Eight Bundles of Joy?

What a weird, bizarre story. I think one of the saddest things about the whole story of this family is that Ms. Suleman based her life decisions on her own insecurities, without seeming regard for the consequences. She already had 6 children. She now has a total of 14. She is not working and unmarried. How is she going to financially care for so many children? How is she going to be there emotionally for them, so that each one of them will feel the love and care that children need?

The children are small and face a great risk of future health implications. The expectation that the government will continue to pay for the upbringing of children that she voluntarily chose to have, irresponsibly, also perturbs me. It is one thing to become pregnant within the context of a stable relationship or involuntarily. It's quite another to make a conscious choice to bring eight lives into this world. It's sad that one person's self-centered obsession can have such an effect on so many people.

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