Struggle To Survive: The Lives of Four Girls Over Ten Years | Real Stories

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

Secret is so smart and beautiful…I pray she gets to have a chance to do things she wants ..she deserves it all the hard work she has done her whole little life..

[@Yvanehtnioj2000]

Seeing that girl have to walk back home TWO HOURS after giving birth was heartbreaking. I couldn’t imagine having to do that after having my first baby; I could barely stand, let alone walk, the first few hours. She looked like she was in so much pain.

[@veronicajjingo8313]

Same here.

[@Yvanehtnioj2000]

@@veronicajjingo8313 that girl is built *different* she built Ford tough I couldn’t have done it omg

[@julieth1991angel]

@@Yvanehtnioj2000 for real I had two C-sections I would have died

[@Yvanehtnioj2000]

@@julieth1991angel omg girl OKAY! She is built like a truck I would’ve folded like paper omg my heart really broke watching that like literally skipped a beat, this is NOT okay smh

[@universtar-me]

@@Yvanehtnioj2000 literally!!

[@lvega5606]

I really wish my parents would've had me watch a documentary like this when I was a child. I was sheltered and very much took for granted my education. I thought school was something that all of us kids were supposed to hate. But it's the key to getting a good job or helping to prepare you to start tour own business. It's a key to staying out of poverty. I would often zone out during class or laugh with classmates during lectures. I wish I could go back and tell my younger self how very valuable getting an education is and how it's important to pay attention.

[@gabriellabookbinder6951]

Boohoo ... 🥲 wow you where well off and didn’t understand you wherent poor?? Or that mabyeee you should’ve cared about school and not been a brat that took nothing seriously did you ever look around at your not white class mates and see them all doing their work while y’all played and most likely made the class horrible for kids actually trying to learn ! Wow this documentary would have just changed your life uh? Ahaha 🤣 that’s so funny your so oblivious to others struggles and lives that now you’ve finally learned to be grateful for the School you hated g-D bless KZbin right ?

[@altheahinds7131]

mee

[@KatieDeGo]

I make my 10 year old daughter watch documentaries when she complains about school, the food we have, the clothes she wears, etc. Helps her perspective a lot! 💗 and her gratitude!

[@sissyrayself7508]

The education system that we currently have was designed by our corporate overlords to create uniformity and mindless submission to the cult of authority. Those who have gone furthest in its ranks have proven themselves to be the most moldable to the form and the most willing to sacrifice their youth and vitality to this sticks and carrrots/ hamster wheel master's systems of rewards and punishments. Congratulations to the well-trained herds of Lemmings that have been put through this " System" and have become, as Pink Floyd so famously said, " Another brick in the Walll." I only hope that some day, you can ....and will, still be " allowed" the " privilege?" to " retire?".. Or top be " put out to pasture," and at that time, you are still able to live long enough to " enjoy" the " free time" the powers that should not be MAY STILL some day, " allow" you to have. Yes.. IF you were a good little " student\ minion" , then you may..if you live long enough, be granted a brief season with a semblance of "freedom" ... But only when your have paid enough taxes to their fiat fake monetary Ponzi schemes. When you are old enough, and tired enough, and broken down enough, to just quietly accept your fate, and when you are well past the the age to rebel, And when you are too exhausted and too broken spirited to challenge the status quo..... Then, and only then, .may your controllers ALLOW you to actually have enough free time to just sit quietly and deeply THINK about this broken system..and start to legitimately and wisely question your role, your place, in. it. .And only then, when you are no longer a threat to them.. Only THEN.when it is too late.. Will you be allowed d to regret.. But by then, of course, it will useless. But at least you can die with: " nice things".

[@dianeo2185]

Never too late for you.

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

70 Euros for a year of school? I hope the production team gave Secret's family the money to send her back to school. She should get something out of this. I look at my own daughter and think, what if she'd been born in such difficult circumstances? What if it were my daughter missing out on education? It's breaks my heart.

[@lizf1353]

No they don't that is the sick part of this.. they will pay tens of thousands to make this documentary with travel, staff pay, hotels, rentals, video equipment that is very expensive... they exploit the lives of these families to give people a view of their lives and they have the balls to talk about how easily preventable the death of the baby in the beginning, they have the balls to watch as a all A & a very Bs student is loosing a future over $70 a year the cost of 1 night in a crap motel in a western country and a tiny fraction of what they paid to watch their lives all these years 💔 it is WRONG

[@voutoo7899]

I’m sure they don’t help….

