Responsibilities of Having a Large Family: So Many Children, So Little Attention to Each One of Them

In an agrarian economy, so many helpers were needed on the farm. With the arrival of mechanic farming, farmers have not relied on the number of children to help them with farming chores. With the majority of Americans leaving the farm and living off other industries, one may wonder why a single mother wants to have so many children when she said she was an only child who did not get all the attention she should have gotten. The birth of the octuplets has caused so many lively discussions all over the world. The women of Wowowow.com are adding their voice to this discussion too.

The question is whether mother had all these children because she wants to make money and profit? Keep in mind she had other children. A single mother chose to be in such a spotlight. Through artificial insemination, well, in vitro, she and her doctors agreed to have all these kids. What if many women wanted to do the same thing?
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"The mother of the world's longest-living octuplets is being deluged with offers for book deals, TV shows and other business proposals. Aside from the media attention and potential income from such, what is the effect on the children? With so many, can parents devote the attention needed for them all individually, and are the older siblings raising the younger ones? Are the parents shirking responsibility and taking away from the older siblings' childhoods?

The women of Wowowow.com discuss the implications and responsibilities of having large, multiple births."

Read their interview right on this website.