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Originally Posted by Ammi
....hmmm, this is a funny one, I'm not sure what my thoughts are about it...to an extent I agree with Livia, there is so much we take from early childhood that helps form our adult characters and if she is a great mother and inspiration and wisdom to her children, I think someone like that would benefit a young life hugely...I'm sure for any of us who have had great people in our lives who we have lost, whatever much time we've had with them, we would rather have had that than never had them at all...I'm also kind of assuming that with the size of her family, she has made provisions for the children to be well cared for and loved if anything did happen with her health and she wasn't able to look after them...also, I guess at 65yrs, she could still possibly be with them until they are adults....
...I think what does bother me though is the ethics of it all, it kind of feels as though she's some kind of 'experiment' type thing....I wouldn't have thought that there are many 65yr olds who would want to have a baby at that time in life and she already has 13 children so has fully experienced motherhood, it's not something she feels she wants to experience for the first time etc..so even if she wanted this, it was ultimately a medical decision that allowed it and was it just to see if it was possible with disregard for her health and welfare/age because it would be obvious that it would gain attention....I mean even if she were much younger, with 13 children already...should the medical profession support and agree to her want to have a 14th and offer her fertility treatment to achieve it....hmmmm....
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It's all well and good making decisions about having child after child but expecting your children to raise them for you? I don't think that's acceptable.
she has a 10yr old as well as these 4 babies (if they all survive) and possibly others under 18, passing the responsibility for all those children onto others would be unfair.