[@lilaeckitties7524]

@@lizf1353 How do you know? Or are you just assuming? They found out about the death afterwards. Malaria in babies is incredibly dangerous and often results in fatalities even with immediate medical intervention. Add in the fact she had no medical facilities nearby, it was a recipe for disaster. Do you honestly believe people would participate in this without some sort of payment?

[@lilaeckitties7524]

@@voutoo7899 why? Do you honestly believe anyone would do this for free?

[@lizf1353]

@@lilaeckitties7524 how do I know 🤔 let's see... A malaria vaccine is a vaccine that is used to prevent malaria. The only approved vaccine, as of 2021, is RTS, S, known by the brand name Mosquirix. the WHO for the first time recommended the large-scale use of a malaria vaccine for children living in areas with moderate-to-high malaria transmission

[@karengiorella2690]

What a touching and sad story. Education should be FREE FOR EVERYONE. Education and hard work are the only way out of poverty. Everyone should have the opportunity. My heart goes out to Secret and her family. May Noella and her family prosper and find peace.

[@Nicole-dw8ip]

The filmmakers could have covered the fee.

[@karengiorella2690]

I hope they did or led them to help with it. Maybe they'll do a follow up on the families. May god bless them.

[@solaris5922]

Education and hard work can still lead you to a life of poverty, it’s not a miracle drug. Life’s isn’t all black and white.

[@MiiDusa]

Education is most certainly not the only way out of poverty! I know this from personal experience.

[@karengiorella2690]

@@MiiDusa you're right. I might have overstated that one. I meant basic education in this case. Cheers

[@dominiqueangel245]

I’m happy secret decided to stay living with her grandma instead of with her mom and “partner”. I definitely wouldn’t trust a young girl with a man her mother barely knows. The way men treat the girls/women in the country is scary and heart breaking

[@lilaeckitties7524]

It's probably why she stayed with the grandmother.

[@phelixphelix227]

I love this type of documentaries. It makes you appreciate life on the other side of the world 🌎.

[@mrbrad187]

Yes it does!

[@faykouri1162]

Most certainly makes you grateful for what you’ve got!

[@myramedina5452]

@@mrbrad187 7 8

[@lakishaogle5298]

I feel sorry for her having to walk home two hours after having a baby you can tell she was in pain

[@mombradshaw5528]

I hope these families were/are compensated because without them...and their pain, this channel wouldn't have content.

[@idorus]

no one would know about these kinds of situations if no one documented and reported on them. its considered unethical to be paying subjects of a documentary and also can be seen as biased. you are not supposed to get involved like that.

[@alyciamarie4163]

There are millions and millions living like this. Now you can see it and share your knowledge to others around the world and maybe help.

[@FaisaBeauty]

@@alyciamarie4163 how do we help. Is there a charity that works in the area where we can donate and help them

[@Solararisa]

@@idorus For real, I don't understand this type of comment. If it weren't for these news channels, we wouldn't even know all the people who have suffered due to these wars.

[@faykouri1162]

A very enlightening documentary, poverty is the same all over the world with a few exceptions of course, I really hope that all the children we’ve watched make it! The haves and the have nots.

[@Sssssssslf]

I dont. The quicker they leave this world the better

[@CreopatraEmpressOmega]

I appreciate this so much I'm 42 years old I don't have any kids that has been our family but I always wonder about what it would be like to be a mother but it's obviously not easy no matter what you are but I appreciate being able to have a view of what it's like or how the world to be a mother

[@gabriellabookbinder6951]

What the heck she can’t even chill for more than two hours after the pretty much ripped the baby out of her and yelled at her for taking too long it’s just ridiculous!!!

[@veronicajjingo8313]

That is how most midwives in under developed countries behave. Some ask why are you screaming during labor pain

[@latyshal.2286]

Great documentary. 👏🏾 May God bless each of these young girls. 🙏🏾💛💫 Noelia's future is very bright. She is getting an education, but more importantly, she has a very supportive father and mother. She will break the chain of poverty in her family. 🙏🏾

[@tkzk330]

educate men to be responsible is one of the keys in this world

[@PrettyinPink93]

Boom

[@emilyb5278]

And free birth control and stop Catholicism telling the Catholics in Africa it's bad.

