We Have Serious Problems
Let’s set aside the fact that we are causing global warming, destroying the rain forest, co2 emissions and all that bad stuff. We’re overfishing the oceans causing irreparable damage to the food chain. It’s a fact that the damage we’ve caused in the past 100 years far exceed what humans have caused in the past 1 million years.
But let’s look at something simple. In order to maintain an ongoing equal population every couple needs to reproduce 2.1 children.
What’s wrong with that picture? The woman you see in the middle is not a 80 year old grandmother but the mother of the newborn. That is the 18th child and she is 44 years old.
Okay, so having a big family is great…one giant happy family…blah. How much are they costing the Canadian government in health and welfare benefits? If too many couples decide to have 10 or more children we will have some serious problems.
And she is 44 years old but has no intentions to stop popping out babies as long as god keeps on giving them to her. I guess some people will view that as respectable, but I think such behavior is not good for society.
For more on this story visit http://news.aol.com/article/woman-44-gives-birth-to-18th-child/104381
I have nothing against people having as many kids as they want. But the important thing is that a family should be self-reliant. If you have 8 or 16 kids and are depending on welfare and food stamps…that is not fair. If you were not able to support them on your own, why should the taxpayers foot the bill?
The first world societies depend on responsible behavior. If too many people fall out of the norm then the system becomes broken. It is difficult to figure out why any guy would shag a woman who looks like that to create the 18th child but I really hope I don’t see too many of these kind of headlines.
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August 14, 2008 at 12:50 pm
This story has been covered extensively. The father works in constructions and supports his family alone. Make sure you read the whole story next time.