[vladimir998]

There’s nothing wrong with having 12 kids...one or two at a time.

Having 8 at one time, on the other hand, with no husband in sight, while depending on your own parents for support, and having 6 other kids at home under age 8 makes you look like an alley cat having a litter.

[gidget7]

I quite agree. For the record, I was raised in a large family, there were 12 of us kids, and we always had a couple extras staying with us at one time or another for various reasons. Family, friends, one parent in the hospital or something like that. I wouldn't have had it any other way. No we didn't have much, but what we had we were grateful for and we never went without needs of any kind.

[pbmaltzman]

There’s nothing wrong with having 12 kids...one or two at a time.

Having 8 at one time, on the other hand, with no husband in sight, while depending on your own parents for support, and having 6 other kids at home under age 8 makes you look like an alley cat having a litter.

The real problem is that a lot of people don't distinguish between the two situations!!

[eclecticEel]

Well, having 8 kids (at once) is unnatural; that never just ‘happens’.