This week's The Hunt

I agree. It read like an advertorial to me. I'm sure Tishman paid for it.

I can't believe that the parents chose to put five kids in one room so the mom could walk to work instead of simply moving to a less expensive neighborhood in the city.

I don't know this family or work for Tishman.

The mom has a job that, I imagine, requires her to work odd hours, and she gets to be with her kids instead of being on the train traveling to/from their cheaper apartment. As a child, I would take my mom over more space any day.

I think the parents were considerate choosing an apartment over a bicycle room, and choosing a larger 2 BR with a second bath over a 3 BR with 1 bath, and they have room for a table that seats 12. It is not like they are all trying to squeeze around a cafe table in an eat-in kitchen. Plus they are putting a divider into the childrens' bedroom to separate the boys and girls, and that happens a lot, especially when a NYC apartment room's gets split up with temporary walls for NYU students, for example.

Although I don't think this family is poor, I did grow up in an area of the country where there were a lot of poor people, and it's not unusual to have a lot of kids share a space for sleeping. Hey, it makes kids more adaptable; they'll have no problem sleeping in other people's beds the rest of their life. Not that that is a goal, but not all of us are so adaptable, so able to share space, learn early how to tune out others, plus no doubt these kids will move on with their lives instead of living off mommy and daddy into their 30s.

I do feel for the grandparents who are still outside of Albany.

I understand that there are places where piling up all the kids in 1bdrms is considered the norm - but honestly NYC (and most of the USA) is not one of them. Having a 14yr old girl share a bedroom with 4 other kids just seems like selfish parenting. I'm not one for over-indulging your kids AT ALL, but to me this goes far to the other end of the spectrum. They're little people after all, and it's a HOME not a kennel.

unless you live in some huge house in the burbs, once you have your 3rd kid, I think that is the best time to start keeping your pants on. Sorry, but I just had to say it. Is it just me or do some people not know hot to keep their pants on (Octomom, John and Kate Plus Eight, etc.)?

two small for that many kids.

That's really insightful, Prez! Great examples, too! Octomom and Kate really should have learned to "keep their pants on" after kid #3! Except that so far they have done exactly that, and yet they still had kids #4 - #8. What's wrong with these people? How is that even possible? Oh wait, it's because kid #3 was actually the first of octuplets and sextuplets, respectively.

You do understand that a multiple birth pregnancy only require you to not "keep your pants on" once, and not once for each kid, right? Or are you even more retarded than everyone here gives you credit for?

You guys do realize that if the subjects of this story met standard rent ratios, they make about $200K a year, right?

ali r.
{downtown broker}

The octomom could have had less kids if she wanted to. Onstead she chose to be feritilized with all 8 eggs, which doctors are not supposed to do.

I'm all for kids sharing room and expect my imaginary future kids to share. But as someone who shared with two others, I can't imagine even being able to get homework done with four other kids running around my room. There is a middle ground between a long-subway ride in one of the other boroughs and say a three-bedroom in a boring but cheaper nabe.