Ya. 1 comment. I know a 24 yr old mother who has 3 kids. Her 1st was born at age 15. Her last, when she was 20. The father of the 1st one has total custody of him. The next 2 she had in wedlock. of course, then abandoned them, on more than one occasion. Now, that father is fighting her to have sole custody. Can you believe, that with a drug habit, a history of abandonment and psycological abuse, along with documented physical abuse, the father is still forced to let these kids see her? Mind you, only when she feels the need. By the way, not only did she have these kids on the welfare system, she gets to still use it, being without any of these kids. O. Just to leave you on a good note, somehow, we convinced her that getting her tubes tied was the cool thing to do. Thank God....I'm sure He would of even consented to that.