FAMILY SHAMING

if you're having more than two kids you're contributing to overpopulation so irresponsible I guarantee the weight of This falls on other family members that is way too many kids to be having in today's world and economy every single human problem would be gone if people had less children less food shortages less greenhouse gas and less pollution honestly it's [Music] selfish this is a problem this kind of rhetoric is driving our nation into crisis here's the thing according to the US Census Data women need to be having 2.1 children each on average in order to just replace our population the fertility rates are actually 1.7 that means that women today are not having enough children that doesn't even take into account the fact that the United States has the highest infant mortality rate for children under one by 2060 the percentage of people between ages 18 and 64 who are able to work is going to drop by 10% that means that there won't be enough people contributing to our economy and Society the entire generation that is spewing overpopulation is not going to have social security we're not going to have enough doctors or nurses or scientists or teachers you name it okay we're not going to have enough people to be doing the jobs to take care of our society but yet these comments these comments are things that we get on our videos all the time these are things that are said to and behind the backs of everybody out there who has more than one or two children you guys I have a huge problem with this and here's what I want to say people like to assume that just because we have a lot of kids that were making a negative impact in the world and I know that we're not alone in this but I'd like to share a few things you may not realize if you're jumping to conclusions we feed our kids in organic vegetarian diet we use one car we don't use plastic the kids have stainless steel cups stainless steel straws stainless steel lunch boxes we use silicone Ziploc bags we don't use plastic wrap or aluminum foil we try to use reusable renewable resources we also recycle and teach our kids about the importance of recycling we've also taught them to pick up litter anytime we're out and about and see something littered on the street let's pick it up and put it in a trash can we donate items regularly we donate to Charities and organizations in need it's so easy from the outside looking in to assume that we're doing it wrong that we're harming the world but it's a completely unfair judgment to make not just on us but on any family because honestly I can tell you that half of those conscious choices we make to improve the world and teach our kids how to be good stewards of the Earth how to make a change how to be good people those things are not things that that some of these people leaving comments or even doing so many times we get harsh judgments from people who don't have kids yet they're in high school or just out of high school school don't really understand how the world works and people who aren't even making some of the same choices to improve the world you guys can talk about pollution you can talk about greenhouse gases but are you actually doing anything to make it better you guys there are so many social and environmental factors that are contributing to women not having any children it's easy to look at a family with a lot of kids and throw judgments at them and to assume things about the population and to assume all kinds of statistics and numbers but the facts are not there to back it up we don't need less people what we actually need is more people who are willing to act on change people who are willing to be uncomfortable and invest in making little decisions that impact the world in a great way we get the comment all the time about how we're selfish for having so many kids because we can't possibly care for all of them or spend time with them it's absurd you don't know us you don't know our family there are plenty of people out there who will have zero children because they don't want to give up their freedom and their lifestyle and their ability to be themselves that's cool is having children does require dying to yourself so if you're not willing to do that to have kids it's probably a good thing out to have them we have six children my husband and I both work at home we totally provide for our kids we're both here Hands-On morning afternoon and night we're both able to be involved in our lives you wouldn't know that from the outside but that's my point so many people want to assume that we don't spend any time with our family and that our kids are somehow neglected and not taken care of or somehow that we must be working crazy and non-stop all the time never seeing our kids just to afford them not the case all of this is to say stop family shaming stop it's unwarranted it's not fair to make a judgment against a family where you have no idea their circumstance or their situation and honestly you could see a big family out in public and make all these nasty assumptions but some of those kids may be adopted some of those kids may not even be theirs even if they are all biologically theirs what you should be doing is walking up to them and saying thank you those kids those kids are the ones growing up and going to be working and paying into your Social Security and making sure that you are taken care of when you are at the end of your life and unable to care for yourself say thank you because those are the children who are going to be doctors or nurses or scientists those are the kids who are going to be future politicians and leaders of our nation and in the world say thank you because they're the ones who are going to keep our economy going and thriving and on behalf of our family and all the other families with a lot of kids I'm just going to go ahead and say you're welcome we love you we're praying for you we hope that you can use a little bit more kindness and discretion when throwing judgments around on the internet for what it's worth our kids are happy and healthy and taking care of we love you guys now go do something good today be nice to someone pick up some litter off the ground recycle something choose a vegetarian meal whatever it is be better to the world than it's been to you little choices change the world each one of us can make a difference we believe in you [Music] bye we are I still remember