Chloe and Beans

[Director of Mugs]

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Strange article. The person who wrote the article just read or watched old videos from Chloe's social media. Her Mum no longer helps out and the kids don't go to school.

30-year-old Chloe Dunstan has nine kids. She is about to welcome her tenth baby.

"Our lives are pretty far outside of the ordinary."

www.mamamia.com.au

 

[squacksquack]

Strange article. The person who wrote the article just read or watched old videos from Chloe's social media. Her Mum no longer helps out and the kids don't go to school.

30-year-old Chloe Dunstan has nine kids. She is about to welcome her tenth baby.

"Our lives are pretty far outside of the ordinary."

www.mamamia.com.au

Well it’s on Mamamia. You can’t expect anything passing for journalism there!

 

[Zegbru]

Those plates are for babies and toddlers, not school age children. How can they all have the same portion size??

 

[MedeaWho]

So glad I found this thread! I was following her for years but became increasingly uncomfortable with their addiction to having more babies and using them all as props for marketing clothes. Unfollowed after the last pregnancy announcement because they are seriously giving me the ick now.

There is no way those kids (esp. the older ones) are filming those reels and doing pictures voluntarily. I can only hope the social services are keeping an eye on them,

Does anyone want to place a bet on when she’s going to stop? Baby number 20 on her 40th birthday?

This can’t be healthy, you can visibly see how the numerous pregnancies are affecting her body and health. But she’s an addict to having new babies.

 

[hotg0ss]

just the thought of her pelvic floor in a few years is enough to give me nightmares.. oof

 

[savefloss]

just the thought of her pelvic floor in a few years is enough to give me nightmares.. oof

I’d suggest after triplets and twins she is already suffering some extreme incontinence and pain issues. Sometimes I wonder if some of the agoraphobic behaviour stems from that

 

[fakefriendsonthegram]

I’d suggest after triplets and twins she is already suffering some extreme incontinence and pain issues. Sometimes I wonder if some of the agoraphobic behaviour stems from that

Absolutely.
I have 4 kids and I can absolutely say that after the 4th I have had a lot of issues pop up with my pelvic floor. I really think she has an addiction to pregnancy and babies.

 

[Cassanova123]

I have 7 children. Including one that was the size of twins. I don't have any problems with my pelvic floor. I really think it's an individual thing.

 

[savefloss]

I have 7 children. Including one that was the size of twins. I don't have any problems with my pelvic floor. I really think it's an individual thing.

7! Omg! Now tell us if the Centrelink $$ are worth it?

 

[rainbowlemon]

Does anyone want to place a bet on when she’s going to stop? Baby number 20 on her 40th birthday?

This can’t be healthy, you can visibly see how the numerous pregnancies are affecting her body and health. But she’s an addict to having new babies.

As she's still young I can see her with up to 16 kids personally. The Duggars were forced to stop after their 20th child passed away .

 

[Cassanova123]

7! Omg! Now tell us if the Centrelink $$ are worth it?

I get very little from Centrelink. My husband earns too much.

 

[Hellojanuary]

Apologies to the kid, but Birdie is a dumb name

 

[savefloss]

Apologies to the kid, but Birdie is a dumb name

I don’t mind it as a nickname …but her actual name is ridiculous

 

[Dreamer01]

Do they do anything other than go to the park? I thought I read she homeschooled them but how does she have time for that if she has the little ones full time as well?

 

[foxtrotuniformcharliekilo]

Those overalls look absolutely bleeping ridiculous

 

[Director of Mugs]

Do they do anything other than go to the park? I thought I read she homeschooled them but how does she have time for that if she has the little ones full time as well?

Doesn't look like it.

I think for the older kids she just leaves them with the ipad and that "schools" them.

 

[Puppet]

I think for the older kids she just leaves them with the ipad and that "schools" them.

Yep, if you watch the vlogs it's quite noticable how absent the older children are compared to the younger ones. It feels like the Sylvie show at the moment, as she's advanced with her speech and seems like a bright little thing. The older children are shown at the park and occasionally shown sat doing work books at the table, but unless i've missed it there have been zero updates on their academic abilities / schooling. Evan is 11 now, and I really worry about how far behind he is compared to his peers. His life seems to be constant visits to the park and playing with his younger siblings.

 

[Director of Mugs]

Yep, if you watch the vlogs it's quite noticable how absent the older children are compared to the younger ones. It feels like the Sylvie show at the moment, as she's advanced with her speech and seems like a bright little thing. The older children are shown at the park and occasionally shown sat doing work books at the table, but unless i've missed it there have been zero updates on their academic abilities / schooling. Evan is 11 now, and I really worry about how far behind he is compared to his peers. His life seems to be constant visits to the park and playing with his younger siblings.

I don't understand the home.school system and how the Education Department only visits once a year. How can you monitor what the kids are doing and if they've fallen behind.

The boys will soon if not now too old for the park. Chloe can't play with them as she's always pregnant and Ro has to watch the little kids.

 

[Macmama]

Yep, if you watch the vlogs it's quite noticable how absent the older children are compared to the younger ones. It feels like the Sylvie show at the moment, as she's advanced with her speech and seems like a bright little thing. The older children are shown at the park and occasionally shown sat doing work books at the table, but unless i've missed it there have been zero updates on their academic abilities / schooling. Evan is 11 now, and I really worry about how far behind he is compared to his peers. His life seems to be constant visits to the park and playing with his younger siblings.

And this is where homeschooling is really unfair.

It’s easy to ‘homeschool’ little ones and have social play dates and take them to parks and free museums and natter on about how play is learning. Because for small children, it is.

Not for a child about to start secondary school education. Who actually needs to be learning the skills they need for formal examination and entry to university/college or an apprenticeship. They also need to be involved in their peer group. Teenagers need the space to do silly things and sometimes naughty things, but that’s growing up. They need space away from their parents to learn to formulate their own personality, values, behaviours amongst their peers. Those boys have not a moment to do that, other than being left alone with an iPad, which is NOT the same as face to face interaction.

 

[GingerSquid]

Yep, if you watch the vlogs it's quite noticable how absent the older children are compared to the younger ones. It feels like the Sylvie show at the moment, as she's advanced with her speech and seems like a bright little thing. The older children are shown at the park and occasionally shown sat doing work books at the table, but unless i've missed it there have been zero updates on their academic abilities / schooling. Evan is 11 now, and I really worry about how far behind he is compared to his peers. His life seems to be constant visits to the park and playing with his younger siblings.

Evan is very sweet and seems younger than he is due to the lack of peer interaction; it’s really lovely to see that innocence stretched out further, but I do worry about him adapting to mainstream school - is Chloe homeschooling secondary? It’s really hard to replace what they offer at any decent to excellent secondary school within the home (and she can’t do loads of learning trips as has all the younger ones).