[@jahangirsamtio8690]

Why aren't women equal to men? they should look after themselves.

[@ladybug3380]

@@jahangirsamtio8690 men have chosen to be the leaders in all of these countries so yes they’re the ones who should be responsible. All of these countries have horrible conditions because men won’t stop fighting each other and creating horrible environments.

[@Theresa-lt3ki]

​@Kayli W. Are you serious. That's the best you got from this.Did you ,try to put yourself in these womens shoes.??? You live in such appalling conditions.The only hope they got is a MAN is going to provide and protect. Their destiny was doomed the minute they were conceived.Marry, have children.END OFF...We had a choice.They don't.Their looking for a provider.Uour comment shows, you know nothing about real life.Put yourself in their shoes.NO DOUBT YOU COULD.WHAT A IGNORANT COMMENT TO MAKE.THEY HAVE NOTHING.when you have nothing !! Anything is something. EVEN IF ITS WISHFUL THINKING.LET ME GUESS ?????? Spoilt,uneducated,brat.

[@lesleyallinson8738]

I am so pleased for this family now he has given up drinking its lovely to see the family are doing well. I hope things continue to go so so well

[@joleen2509]

May we just acknowledge how beautiful and precious all these children are.

[@adimeter]

Precious!!!

[@sandycandy9240]

RIP baby Alaishri

[@LifeAdviceSite]

Ah yes. I always give birth faster and easier when my birth attendants yell at me about their lost sleep. 👍

[@Dancingsingingstars]

I swear wtf. That's obstetric violence.

[@EllicottCity1]

& that "help" on the walk home😩

[@LifeAdviceSite]

@Ellicott City yes. She should have been resting in bed. ❤️

[@mombradshaw5528]

@@EllicottCity1 like they couldn't have found her a makeshift stretcher

[@karengiorella2690]

And her having to walk home ,barefoot, hours after giving birth for "security" reasons. So very sad. I hope someone stayed with her and her baby.

[@PeaceJourney...]

A very informative video, gives insight into other perspectives. Thank you, this video is as beautiful and tragic as life itself.

[@annaliebisme]

Are women with less than 5 children not important to your company? That said, the comments about women just needing to keep their legs crossed, you’re not very perceptive. Some of these women do not have that choice heartbreaking and wrong as it is.

[@EmiFromMars]

My thoughts exactly

[@Littlemouse884]

Yes many dont have access to free contraception and often their men force themselves onto them - like the mother of Secret replied to the man when he asked her why she has so many(children) "ask the men !"

[@lvega5606]

Yeah, many women are raped and have no choice. Some of these folks are ignorant.

[@emilyb5278]

They have no birth control and usually religous. Also the men will woo them then just leave. They need birth control

[@myshiteu4934]

Agreed. Those men will talk to them and make it seem like they’ll be a good husband but only to up and leave later. I wouldn’t be surprised that the negative comments are from men themselves. Typical

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

Thank you for this very informative video; It's so sad how some children miss out on a decent quality of life owing to their circumstances.

[@amandajones4549]

In this day and age, how is this possible? It’s so heartbreaking to see these people go through this.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

I love noelia father no matter what he kept the kids in school he's even helping them study he wants his daughters to be the best and have the best

[@adimeter]

I like him too. I admire the way he overcame his addiction to drinking. He must have conquered his emotional pain.

[@jackyavaa3459]

Makes me much more grateful. We here in the US get 2 days, while this poor women was sent on her way within 2 hours after birth. Its inhumane to make her walk back to her home like that…

[@sietar718]

Women who give birth at birthing centers go home 2-4 hours after birth in the US.

[@nlibby5549]

I'm glad I had the 2 days. I didn't know my baby had a heart condition. The baby would have died if they didn't catch it when the symptoms happened on day two.

[@ClanToreador]

@@sietar718 usually in a wheelchair and a soft heated or air conditioned car. I’ll definitely be one of the moms leaving soon since I hate being in hospitals, but you best be knowin I’m not walking home afterbirth…that woman is very tough and she might and might not have had any pain killers 😐.

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

I left about an hour after I had my second. I was fine. After my first, I trekked off to the hairdresser while the nurses watched my daughter 😄

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

@@ClanToreador Not walking? lmao unless you're a big drama queen, you'll be able to walk just fine

[@Bebedollie]

Gosh they coulda carried her home . She just had a baby ❤️

[@livelovelaugh3105]

I thought the same..

