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Could you see yourself raising 19 kids?

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The Duggars (19,+2 miscarriages)

The Bates (19, +2 miscarriages)

Katie Davis (13 adopted children)

The Browns (18, by 4 different women)

The Kardashion's ( 10, step children included)

The Gosselin's (8, twins and sixtuplets)

The Hayes (12)

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I don't think i would ever want to..

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  • 8 years ago
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    Definitely not. I don't have any sort of problem with large families, provided that the kids are well looked after and the parents can afford to raise them. I just don't think that a family that large would be right for me. The most that I could see myself being able to handle is four or five.

  • No way could I do that. I know that I wouldn't be capable of raising so many children. I don't have a problem with such large families, it is their choice and I applaud them if they manage to raise twenty healthy kids but there is always the chance that some of the kids would be left out and wouldn't get the attention and love that they needed. If you see some reality Tv shows about such large families you see that often an older child is in charge of a younger one and they basically raise them. I don't agree that kids should have to raise their siblings, help out most certainly but not raise them.

    It can work though, the Duggars managed to raise and homeschool 19 healthy kids that haven't turned out to be murderers or rapists so they must have done something right.

    I guess what I am trying to say is that it depends on the family. Some families have the resources, patience and love to raise twenty kids. I want to have kids but I don't think I could manage more than two or three. I don't think I would manage to raise twenty kids without accidentally scarring one for life.

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    8 years ago

    No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no.

    I'm on the fence of wanting ONE kid when I'm older. 19? No way. You could play a full basketball game, with alternates for each team and a few "fans" in the stands. You could have a band. A small one, but still. You could have like 3 rock bands. Think of the table that would be needed to seat them all...think of preparing food for all of them.

    Nope. Absolutely not.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    No, because it would be a lot of money, and a lot of resources used up.

    And plus, you would need a really big house for that, at least ike 10 bedrooms, and most people don;t have that or cannot afford that.

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  • 8 years ago

    A netfriend of mine has 19 kids. I want to ne a mom but nineteen kids is WAY too much

  • 8 years ago

    Noooo way!

    I've been struggling to get my head around the fact I'm going to be raising 1 baby, let alone 19!

  • 8 years ago

    FU*CK NO. No, nope, nope, nope. ALL ABOARD THE NOPES TRAIN TO FUCKTHATVILLE.

    I actually quite hate families like that. There are too many people on the planet as it is, and then you have families having hundreds of kids. It's ridiculous. It's madness. Could you imagine the life as well?! Could you imagine the bills for food, water, clothes!? It'd be insane! You'd have to school each and every one of them, then when they get older, buy them more necessities, imagine going on bloody HOLIDAY?!

    God, I can't even BEGIN to cover what they must have to go through on a regular basis. I would sooner die than waste my life away tending to so many children.

  • Nah, not something I see myself doing but then again, if I had a few children and then remarried someone else who had lots of children, i'd take them on because i'd obviously love the man i'd remarried and therefore i'd learn to love his children.

  • 8 years ago

    Nooo

  • Absolutely not.

    I'm going to have to jump onto that train to Fuckthatville. LMAO.

    Source(s): I would like to point out that I don't have a problem with it if the families are capable and wish to.
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