Nothing wrong with large families

I am the father of eight children. I have six sons and two daughters.

I won't enumerate what their jobs are except to say that they are all responsible jobs. They are helping to keep our society functioning and themselves fed. My daughters both teach children with learning disabilities.

It takes two people to make a child, no matter by what method.

Mr. Haase seems to advocate only one or two children per family. At that rate, we would be lowering our population at an alarming rate.

Not only that, but a lot of people have no children at all. People are going all over the world to adopt children.

As for the 17-children family that is being criticized, please remember that our creator supplied souls for all of them. If, of course, you believe in souls.

And by the way, they didn't get here illegally.

Two children for two people would balance out mathematically, but remember a good percentage of children are both with mental and physical handicaps, such as autism.

Also, an alarming number of our youth do not get to see their 25th birthdays.

So who will fight all of our inevitable and unending wars? Maybe some of the 17.

Robert Rood

Elk Grove Village