JCrakers
01-02-2012, 09:59 AM
Really intesting programme on last night. Looked at the life of 3-4 large families. I have a lot of respect for these families as the parents obviously had no time to themselves at all and family was everything to them. Makes my two children look a breeze.
I was ashamed of myself though and have changed my attitude since watching this. I dont usually judge people before Ive met them but I assumed, like a lot of people do that they were living on benefits. Thinking that they had had lots of children to get money and a house etc. Which is what you read in the papers...(which is why I dont read the newspapers) How do they afford it etc.
But one family in particular were amazing. Dad was the earner and supported all the family, £200 a week on food :eek:
The other family had been supported by Dad until something happened with his job and he was struggling to support all the children so was actually done for benefit fraud and went to prison. But like he said he was desperate and has taken his punishment.
All the kids were lovely but most had lots of problems with other people bullying and saying things about their big family :(
I was ashamed of myself though and have changed my attitude since watching this. I dont usually judge people before Ive met them but I assumed, like a lot of people do that they were living on benefits. Thinking that they had had lots of children to get money and a house etc. Which is what you read in the papers...(which is why I dont read the newspapers) How do they afford it etc.
But one family in particular were amazing. Dad was the earner and supported all the family, £200 a week on food :eek:
The other family had been supported by Dad until something happened with his job and he was struggling to support all the children so was actually done for benefit fraud and went to prison. But like he said he was desperate and has taken his punishment.
All the kids were lovely but most had lots of problems with other people bullying and saying things about their big family :(