[@sietar718]

Walking is very possible two hours after birth.

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

Omg you can walk after having a baby, jeez 😆

[@zinkaside7542]

@@CovidConQuitTheCensorship you have commented this multiple times, YOU had a extremely easy birth and other people actually like to bond with their babys after birth and not go to the salon. Either your lying or your lying.

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

@@zinkaside7542 Why would I lie? And how would you know what comments I've made? You seem to be a bit insecure

[@ladinembuli9829]

Really enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing.

[@theresajohnson1959]

Oh my goodness she didn’t even get to rest, I’m glad she got her girl.

[@pearl1357]

Noelia's father is a very bright man.

[@ciku-ciku7194]

Literally built a home a started a new productive life for his family in the middle of nowhere. Quite impressive.

[@jemimafranck5776]

RIP Alaishri 💔 it felt like I was there from day 1 with her and secret

[@adimeter]

Thank you. You were very sensitive in your portrayal of this problem of inequality. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and was pained by it.

[@louisgabriel9155]

6 children with 5 different fathers.We have that here also.The cycle of poverty continues no matter what country😢

[@georginajarrettgj]

The way the doctor dropped the baby’s head on that table…! 😳🥹🥹

[@justhimo2728]

it's very horrific when you go to sleep and you be hungry 😔 poverty is very horrific I saw that in my own eyes

[@justhimo2728]

@Kayli W. now did you be better or its bad

[@justhimo2728]

@Kayli W. wow I'm happy for you 😍 I remember one day in the past when I go to my bed I was so hungry and I can't sleep I just cry and drink water but now I'm happy my life is so better I find a job and I can buy food to me and my family

[@maidsua4208]

The family from Bolivia was a wonderful family! So hardworking. The father in the family must be intelligent, he manages to create something out of almost nothing. The contrast to the woman who is unable to support a child is great. She chooses to go through 5 births with five different men in 10 years! Unfortunately, poverty is maintained there. People must be able to afford to give their children a future before they give birth to a child.

[@melangegirl]

I believe all women should have access to birth control. They may think it is their right to copulate and populate, not realizing that these babies also have a right to good health, food, love and security, and in some places, education. But the cycle continues, even here in the USA.

[@avocado1182]

It's sad how most of them want children because they want help with chores

[@aliciachristopher6506]

That's the reason most people have had children throughout history. Parents need children to help with chores. Who is going to look after the parents when they get old?

[@Panamenya]

If people living in poverty were to become naturally sterile after one child, they would value that one child more, would invest in that child more, educate that child, and would have a chance at escaping poverty. But people in poverty rarely stop after one child, so the poverty gets worse and worse for their kids, grandkids, etc.

[@Madi-.-]

​@Panamenya you have to understand that many in poverty within these countries don't have access or even the knowledge of birth control. Plus laws are different there as well. So if a woman is married and her husband wants intimacy or even another child, the wife may have no choice. Its not always a simple situation and having a closed mind is pretty ignorant.

[@mallarieluvsgirls]

@@Panamenya they’re not educated. and that’s pretty much eugenics. they have no access to birth control too

[@kimac7852]

@11:01 I liked what Willy said better than the caption..."I feel very very bad but no power, and no money ain't (no way) to advance myself." Excellent documentary. Thanks for the content.

[@SweetUniverse]

It's the same among the poor in the U.S. - 5 children, 6 different fathers, no support/ help from any of the children's fathers

[@nancyhagan7553]

you need to read and educate yourself about traumas and their effects of the human minds for you to be able to understand their behaviours and the repeated cycles

[@IamPINKIEDaniels]

You really don't make sense at all

[@maggiemae7539]

@@nancyhagan7553 people can break the cycle. They have to give up the victim mentality

[@ruboo8053]

Yes and no shame put on those fathers who willingly walk away 🤔

[@mombradshaw5528]

All of these baby girls so precious and so valuable 💎💎💎💎

[@kaleahcollins4567]

So said for that family for the loss of their baby girl

[@solaris5922]

It looks like secret’s grandmother is the only one teaching her a life skill (cooking). At what point does her Esther think “I need to stop having these mens kids cause they keep leaving me”

[@deanacrane5947]

Secrets mother....as much respect as I have for her, her blaming her having so many kids on their fathers is ridiculous! After the first 3 fathers left she could have tried to prevent pregnancy a little harder because Ultimately she's the one left to take care of the children and she's already learned it the hard way.💜

[@mallarieluvsgirls]

you don’t know what happened to her

[@megancurley5579]

Aww Secrets a grandma's girl.

