We're all following the ongoing saga of Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom. She's the mother of 14 children, including 8 babies.
And there's Angelina Jolie. We keep hearing she has plans for more.
Then there's Michelle Duggar, pictured above, whose 18th child was born a few weeks before Suleman's.
All of these Extreme Moms have different reasons for bringing multiple babies into the world. (Actually we'll have to hand it to Angelina. Some of hers were already here.)
The Duggars are part of an extremely conservative patriarchal religious group called "Quiverfull" that sees any kind of birth control as a form of abortion. The moms are called "maternal missionaries." All of the children are home schooled.
I sincerely hope and pray that all of these multiple sets of children who must share one or two parents get what they need to become fully functional, healthy adults. But I'm nervous for them.
The Quiverfull movement is taken from a couple of verses in the book of Psalms, 127:3-5:
Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.
Yikes!
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