Big families can be great. There is always someone around to play with, you have built in backup in case of a fight, and you are never completely alone on the first day of school. Big families were once normal – particularly for areas where the family worked the farm or business together – and today they are once again making a come back.
The most recent big family to make the news involved the mom who had octuplets. It was exciting at first but as more news came out about the circumstances around the eight babies a great deal of resentment began to form.
This week the mom of the eight (plus six more at home) talked with Dr. Phil. At the end of the two part interview Dr. Phil made a plea to the viewers to help this mom that had to fill a list of requirements before her children could come home. She is currently living in her own mother’s three bedroom home with the other six children. The pictures that Dr. Phil showed of the home only had one crib in them.
Christian charity is something that we practice in our own home, but there is a fine line between helping and enabling a person to continue in bad behavior. It’s hard to see just where the line is in this situation.