Children by the Dozen
January 23rd, 2007 by adri3nn3
<– Here is a picture of the Jeub Family, one of the series of families in TLC’s "Children by the Dozen" programs. If you can’t read the inscription it says, "Children are a heritage from the Lord." And the website reads:
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.
They will not be put to shame
When they contend with their enemies in the gate.
-Psalm 127:3-5
Um, yea…about that. I didn’t see this particular episode, but I did watch the Heppners one last night. The Heppners, a god-fearing people from Minnesota, have 16 children. They have Biblical names like Abraham, Micah, Moses, Jebidiah…whatever, you name it. They look like a blonde army of drones…I’m not kidding, it’s creepy.
Throughout the show, the Heppners described their difficulties paying for their kids crap- you know, they had to shoot their own deer, get clothes from good will, rely on donations from others…whatever…so that the parents could keep pumping out children like a f-ing tennis ball machine.
I ask…why? Why is it necessary for one family to burden the rest of society with your stinking kids? If you can’t afford children…umm…don’t have them. Seriously- it takes more than love to raise a kid…it takes a little green too, you know.
And why is it sooo necessary that every bloody sperm or egg in the world be given the chance to procreate? If that were the case we’d have run out of natural resources tens of thousands of years ago. I know that some of my psycho-Catholic relatives might disagree with me on this one…but single gametes were meant to be disposable, sorry.
And, no, I don’t think an overcrowded Bible-beating society is exactly a gift from god. From the website: "Without God’s conviction in our life we would likely have stopped with four children."
What? I don’t think God, if there is a God, really gives a damn if you pump out like zero babies or more than that.
They have a lovely family…but stay away from my uterus, freaks.



















