hold it! those 16 kids happened to come along one by one, year after year, by natural causes occuring betwen my grandparents! maybe being french-canadians, on a hillside farm, with no power had something to do with it, or the catholic backround, plus needing all the help you can get/raise on the farm. and they did butchering of animals for the neighbors, too. this was, however, during the 30's, 40's, and 50's. the grandmothers sister had 22 kids!! just the way things happened around here back then. shooting your food, saving the money for the kids, that was very responsible. oh, by the way, while it doesn't make too much of a difference to me, i never asked for an opinion, just was putting in my two cents like everyone else. find out why he is doing it before passing judgement.