‘Old-school’ Octomom has banned her 8 16-year-olds from smartphones, social media: ‘Very strict’

nypost.com:

been known as “Octomom” since birthing the first surviving octuplets in 2009, revealed why she chooses to run a tight ship when it comes to raising her 14 kids.“I was a child and adolescent development major,” Suleman – who already had six kids before conceiving eight children via in vitro fertilization – told People. “With Elijah, then Amerah, and then Josh, and then Aidan, and then the twins, I kept going to school,” she recalled about being at Cal State Fullerton after welcoming six children, also via IVF. “So I was also raising them on campus with me, and I was earning my bachelor’s degree while taking 18 units in school and taking care of all my kids.

I wasn’t like the media portrayed, this unemployed welfare recipient. It was not the case at all.”Suleman confessed about her older kids: “I personally believe I failed as a parent to implement all of the knowledge I acquired in college.”“I raised them just permissive, which is wrong.

You shouldn’t do that. You should implement consistent structure, discipline and consequences, plus love, unconditional love and acceptance,” she admitted to the outlet. “I only did the latter.

I shouldn’t have spoiled them. I learned the hard way. But I still raised them to be kind and humble.”But with the octuplets, who just turned 16, Suleman “was able to implement both a combination of unconditional love, positive regard and structured discipline consequences.”Something her kids can attest to.“She’s very strict,” 16-year-old Nariyah stated, “and she educates us a lot.” “We don’t have phones,” she added. “We have one phone for communication.”Another guideline implemented? “They’re not allowed to date until they’re 18,” Suleman noted.But the most important household rule is “no social.