I see Karen Matthews has fallen in love and wants more children.

[ladybirder]

Do abers feel it's OK for her to continue to add to a family that she has already proved incapable of nurturing and providing for? Where do you draw the line with her and families like hers? What can be done, she seems to have learned nothing since her incarceration? She already has 7 children in care although of course that could change when she is released. Either way, it seems we will be paying for them.

http://www.dailymail....0-benefits-probe.html

[TOWIE]

'you couldn't make it up' as they say.

[jomifl]

Oh right, that Karen Matthews silly me, thanks everyone. Surely she knows which gooseberry bush to look under by now?

[excelsior-1]

she would need to .. the stork union have boycotted her

[cathfromsaron]

alas, she can have as many babies as we can afford to pay our taxes for!

in some states in america they give benefits ONLY if you agree to have a contraceptive injection!

[cathfromsaron]

au contraire, i think that being a bad parent REPEATEDLY *DOES* mean you don't really love your children, or you would improve your skills and put them first ...

[hc4361]

Does that apply to the men, too, Cath?

[cathfromsaron]

everyone! and i mean really love their children as people, and include stars who treat children as adornments, too!

all people can improve their skills and lifestyles if they really want to (eg. drugs and alcohol etc), and are helped to, and she just thinks she can behave the same old way and society will let her ...

only time will tell ...

[ummmm]

I don't think bad parents know they are bad parents.

Also, in cases like this their bad parenting skills tend to get exaggerated by the media.

[sandyRoe]

Agree. ^ There was another thread today about an overweight teenage girl. I doubt if her mother deliberately fed her so her weight would balloon

[ladybirder]

and she just thinks she can behave the same old way and society will let her

I fear you are right there cath. As I said, it seems she has learned nothing if the reports are true. As you say, time will tell. Watch this space.

[China Doll]

As daffy says, it's quite likely that her baby will be taken from her at birth. If it's not then will be on child protection plan from birth and I imagine one step out of line and the babys gone.

[ladybirder]

I guess that's right china. It just doesn't seem right that she should carry on having children that have a high chance of spending their young lives in the care system. Poor kids. Why does she feel as soon as she gets a new boyfriend she has to bear his children? That's a rhetorical question BTW.

[hc4361]

This news report is just gossip provided by an unnamed friend.