I think 18 children is irresponsible in an age of overpopulation, global warming and climate change. It is not something that I would celebrate.

Seriously..I agree. There is no way ANYONE could give each kid attention. I am sick of ppl glorifying more kids. Like the world isnt populated enough. What is the purpose..bc pills do not kill babies...Im sick of hearing if God wants us to get pregnant it will happen...no its your having sex when you ovulate!!!!!!!!!!!

Having that many children is pathological. It's selfish and irresponsible as well. The older children are raising the little ones more than mom and dad. This denies the younger ones an essential bond and denies the older kids time to just be kids. If you don't believe in birth control, try abstaining. It's also a shame that they exploit their odd lifestyle and tv viewers tune in and essentially pay for their mini-colony.

Having that many children could hardly be considered as selfish. Getting an abortion, however, that is selfish. Not having children so you can focus on yourself, that is selfish. They are an example of probably the most --unselfish people. We live in a world that lives by the 'two kids is enough' standard. Why? More money to spend on the parents and spoil the two children with. Also, that many children doesn't deny the children a bond, I know this, because there are a family of 13 and a family of 12 who are very close friends of mine, and those children are the most genuinely happy, grateful, and all around loving children I have ever come in contact with. None of them are the least bit attention starved.

Odd? Having morals is hardly odd. (Well, okay, nowadays it is) The world might be a better place if more people were 'odd'. Raising your children with standards; teaching them to be polite; hey, if that is odd, we need more of that.

If God does want you to get pregnant, it will happen. End of story. He is bigger than birth control. As a mother, it is almost hypocritical to say more kids is not a good thing. What if you had more? Would you be sick of yourself?

Better to have 18 children that are actually raised to -be- responsible than 2 that aren't.

Coming from a family of 10, though not 18, I have no regrets about the number of my siblings. I was never lonely, and never once did I feel my parents denied any of us attention.

Whether or not you have a certain amount of children does not determine whether they can be considered "selfish" or not. For most people, by not having so many children it's a way of making sure you are able to maintain a reasonable economic situation, so that your children can grow up happy in a good home, a good environment, and go to college. At least, that's what my parents wanted for us.

Just because they've had so many children doesn't mean they have good morals, either. Have they planned out a way (without other people's help, of course) to get all 18 of their children through college? Imagine, it costs thousands upon thousands of dollars to save up for one person's four years, even with their help. Is it responsible of them to be dependant on other people? My parents had three children, does that make them bad people? No, it means that they were responsible and thought ahead. The choice is for you to make, though, and nobody else should try to change how these people run their lives.

If God is real (for those of you out there who believe) and he has a master plan, everything from the moment the universe was created and until it's gone has already been predetermined. If something is going to happen it will happen. If you're pregnant, then you're pregnant. The option to have an abortion is there because God created us with the ability to do it. He gave us everything we needed to come up with this, if he hadn't wanted the possibility to occur he wouldn't have given anyone the chance.