Octuplets, Single Mother: Let’s Be Positive!

Posted by singlemom

February 7, 2009 |

In truth, I have hesitated to bring this subject up here. “Why?” You may ask. “Isn’t this a single mom blog?” Yes, yes it is. But I still hesitated.

Why? Because of what I don’t want to have happen on this blog. What is that? People posting negative things about this mother, the doctor, their money, or the children. I have heard and read enough of this kind of thing.

So, why did I decide to bring it up? First, I am hoping that the people who read this blog can be mature and respectful about the subject. Second, it is my job to write about subjects concerning single mothers. Third, I wanted to try to do things a little differently than others have.

So, here are my feelings about the single mother with octuplets:

She is not just a single welfare mother sitting around on her butt all day doing nothing. She is a responsible mother who has proven that she is serious about her education and making her childrens’ lives better. She is working toward an ultimate goal.
She is not out, as far as I can tell, sleeping with a lot of different men. And the sperm donor for each of her children seems to be one man, which means that her children are all full-blooded siblings, not half-siblings like mine.
She loves children, and she treats them well as far as I have heard. Good for her! I witness too many welfare and non-welfare parents who couldn’t care less about their children. Many didn’t want children to begin with. Her children all stand a better chance in life than those other children.
She has the education and the ability to make a great deal of money in order to support her children. And, yes, it can be done by a single mother on one income.
If her welfare insurance is anything like mine, the state is not required to pay the full cost of the baby’s birth and subsequent care. Therefore, taxpayers aren’t paying near as much as they think. On another note, we also only pay (welfare) taxes if we own property. I looked at my property taxes, and more than 60% goes toward school taxes. The other two categories are very low in cost. I have homeschooled for nine years. Why is it fair that a homeschool family must pay school taxes they don’t use? I pay them without throwing a huge fit, even though I would rather pay more for the birth of babies than to a school system that I don’t even like.
I noticed an awful lot of complaints about how this mother is going to pay to raise her family. On the other hand, those same people take issue with the ‘career’ path that she wanted to take. Personally, I hope she gets to do it. She will be paying a lot more in taxes by having that career than most of the people who are complaining. This, of course, would mean that she is paying more to support welfare recipients in her lifetime than said people will. That career would also ensure that she is not on welfare any longer. She has the education. And, she loves children. Why not?

Those are my views, sane or not. I don’t mind people commenting, but I will delete anything that is not written in a respectful manner - no matter which side you take.

Shannon

P.S. I would also rather be paying (welfare) taxes than paying for this bailout that we taxpayers are now responsible for.

P.S.S. Here are some links if you would like to check them out:

American Woman Gives Birth to Live Octuplets

Octuplets Born in California doing ‘Very Well’

Octuplets’ Mother Already has Twins, Four Other Children

Octuplets’ Mom was Hoping for Just One More Girl, Grandmother Says