A little grr @ SVU.
Okay, I love the Law & Order shows. But I just want to gripe about a little something here.
In tonight’s episode of SVU, a family stands up at a funeral of one of the brothers. The family has 10 kids, besides the dead one. Anyway, Olivia says something to the effect of, “who has that many kids today?” And Elliot replies, “not even Catholics.”
I just want to say that having a lot of kids is not strange. And who is to say what is a lot, really? I know many families with six or more kids, my husband is the oldest of six. I know one family with 7 kids, two families with 9 kids, and one with 10 kids. Only one set of twins between the three families. And you know what? They are all some of the most wonderful people I know.
It’s funny (and by “funny,” I mean “not so much”) how people can whine and cry about their civil rights yet most of the world looks down on American families with more than three kids, can we say hypocrites? Having more than the typical 2.2 kids in American families is by no means weird. It does not mean you don’t know what birth control is. It does not mean you’re crazy, or any of the other things I’ve heard people say over the years. And it certainly does not mean you subscribe to the theories about large families put forth in the show.
There is nothing wrong with having 1 kid or 20. It’s personal preference and people should mind their own business regarding other people’s family plans/ideas.
Grrr.
