"Supermum to 17 - and all hers"

[Smaland]

http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/michelle-460.jpg


When Michelle (Brunton) tells people about her brood of 17, "their jaws drop". Then they ask if they have misheard.

"It usually takes three times before people believe me," says Michelle, who with husband Peter think bigger is better when it comes to family.

Link to full article (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10643755)

[The Lawspeaker]

This woman should get a medal !

[jerney]

Quality over quantity imo.

[The Lawspeaker]

Quality over quantity imo.
But still.. this is real preservationism at work for ya !:thumb001:

[Grumpy Cat]

This woman should get a medal !

Not necessarily. What if she decides to not pass along her culture to the kids?

[The Lawspeaker]

Not necessarily. What if she decides to not pass along her culture to the kids?
There you have a good point. :eek:

[Grumpy Cat]

There you have a good point. :eek:

Yeah, exactly. I may not have any kids now but if I have them I will pass on my culture to them.

Shit, the day the pregnancy test shows up with the blue line I'll be blocking every English-language channel on my digital cable box.

[jerney]

Not necessarily. What if she decides to not pass along her culture to the kids?

I don't she gives a shit about "preversation", she's just some religious freak making a Jesus army

[Grumpy Cat]

I don't she gives a shit about "preversation", she's just some religious freak making a Jesus army

Yeah,. exactly.

[SwordoftheVistula]

Quality over quantity imo.

Looks like they have both. This isn't one of the shitty welfare families that gets portrayed in the Daily Mail, the dad runs a hardware store and the mother homeschools them, and the kids work in the shop, except 4 who have grown up and gotten married.

[jerney]

Looks like they have both. This isn't one of the shitty welfare families that gets portrayed in the Daily Mail, the dad runs a hardware store and the mother homeschools them, and the kids work in the shop, except 4 who have grown up and gotten married.

Kids who would just as easily marry an Asian if they were Godly enough..

[SwordoftheVistula]

Kids who would just as easily marry an Asian if they were Godly enough..

90%+ of the population is not racist to that degree. Unless there's some correlation between family size and interracial marriages, which I have not seen any evidence of.

[Bridie]

What a great family. :) (I read the whole article.)



Quality over quantity imo.There's no reason to believe that the children are of poor "quality". :ohwell:

[Smaland]

If they could afford it, the national governments of Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Canada and the U.S. would do well if they funded motherhood prizes; only for true Europeans, of course. They would be doing their bit for preservation, and I believe that Russia already does something like this. :)

[Bridie]

If they could afford it, the national governments of Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Canada and the U.S. would do well if they funded motherhood prizes; only for true Europeans, of course. They would be doing their bit for preservation, and I believe that Russia already does something like this. :)There needs to be some kind of public recognition and appreciation for mums like this, for sure. For all of the incredibly hard work they put in day in, day out and all of the selfless sacrifices they make.

Furthermore, there needs to be some kind of public recognition and appreciation for the fathers also. I can't believe articles such as this one don't even mention the father of the children!! It surely is an amazing achievement to take responsibility for 17 children and raise them to adulthood.