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@@treacletarrt8591Don’t be an idiot.

Perhaps because large families are more of a drain on world resources. It's not just about whether they can afford to provide for ridiculous numbers of children...it's about looking at the bigger picture.

@@letsrock1729That age old argument eh? ‘By 2050, over three-quarters (155 of 204) of countries will not have high enough fertility rates to sustain population size over time; this will increase to 97% of countries (198 of 204) by 2100’ This was filmed around 2003. 20 years ago. No point preaching on now. What are you going to do, send the kids back to where they came from? Many people are having less & less kids. So, don’t worry, the ‘resources’ will be impacted in other ways.

@@LauraBidingCitizen I'm not 'preaching'. I'm just expressing a different opinion to the hordes of people on here who appear to think that large families should be celebrated. Obviously children who already exist can't be 'sent back'. But that doesn't change the fact that people need to start acting more responsibly, going forward. There are still lots of huge families out there and it still seems to be a thing which attracts admiration from many people. If your statistics are correct, then that's great news. But nothing is going to make me believe that having this many children is socially responsible behaviour.

@@letsrock1729 Whether you or I believe it’s socially responsible or not is not the point. What you’re suggesting is, children who are born into a large family shouldn’t be celebrated? Why shouldn’t they? Why shouldn’t parents freely choose, so long as they’re supporting said family, how many they should bring into this world? Thats their right. No one has the right to dictate to anyone how to use their bodies. Many people are actively choosing not to have children these days, larger families at this present time are becoming a thing of the past, as stated this was filmed in 2003, 20 years ago, not to mention the fact larger families are certainly not a new phenomenon. We are not China, we are not a dictatorship, no one should ever decide how many children to have - that’s exactly why China lifted their ban on how many a couple can have. The destruction done to this planet was made by all humans, not just larger families.

@@LauraBidingCitizen Your reading/comprehension skills need a little work. My view is that large families are not something to be celebrated (the phenomenon of them). I didn't say that children who are born into large families shouldn't be celebrated. That's an entirely different thing. I would never suggest that children from large families should be side-lined in any way because of their parents' unwise decisions. On the contrary, these children are actually MORE in need of support and encouragement from outside the family, seeing as their parents quite simply cannot adequately provide the level of individual attention that EVERY child deserves. I also feel that perhaps you have failed to realise the reason for my original comment. Reuma asked why anyone would imply that these parents are selfish. I was providing a possible answer to this question. I have no desire to get into any arguments on this subject. I was simply offering an answer to a question.

Strange how they call this Britain's biggest family when the Radford family are so well known.

Yeah they are called the radford family they have 22 kids now and 2 grandchildren

You would think they would have a grown up meal later with the Older Children.

So which ones would you discard then?

I've seen worse...put it that way... But yes one of the son's said there were "scapegoats".

Gengis Khan supposedly........but he had a harem and rode about on a horse.

It's clearly a very old documentary, I'm sure at the time the Radfords didn't have 22 kids and the Poveys were the biggest family then.

@@gwendolyn05152005 this was

It’s from 2005 😂

Who put a penny in your slot ... Do you get up early to annoy folk...

​@mellissa7208 it's from 2003

From what I could see, the mum gave the baby to the child in the front to hold while she straightened the baby seat out

The mum asked her to hold the baby while she straightened up her car seat that's all.

Yes I kept thinking, is fair to the kids THEMSELVES to have SO MANY? I think it's much better to have 3-4 kids if you can possibly afford even that? I'm an only child...I'm always outnumbered by my parents. I think having 2 kids can be difficult...if they don't get along. But what the hell do I know?? I have NO KIDS! My parents made having one child look so hard I decided when I was a kid not to have kids! My mother gave me to granny for the first 5 years and then spent the NEXT 5 years screaming and crying! Fed me on cookies 3X a day and didn't brush my hair. Once I moved out at 17, she finally cleaned the house.

I think it showed 2003

I totally disagree. They seem to be happy with their lives. They spoke about how all the children have a buddy to go to if they are having problems. The fact that the older ones are attending university speaks volumes for how great the parents are.

This documentary is more than 20 years old

Yes very irresponsible

Really? I'm not sure about that...She was kissing them goodnight...keeping them busy on school breaks. I think if she didn't love them she wouldn't work so damn hard! Is it selfish of her? IDK? Maybe a little. They all seem as happy as is possible given the situation...one income family I mean. ANd they do come off very well behaved.

Totally agree. Her mum was an alcoholic so where many. Doesn't mean you breed like a rabbit. Pooe kids

Completely agree about the attention, but 'hand me downs' are not something which ruins a childhood. I'm the eldest of only 2 children, but we didn't have much (financially speaking) and I wore the 'hand me downs' of the daughter of my parents' friends. I always got so excited when a big bag of them turned up!! It was a real treat for me and never had a negative impact on my general happiness.

LOL me either!! My parents made raising one child look SO DIFFICULT! It really turned me off the whole process!

Me too! I prefer dogs and cats, they don't answer back. Although the cats can get arsey sometimes 😂

at the time of this doc the radfords wasnt the biggest family, this doc is like 20 years old

This was over 2 decades ago and least they didn't claim benefits like the radfords did, the radfords were claiming £68,000 a year in benefits up until 2012 as they said noel only worked 16 hours a week in his pie shop but when the benefit cap of £22,000 came into place in 2013 he then salaried working full time and then the went on 16 kids and counting the radfords having been claiming benefits since there first child was born in 1989 when sue was 13 and noel was 17, at least this family work hard.

Dudes with harems. They have the biggest families. But that's CHEATING!