Gloria Allred: Octo Mom's Babies "Should Be Placed in Foster Care"

Us Magazine - March 26, 2009 9:32 PM PDT
Story photo: Gloria Allred: Octo Mom's Babies Us Magazine
Gloria Allred says Octo Mom Nadya Suleman shouldn't have custody of her kids.

"I definitely think these little babies -- and the nurses also believe -- these little babies should be placed in foster care so they can get the individualized care, the consistent care, they need to have. They're not getting it from Nadya, from their mother," Allred said on Ryan Seacrest 's KIIS-FM radio show Wednesday morning.

Meet the octuplets.

Allred represents Angels in Waiting, which had provided free nursing care for Suleman's 14 children until she fired them earlier this week for allegedly spying on her and reporting her to child welfare officials.

On Tuesday, she appeared on the Today Show and threw a press conference to call Suleman's parenting skills into question.

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"You know, babies are not props -- they are real, little human beings," Suleman continued to Seacrest. "They deserve and respect and dignity and care and shouldn't just be seen with Nadya when the cameras are rolling."

Allred says "the chaos is ongoing" at Suleman's La Habra, Calif. home.

"The other six children are often up until 2 in the morning. The nurse found one little child, Elijah, outside just minutes before an intruder came at 1 or 1:30 a.m.!" she says.

Allred said Suleman oftentimes went shopping instead of spending time with her babies.

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"C'mon, she's got 14 children! She should be at home with the babies; with her other six children. Three of them have special needs. She should be going to the hospital to visit her children -- not going shopping!" Allred went on. "She doesn't have to be homebound all the time, but she needs to have a meaningful involvement in her babies' and her children's lives and stop using them as a marketing tool to make money for herself!"


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  • sweetgreatmom
    In time Nadia will fail with these children because she is need of mental help. You can see a sickness in her eyes. I feel sorry for the children because they are the victims. Eventually child protective services will have to intervene on the children's behalf.
    report abuseposted April 5, 2009 4:09 PM PDT
  • Taka
    Foster care!!!! Are you really serious? This woman needs parenting classes. If you put these kids in foster car, I am willing to bet everthing that I have that these kids will be worse off. Foster parents only care about money not the best interest of the children.
    report abuseposted April 2, 2009 6:09 PM PDT
  • serendipity
    Oh my ghosh!! look at that lawyers face. It's has hatred and evil written all over it. Does she thinks, foster homes will do any better?
    report abuseposted March 30, 2009 10:29 PM PDT
  • supacat66
    14 kids is utterly ridiculous, especially when there is just one parent caring for all of them. I do belive the 'octo mom' is doing all this for the publicity, she wants to be famous and she is there already. Now Gloria Allred, that publicity seekin' varmin is just as bad as the octomom. She too will do anything and trash anybody to get her face in the media.
    report abuseposted March 30, 2009 4:28 PM PDT
  • marys
    The mother may not be right but the babies are here now and need allthe care they can get and that should be the most important thing. Yes the mom needs help and to constantly blast on her is not getting her the help she needs. That babies are constantly growing and will see all the uproar of this and should not be subjected to it. Mom needs to get parenting classes to be a better mom for her
    report abuseposted March 30, 2009 4:25 AM PDT
  • irishchic
    Continued...not to mention the fact that she is living off taxpayers dollars. She says shes not, but disability comes from people who work for what they have, not those who decide to sit on their ass and do nothing.
    report abuseposted March 30, 2009 2:35 AM PDT
  • irishchic
    This woman is an idiot and the doctor that implanted the embroyos should have his license stripped and never be able to practice medicine again. What person in their right mind decides she wants to have 8 more children on top of the 6 she already has. She is a nutjob, and as far as I'm concerned she should have all her children taken away from her. She is obviously mentally unstable.
    report abuseposted March 30, 2009 2:33 AM PDT
  • Lynne
    This woman has many mental issues. She tells whoever shes talking to what they want to hear, as she did with Dr. Phil. He got sucked in, saw the light & withdrew. Gloria, not my favorite but this time, shes right! All 14 kids need to go into foster care & be adopted to loving homes. NS only interest is a reality tv show & the money she can make. As hard as she tries she is
    report abuseposted March 29, 2009 10:18 PM PDT
  • Mike
    Actually I could care less about either Octo Mom's or Gloria's yes and Dr. Phil's,etc. publicity seeking drama. The main concern shoud be the welfare of all the children that are caught up in this mess. And to make sure that the Dr. Who participated in this have his license revoked. Everyone talks about how she has mental problems, then pray-tell what is his excuse.
    report abuseposted March 29, 2009 9:52 PM PDT
  • GRANDMA K
    THE HATE TOWARDS THIS WOMAN IS RIDICULOUS, SHE OBVIOUSLY NEEDS HELP PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. THESE BABIES DO NOT NEED TO GROW UP WITH SUCH NEGATIVITY TOWARDS THEIR MOTHER.
    report abuseposted March 29, 2009 8:41 PM PDT
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