This blog made me mad for some reason. This woman is 32 and has had seven kids in less than 10 years and apparently plans to keep pumping them out. She writes this blog about her reasons for doing so.
She notes that it's difficult and not an ideal situation, that having so many children is "less comfortable, inconvenient and harder for me to do"
Missing from here reasons are:
--I love being a Mom
--I feel uniquely charged by God and driven to do this even thought it may not be right for everyone
--I feel extra gifted with resources such as money or energy level or physical and emotional strength that make it easier for me to care for many children
Her stated reasons:
primary reason:
God needs bodies to send all his spirit children and there's such a backlog that He commands all women (unsure whether this is all women or just the best women) to have tons of kids to push these spirit children out
secondary reasons:
It's hard as hell to have tons of kids and it provides a huge opportunity for growth for her
This is a hugely controversial issue. I come from a large family. I myself have more kids than the average American family, even more than the average Mormon family. Many of you do also. I think some Mormon families have too many kids and the kids get neglected and serious problems come as a result. But that's difficult to judge and has to be done case by case. I know of many large families that do adequate parenting to all their children and it's a positive environment.
I mainly don't like her reasoning. It's extremely self-righteous because she's taking a view outside the norms of Mormonism. In my sphere of influence of what maybe 500 families in my situation, I know only one that has had or is on the road to having as many kids as this woman (assuming she continues to pop them out and reaches double digits). In my parent's generation I know of quite a few families, but not in the current generation. And generally I think her reasons for having so many kids are terrible reasons.
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