As far as Angelina and Brad go.. I’m not a big fan of either. But I cannot say anything bad concerning their parenting. And for them to adopt and give children a good home.. how can you really be against that?

And the lady with all the children.. well all I can do is pray for the children

Jon & Kate plus eight? Their children seem well cared for. They let them run a little wild in my opinion. But hell, I’ve never tried to raise 8 at the same time.

The Duggars.. They seem like a well adjusted family to me. They are not on any kind of assistance. And I have never seen any of those children back talk their parents. Mr. & Mrs. Duggar seem to love everyone of their children equally. And from what I’ve seen the kids have chores, but they are not the ones raising the kids. The parents are.

"Broker a deal with Nadya — your children will be tended to, and stay with you, but you must never appear on television or give another interview…………Perhaps some would see that as rewarding irresponsible behavior, but the children would be assured proper care."

You’re kidding, right?

While we may question this woman’s judgement,  motives,  and perhaps  even her clarity, we must remember that the only sure consequence of villafying her will be a lack of support and donnations for her eight premature babies, as well as the rest of her family, some of whom do and will most likely have some special needs.  Maybe it is time to put our outrage behind and find a way to help turn this questionable situation into something positive. Humanity at its best allows us to help even those with whom we profoundly disagree.

I so emphatically don’t care.

You see, several years ago I came to the conclusion that 99.99% of what was on TV was complete brain rot.  I’ve been purchasing my favorite series on DVD and been watching Emergency, Adam 12, Remmington Steele, Sci fi series etc.  So when the TV stations switched signals and most of the stations I could get over air went dead - I didn’t notice.

A pizza parlor I went to a few months back had some cable show blairing with some dysfunctional family on it.  The mother and teenage daughter kept reffering to eachother as complete b-aches.  Oh gag me with a spoon - who are they kidding?  Everyone knows they were saying bitch.  If you are going to have a potty mouth then come out and cuss like a sailor loudly and proudly.  There’s nothing classy about it but trying to hide it just makes them look all the more stupid.

What passes for news these days is enough to make Walter Conkite spin in his grave, and he’s not even dead yet.  If someone forced me at gunpoint to purchase access to a station on which I had to watch live TV it would be a PBS station.

Has anyone thought that Ms. Suleman might have MORE children.  She never said she would stop and likes having babies.   And I agree with C H.  Women are not just baby-making machines, cranking out kids like clockwork.  I remember someone saying to me when I was young that it was my duty to have kids.  Yikes that scares me to this day.

These 16 children should be the primary focus for the future.  Even if someone sponsors them and they are raised well and disabilities treated. Things happen.  

 I can tell you that sometimes death happens as is inevitable. In my family my mother had six children even though she had a heart defect from a childhood illness.  She left the family with a sudden heart attack leaving five children below the age of 13. We were taken care of by family luckily but it was not an easy road.  Along the way my five year old sister ran away from me at a park when I was seven and was killed by a drunk truckdriver.  That is something that can happen when the "older " children are mothering the younger ones.  We were lucky and grew up healthy etc and happy as children even in the circumstances.  But I think families with 7, 8, 16 children should not be used as good examples for other young vulnerable women.

I hope this is not off topic 

  It is a womans’ right to choose today and picturing an idyllic life when supported by donors orTV shows does not make it easier. Judy K is right. 

I have only caught Jon & Kate several times and then for only a few minutes, because it was so awful, but Kate always seemed angry at her husband. Same for the Duggers…I am only waiting for her to reach menopause and get her hair cut. They make me crazy - a 21st century side show….both families. Now we have the new litter mom working the system, with an agent yet. I’m with Liz, give her help, but NO publicity at all.

Those Taira kids are the most disgusting exploitation of little girls, parading around  with provocative outfits shaking their little butts. Then their mothers decided to enter the contest too and I almost died at that quite overweight mother strutting about on stage in a SWIM SUIT trying to win some sort of idiot crown too. I actually watched this, as could not believe it and became open mouthed hypnotized .