworthy and the 'blue collar' comedy tour hehehe
91
posted on
05/27/2004 5:53:58 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: stands2reason
Awwwww I just love it. The more the merrier!
92
posted on
05/27/2004 5:55:07 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: stands2reason
Your husband's cousins are the McCoy septs?
93
posted on
05/27/2004 5:56:14 PM PDT
by
maxwell
(Well I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation...)
To: cyborg
My parents BOTH came from large families and I can't say either of my grandmothers were very happy. Coming from a large family, I would concur. It sounds good in theory but it rarely is in practice, for both the parents and the children. Having that many children just aggravated existing situations and issues.
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posted on
05/27/2004 6:02:30 PM PDT
by
tortoise
(All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
To: tortoise
Yes exactly! It sounds good in theory but I wonder about actual real life situations.
95
posted on
05/27/2004 6:06:43 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: stands2reason
Wow, they were on Oprah right? Got a Free Van too?
96
posted on
05/27/2004 6:10:57 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( It Puts The Lotion in the Basket or it gets the Hose Again........)
To: maxwell
Bobbie McCaughey's father is my husband's first cousin.
He's the last of six. One of his brothers has been married for 13 years next month and his number seven child is on the way.
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posted on
05/27/2004 6:11:18 PM PDT
by
stands2reason
( During the cola wars, France was occupied by Pepsi for six months.)
To: cmsgop
I'm guessing they were on Oprah. I didn't watch. :-) I know they've been on 20/20 though.
98
posted on
05/27/2004 6:13:48 PM PDT
by
stands2reason
( During the cola wars, France was occupied by Pepsi for six months.)
To: cyborg
"I LOVE Jeff Foxworthy and the 'blue collar' comedy tour hehehe" Me too. Those guys are great!
99
posted on
05/27/2004 6:18:57 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: fella; Petronski
Sorry folks, they're one of our'n. Baptist, that is. Not that that has a thing to do with anything. With the girls wearing only dresses and the kids wearing wetsuits
(wetsuits!) to go swimming, they don't sound like any Southern Baptists I know, but it's a big tent, I suppose.
As long as I'm not paying for them, and they're not being mistreated, it's none of my business how many kids they have. I don't get some of the people on this thread, who have a problem with this. I don't think growing up in a big family, or being "raised" by their older siblings deprives kids, or older siblings taking responsibility for their younger siblings is traumatizing or detrimental for kids. Our grandparents did it, and it didn't do them any harm. Everybody I know from a large family loves being from a large family and having all those brothers and sisters. The only thing that weirds me out about the whole thing is the wetsuits. That's a little extreme, if you ask me.
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posted on
05/27/2004 6:28:58 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
("The road to the promised land runs past Sinai."-C.S. Lewis)
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