This is sickening

[Sol Tee Nutz]

500 for 5 kids equals 2500 per month. That is not that much given that you need to feed, clothe, entertain (PlayStation, iphones...), birthday parties, sporting activities, daycares, allowance..etc for each child. That 2.5K/month may not even last the entire month.

You actually think that these families enroll their kids in sports, buy them playstations, put them in daycare or give them I-phones? Really? Is child credits supposed to pay for all the bills? Should not someone who has 5 kids not have a decent job and not be a leach to the taxpayers who fund this? You think it is fair that a hard working family that has 1 or 2 kids and pays taxes should have to pay for some unemployed family that has 5 kids and they should have the same treasures they have?

 

[Julia Sky]

I know plenty of people who did not have more because of money, what is your point?

Sorry if you took my post badly. My point was just that the first sentence of your post didn't apply to everybody (some billionaires have only 2 grown up kids haha)..No I do not have kids But I know people whose kids do perfectly fine without iPhones and a yearly vacation to Dubaï lol. Joke aside I know kids are expensive, dont worry, and I cant see myself having one before having a successful business and a house I'm way too young to think about kids anyways !

 

[Noah Weber]

There are numerous crucial issues related to this horrible story. Certainly this couple is highly disturbed. As a society, we do need to understand how people like this become so disturbed. Likely they were subjected to child abuse as well, though this cannot be taken as an excuse. We also need to understand what it is about our society that families like this can go unnoticed and unreported for decades. Our whole society is becoming increasingly fractured, with lip service being paid to "mental illness", but almost nothing done to prevent child abuse. Institutions, and individuals often turn a blind eye to evidence of abuse. As a society, we are all responsible for the occurrence of situations like this. All abuse of children needs to grab our attention and be stopped.

 

[Noah Weber]

Good point Sam. This is a crucial issue with child abuse. Few people, whether in media or government, actually want to really deal with the issue.