After Google-ing Nadya Suleman's name, one of the first websites I came across was "The Nadya Suleman Family Website." My curiosity peaked and I clicked on the link, only to come across a main page displaying heart-wrenching photos of the premature octuplets covered in wires and tubes. At the top of the page there is a picture of Nadya, with a caption that reads, "Proud mother of 14 children." Proud indeed, I'm sure. Proud of the 8 newborns she successfully gave birth to? Yes. Proud of the 6 other children she already had? Yes. Proud of not being able to support her first six children, let alone the additional 8? I sure hope not. Proud of the selfishness of having children and relying on others to help care for all of them? You be the judge.
I do not believe Nadya Suleman deserves the title of "proud mother." Maybe "unstable mother," definitely "foolish mother," but most certainly not "proud mother." How can you be proud when your family website only has two links, one to comment about the octuplets, and the other to make a donation to the single mom who irresponsibly had 14 children to help cure her loneliness. I believe that the media’s critique of Nadya is well deserved, because what single mom in their right mind would possibly think that they could care for 14 children? Which in turn leads me to believe what Nadya is not in her right mind. Even Octomom’s father questioned his daughter’s mental stability when interviewed on Oprah on Feb. 24. “Now I’m no psychiatrist, but I question her mental situation,” Ed Doud said. Ed, I concur.
After watching a YouTube.com video titled “Octomom and Mom Brawl Part I” I am completely convinced that the octuplets would be much better in their grandmother’s care as opposed to their mother’s. Nadya argues with her mother about the care of her children and says that she will care for her children by accepting help from others. Hello Nadya?! Why don’t you get some help yourself?! Or at least get a job, something to pay the bills so that you can buy diapers and formula without requesting online donations. She has not even brought her children home from the hospital yet and her view of reality is totally distorted. I fear for her children, all of them, because it is going to take an army of help to support and provide for that family, especially since octomom is too lazy to do so herself (or even try, for that matter.) At least the grandma is looking at things realistically, and recognizes the dangers that lie ahead for the children. She would probably realistically find a solution to the struggles of the future and help those babies grow up healthy and happy. But Lord help those 14 children in the hands of the irrational octomom.
With that all being said, I sarcastically congratulate Nadya and her doctor on successfully flexing her reproductive rights and, by doing so, putting 8 children’s lives at risk. Way to go.
