Natalie ‘Nadya’ Suleman does her best to raise a family of 14.
Suleman found Roem in 2009 – and earned the nickname “Octomom” – after the birth of the world’s first surviving set of Octuplets.
While he raised six children who were born and juggling with a full -time university schedule before the Octuplets, Suleman was confronted with a recoil because he was ‘this unemployed welfare recipient’, which she told Mensmagazine “Was not the case at all.”
Although she feels that she ‘failed’ her older children by ‘tolerant’, Suleman has implemented strict rules in her house to ensure that the Octuplets were raised to succeed.
Nadya “Octomom” Suleman has strict rules at home for her Octuplets. (Nadya Suleman/Getty)
“I personally believe that as a parent I have failed to implement all the knowledge I got at the university,” she said about her six older children. “I just raised them allowed, which is wrong. You shouldn’t do that. You have to implement consistent structure, discipline and consequences, plus love, unconditional love and acceptance. I only did the last one.
“I shouldn’t have spoiled them. I learned the hard way. But I still raised them to be friendly and humble.”
For the OctupletsSuleman raised boundaries and was “able to implement both a combination of unconditional love, positive respect and structured discipline.”
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For example: “They are not allowed to date until they are 18,” said Suleman.
“She is very strict and she teaches us a lot,” said Naryah, 16. “We have no phones. We have one phone for communication.”
Nadya Suleman runs a “very strict” household. (Jeff Fusco/Getty images)
Moreover, Suleman said that there are “no social media” in her household.
“It’s toxic. I don’t even like to go on it,” she said. “I only do it to share and I fear it. It is as if I can’t even imagine the children nowadays. It is so unhealthy. I don’t believe someone should go on social media, or may be allowed until they are 18.”
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She wants to teach her children that they are not “fixed” in herself.
“I don’t believe someone should go on social media, or may be admitted until they are at least 18.”
“It’s very different today,” she said. “I am a little more old school in how I educate my children to concentrate on others, try to appreciate it, because then the by-product of it is internal joy and happiness, instead of, no offense to other people and other children nowadays, but they are usually a little more, say they have self-giba and independent.
Nadya Suleman gave birth to Octuplets in 2009. (Nadya Suleman/Instagram)
Suleman and 11 of her children live in an apartment with three bedrooms in South California. “We save money because we don’t buy animal products,” Suleman said.
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“Those are also the most expensive. And it is the healthiest one. But we are ethical vegans, and so we do it especially for the animals and to minimize the damage to our planet.”
The family plays at home games and enjoys movie evenings, but a few teenagers are looking forward to a large milestone approaching.
Suleman worked on a bachelor’s degree while raising her six children before she had octuplets. (Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUIVERSAL VIA GETY Images)
“Driving,” said her son Jeremiah.
Daughter Naryah, on the other hand, can’t wait to work.
“I am excited to earn money so that we can clearly help mommy,” she said.
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Makai, the youngest Octuplet, said to his mother: “In the future, if we have our own money, we could get gifts, get real gifts for you.”
Suleman replied: “I don’t really want real gifts. I don’t like materialism. I love the letters you write.”
“Confessions of Octomom” will be broadcast on Lifetime Monday 10 March.
