Extreme Makeover Home Edition

While I appreciate that fact that they try to select families that need the help, I am torn about last nights show.

Nevermind the fact that ABC decided to air this show instead of the two vastly superior shows that follow it, DH and BL. That aside, I am not sure that the family chosen really deserved the makeover as much as past families.

The family had seven kids, one single birth and a set of sextuplets. Here is my problem with them. They managed to have a child without the aid of fertility treatments. However, while trying to have a second child they did get the treatments and ended up with 7 kids in two pregnancies. Should this act of greed really merit reward?

If they had 7 single birth children, would anyone pity them or would they say they should have known better?

To me, there is no difference. They chose to use fertility drugs and with that, they should also chose to shoulder the responsibility for that choice.

But do they? No, they get a free house and a college fund for all 7 kids.

Late last year, they did a show with a family of four. Mom and Dad are deaf, the oldest son is perfect, and the little brother is autistic. Mom can't work because she has to take care of little brother, Dad has hit the glass ceiling due to his lack of hearing and lack of job skills, thus struggling to support the family. And big brother is the glue that holds the family together. The only one in the family who can verbally speak to little brother and the only one who can hear him. This is a family that was worthy of ABC's help.

Give the help to Cancer survivors, Widows and Widowers, the disabled and the orphaned, but let's just let the irresponsible procreaters fend for themselves.