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shenmue

(38,604 posts) Wed Nov 19, 2014, 05:26 PM Nov 2014

Move over, Duggars: Meet the family with 34 children...

http://www.today.com/parents/national-adoption-month-meet-couple-34-children-1D80298344?adbid=10152907114841350&adbpl=fb&adbpr=12566691349&cid=sm_fb_adobe_20141118_35807047

From the article:

Ask Jeane Briggs about her kids, and the conversation can last a long time, spanning many names and continents, and containing enough joy and heartache to fill several lifetimes.

That’s what happens when you’re a mom of 34 kids — five biological and 29 adopted.

Briggs and her husband Paul began adopting children almost 30 years ago, and they’re not done expanding their family yet.

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Move over, Duggars: Meet the family with 34 children... (Original Post) shenmue Nov 2014 OP

sounds like these folks have good hearts CatWoman Nov 2014 #1

Everyone needs a hobby. I collect stamps. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #2

They're happy and the children are happy and I suppose that's all that matters. BlueJazz Nov 2014 #3

Some people raise cattle. nt valerief Nov 2014 #4

29 of them adopted, I'm fine with that. The five by natural birth break my personal code. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #5

Yup, hugely different than Duggars LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #6

Adopting rather than having many = more responsible than the Duggars, IMO. n/t Triana Nov 2014 #7

I thought so, too. shenmue Nov 2014 #8

Good for them...helping those in need while the Duggers are trying to prove they're rabbits... joeybee12 Nov 2014 #9

CatWoman

(80,334 posts)

1. sounds like these folks have good hearts

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 05:27 PM

Nov 2014

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

2. Everyone needs a hobby. I collect stamps. n/t

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 05:29 PM

Nov 2014

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

3. They're happy and the children are happy and I suppose that's all that matters.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 05:35 PM

Nov 2014

I don't want to have any children but I'm happy for those that want them.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

4. Some people raise cattle. nt

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 05:38 PM

Nov 2014

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

5. 29 of them adopted, I'm fine with that. The five by natural birth break my personal code.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 05:59 PM

Nov 2014

Leave the world intact, do not take more than can be replenished. Do not add to the world's problems, including the present unsustainable population.

Glad that most of the children are adopted, that's huge!

LondonReign2

(5,213 posts)

6. Yup, hugely different than Duggars

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 06:01 PM

Nov 2014

pumping out a football team all by themselves

Triana

(22,666 posts)

7. Adopting rather than having many = more responsible than the Duggars, IMO. n/t

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 06:11 PM

Nov 2014

shenmue

(38,604 posts)

8. I thought so, too.

Reply to Triana (Reply #7)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 06:13 PM

Nov 2014

I would love to adopt, but I can't afford it right now.

There are so many kids who need homes. If the pro-lifers want to call themselves that, instead of harassing people at clinics, they could just take in all the kids who are currently in foster care.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

9. Good for them...helping those in need while the Duggers are trying to prove they're rabbits...

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 06:21 PM

Nov 2014

KNR

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