Nadya Suleman, the single woman who just gave birth to 8 babies in addition to the 6 children she already has, has decided to launch an official website in order to solicit the public for donations to help her raise her 14 children. At first, Suleman was adamant that she didn’t need public assistance to help care for her children and that she would be able to “provide” for her family once she gets her degree and starts working (I understand that she is currently unemployed, living with her parents and has no real source of income at the moment). Now, visitors to thenadyasulemanfamily.com are asked to send donations to her (all major credit cards are accepted) in exchange for photos of her 8 newborn children — Noah, Maliah, Isaiah, Nariah, McCai, Josiah, Jeremiah and Jonah:
In addition to the solicitation for money, the site also offers a heartfelt thank you to all the folks who have been offering their support to the family:
“We thank you for the love and good wishes sent to us from around the world. The octuplets arrived on 1-26-09. They are all healthy and growing stronger by the day”
I, for one, think this is some shady biz goin’ on here. I personally would urge people to NOT send in money for the mere fact that there is no way of knowing how the money will be used by Nadya Suleman. In fact, we don’t even know WHO will get the monetary donations — the site does NOT clarify who exactly the money will go to and for what purpose. I find this manner of solicitation very suspicious. If folks want to offer help to the children themselves, I would suggest either making donations to the hospital that is caring for the babies or sending in baby products (diapers, food, etc.) in lieu of actual money. But yeah … this is some shady biz. I am not at all impressed … and I really feel bad for those 14 kids :(
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I am all for heping those babies! They did not choose their mother! I believe ALL children are a gift and should be treated that way because it can be taking away!!! I am not excusing her behavior, but if the money is going to help the little ones that is FAB! If it is going for baby number whatever then maybe she needs some mental help!
Take them away from her!!!!!!!!!!
To all you bleeding heart liberals that want to help this b!tch. She should be so lucky to have any kids b/c so many more worthy (sane) parents would kill for the chance to have one child. This idiot relies on us during this horrible economy to support these children. While this planet is sooooo over populated. I feel for the grandparents, having to help out with the plethora of children. FUCK THIS WOMAN!!!
Are they serious???? The woman is on welfare (which even though she believes that food stamps and Government checks ISN’T public assistance it IS welfare). She has had In Vitro which is very expensive to have done and now she wants donations? For what? So she can pay to have more in vitro?
She has lost her damn mind. And isn’t she pimping her kids out? She is basically selling their picture to anyone who will pay her some cash. Maybe she should have thought about the cost of raising more than 6 children before she went to that clinic to have more babies. Someone needs to take those children away, it’s clear she’s unstable and that she isn’t able to take care of them.ANY OF THEM.
i don’t think the site is legit. because the photo used were taken from tv prog. esp the photo of her. if it were real, i’d assume she’d want to put up a presentable photo of herself posing for a camera.
Even without direct donation, we the calif residents are already supporting her. There is no way she isn’t getting help from the State!
jesus fucking christ. the more i hear the less i want to know. but then at the same time it makes me so damn mad that i DO want to know more. she seriously thinks that the second she earns her master’s degree, she’s immediately going to have some sort of huge income. i have a bachelor’s and i’m making $24,000 a year. education does NOT guarantee income! combined, my husband and i make about $50,000 which people tell us is really not enough to even have ONE kid. i really have no words… this makes me so incredibly angry. she is DELUSIONAL!!!!!!!!!! and then the sad, SICK attempt (assuming that website is really hers) at begging the public (YOU AND ME) for even more money??!?!?!?!?!? god, i used to live in whittier. you best believe i would be raising even more hell that the money i should be saving for MY kids was being spent on hers.
I didn’t hear about her not thinking that disability and food stamps were welfare! HELLO!!!! Earth to dumbass… if you’re recieving money that someone else is paying for without being emplayed then you are on some kind of welfare. OMG I thought this woman was nuts before and now I think she needs to be put on serious medication, she should also be put in a home somewhere so she can get help. Clearly she has lost her mind! And again where is child welfare? Can’t the local taxpayers of wherever she lives step in and demand something happen? If she gave birth at a public hospital than technically the California taxpayers paid for her childbirth… shouldn’t they have a say in what happens since she clearly cannot make rational choices for herself? I’m not saying that taxpayers should decide what happens to everyone but this is a woman who not only cannot make rrational decisions on her own but who also doesn’t have anyone in her inner circle to do it for her. Someone please step in and take care of this!
And as a woman who cannot physically have babies I can say for myself and probably for others like me that I would kill for the chance to have and love just one baby and to have that many and so selfishly is just wrong
As a mother it breaks my heart to see those poor babies in the NICU. Who the hell would risk bringing their children into that type of situation? She should be in the NICU with those babies not off trying to book interviews with anyone who will listen.
I don’t like on the website she labels the babies as “male” and “female”….they’re boy or girl. Makes it seem like they’re animals. As if they were litter of puppies, and that’s disgusting.
@Deb–as a Dr. who treats people for infertility, I am infuriated (as are most of my collegues) at the irresponsible doctor who implanted Nadya with her remaining 6 embryos, knowing that she had 6 children already and no job. I think our oath as doctors “First Do No Harm” means that we should think, not only about the patient, but how our decision to help them impacts society. About 99.9% of the time this isn’t an issue, but for someone who has NO visible income and 6 children, 3 of which have special needs, the implications of this implantation should have been thoroughly thought out. I will be interested in the outcome of the California Medical Board’s investigation into this doctor.
On another note, I was wondering if the website was in fact, legit, and decided to look up the PR company that is representing her family. What I find interesting is The Killeen Furtney Group, http://www.killeenfurtneygroup.com, says that they only represent “businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations.” So why, I wonder, are they suddenly adding an individual to their client list, unless they are taking a cut of the donations? Or, has she somehow registered her family as a non-profit?! Also, the address on the Suleman website matches the one for The Killeen Furtney Group so I think the website is legit.
I agree with Trent…support the babies, not the mother!
Also, for anyone interested, Jon & Kate Gosselin were able to buy a $1.3 million dollar house recently, but they continue to take donations and gifts from viewers. The website Gosselins Without Pity offers viewers of the show to become more informed about the family and their “true” financial situation so that people can make an informed decision on whether or not to donate to the family.
The same people have also started a website called Suleman Without Pity (SWOP).
As a social worker in training, I have no idea why nobody has intervened yet. There are so many problems with this situation I don’t know where to start. This woman is clearly bat$hit crazy. And how can she not think food stamps and disability payments are welfare???? Um, they’re pretty much the definition of welfare. I saw her say something about not thinking it’s welfare because it’s temporary. Welfare’s SUPPOSED to be temporary, not a lifestyle. It’s people like her who turn people off from the social welfare programs in this country because they think it goes to funding people like her rather than those who actually need it – and who didn’t bring this nonsense on themselves. Poor babies … I’m looking forward to the tell-all book when one of them grows up and decides to retaliate. I’d spend money on that as long as none of it goes to the mother.
That is nothing bu bullshit. It is a very sad story indeed and like most people i fell sorry for the kids but i also fell sorry for the mom because she obviously has some mental issues in orde to do something so tremdouly stupid. She most likely wanted to just get some attention and money but there are other ways in getting that,