Topic : 02/19 Behind the Headlines: Octuplets Saga Continues

I know what this mother is thinking. I have a simular situation where the mom kept the kid only to use him as a meal ticket. I am afraid that is what this mother is doing. If she has all these children she will never have to work and will get world wide attention. My son has custody of my 2 grand children. His "wife"  got pregnant with another man and when he was murdered she filed for the survivors benefits. My son found out she was still married to someone else and had an annulment. When it came to the kids she didnt want them and gave them to him. She kept the baby because of the huge check he was getting from social security. I am convinced this woman is playing the system the same way. More kids, more money coming in and at first it looks like a great way to get huge amounts of money coming in for not working. There is NO way she can care for these children in a responsible mannor. If someone had these many cats or doge they would step in and remove them from the home, let alone children! Any form of quality care for these children is not even in the picture. I fear for the little ones. They are so precious and innocent if i were close i would care for them myself! I love babies and they are to small now to know what is happening. Imagine their lives in a year or 2! I think she loves all this attention and will keep in the limelight as long as she is able.  I think this attention is her "currency" and it is paying off big time. I only have ONE question for her....WHAT WERE YOU THINKING???!!!  SHE  needs help bad and so do these kids.

 I am a married mother of 7 kids 4 boys and 3 girls.  My kids are 14,12,10,7,5,2,and 6 months.   I just can't imagine all of them at the same time at the same age.  I really would love to talk to her personally to find out what was she thinking, really thinking.  The comments she had when talking to Ann Curry was nice and everything was polite.  But i did not get  feeling she was being honest.  I don't think she has thought this all the way out.  She made a decision without worrying about the future.  I don't think any sane person without a job and already having 6 kids would say "I need another one."  There has got to be something wrong with her.  So before we send 6 more kids home with her she should have to go through some kind of therapy.  Because if she could make a careless decision like having another baby while she really couldn't afford the first 6, how can we trust her to make the best decision with now 14 kid to look out for.  I am not saying take her kids from her.  I do believe her kids will be better of with her than in foster care.  But lets send them home to a mentally healthy mom.  As for how she will take care of them i have no clue she could work 2 full time jobs and not make enough.  She will have to rely on a lot of charity and probably assistance from the government.  A lot of people will be mad at this but the children are here now and they have to eat and have clothes, shelter and medical care. And I do believe the mother made this decision under mental illness.  So let's worry about these kids our anger is not going to change anything.  Also God bless her mother. 

Dr. Phil,

You want to dance around the root of the problem.  Yes, we all know that there are now children to be taken care of, but if the root of the problem is not fixed, people will continue to have children that they cannot support and expect the taxpayer to support.  No wonder there are so many angry taxpayers!!!!

The root of the problem needs fixed.  The only solution is to take the children while still newborns and put them up for adoption to a good home where they can be taken care of properly.  There are many people out there that cannot have kids of there own and would love and care for these children.  If the people like Nadia were forced to give kids they cannot support up for adoption, then maybe they would think twice before reproducing.  This is an ongoing problem that will not be solved until laws are changed to keep this from happening over and over again, even when it is not 8 children at a time.  Also the DR that did this procedure should have his license revoked immediately.  I am and many others are tired of the Nadia type soaking the system dry while the working taxpayer foots all their bills.  This madness has to stop!!!

I think people are angry because she wasn't in the position for any more kids. Everyone has a right to want children, but they also need to plan responsibly.

No it is not the childrens' faults, but it's upsetting that now the government and our tax money is going to pay for the mouths she can't feed. Why can't we all just have kids and no jobs and live off the government? What gives her and everyone else on assistance the right (please keep in mind I know some can't help needing assistance, I'm not talking about those people).

Let's just love one another. The world would be a happier place. I hope the best for her and her family.

I am outraged at the doctor that did this, I think his license needs to be taken away, and he needs to go to prision for what he did. The mother on the other hand needs a mental evaluation. She now has fourteen precious lives that depend on her. We the taxpayers are going to have to pay for stupid decision. I am sick and tired of foreigners coming to the United States and living off of the goverment.

My heart goes out to these precious lives, because they are so innoncent and have no idea what lies ahead of them growing up.