[@natsilv8398]

Grabbing the horses by the ears omg i can't

[@thatitalianmama2750]

I really hope you all are paying the family's your documentary is on because you know they need that money an it will go a long way for them

[@jessicahijarunguru4117]

Such an informative documentary, we Africans and many other nations sometimes fail to observe the patterns of the cycle of poverty, and that's how it continues throughout generations. I feel for the life of Secret and so many other girls around the world. Thanks for the work you have put into this, it was eye opening.

[@epiphadipity]

she walked home TWO HOURS after giving birth. oh my god.

[@JuanCarlosGonzalezSolorzan-l9v]

There's a huge difference between poverty in Liberia and Bolivia.

[@bricastillo5398]

First of all… secrets skin 😍 FLAWLESS

[@MichelleLuvn25]

Yesssss she’s absolutely beautiful 😍

[@harshacharadva7840]

How to survive! Real meaning of life!💫✌🤞

[@momof6boys336]

I have 6 sons. I definitely feel her pain. I lost 3 and feel those were my girls

[@Luci-ue5px]

Thank you for all the work documentary team has done. Very thoughtful and informative. Children do benefit when they have supportive environment which is also provided to parents. Basic needs and education for healthy growing societies. I really hope that today, with information and online free education being accessible, more children will have opportunities to learn. My heart skipped a beat when so long waited little baby girl got sick.

[@SallyM-7777]

In a sense they are the riches people. As the one son in Noella family said it sorted itself out. That’s amazing. Happiness can be found in the littlest things to the big in their lives.

[@junemiller9718]

Poor woman two hours after giving birth they're dragging her home😳

[@didihern]

Very good documentary!

[@etaokha4164]

We don't know how privileged we're living abroad and having our babies in better heath care systems and our kids also get to have child tax credits added to their names and go to school for free without paying fees.

[@PurplePassionPaper]

Where abroad?

[@cayennepepper242]

I thank God I grew up in the Bahamas my heart goes out to these families

[@i_got_worms7106]

I'll never understand it. Haven't got a pot to piss in... "Hey, lets have 5 kids."

[@christinegatto7426]

@Ladie Kadie Their culture does not help them succeed in this world.

[@i_got_worms7106]

@Ladie Kadie but they aren't making it though, that's the point.... They're living in utter poverty and they're cursing 5 poor kids to the same fate.

[@MUGENGaming]

@Ladie Kadie It's more of a "poverty" culture. More people have more kids all around the world

[@syliadalth]

Thanks for the amazing content!

[@mimi_elk.7614]

I hope the families got their compensation for this documentary…

[@peterp3848]

Painful as it was, I enjoyed watching this. Thanks guys who made this

[@ebonyrose4511]

Having babies in these conditions is madness

[@amandahunter9186]

I have everything I want and need but unfortunately being alone at night is hard for me because I have ptsd and depression and anxiety because I panic a lot quite easily and fast if something goes wrong

[@claudiaargueta3767]

Me too. I am now doing better after getting help from medication and therapy.

[@sissyrayself7508]

Just wait until something really bad happens.. Like war coming to your nation..or a total economic6 collapse like in Venezuela..you will be amazed at how powerful your rage and vigor to fight to survive will be..and how free from fear you will feel a you face it. .the problem is the anticipation.

[@tandysaysyoucandoanything6758]

Then I look at my cat and scold it for being spoiled. I’m spoiled too. I will always cherish my blessing and help those who need it. ❤️❤️❤️

[@rashayaphiri7066]

I don't mean to laugh but some African people always joke about how they wished they were born as animals abroad,

[@lrzoey884]

They need to be educated to not have children if they cannot feed them.

[@skinnyzebra8626]

Having been born & raised in this part of the world, many westerners don’t quite understand why many women in third world countries have many kids, child mortality is very high, for every 4 kids there’s a possibility of loosing 1,2 or all sometimes, so it’s sad for me to put it this way “LIFE IS A GUMBLE”

[@sissyrayself7508]

. Not call people are intelligent as yourself. There is a difference in IQ according to heredity and diet. It is hottly debated..many have tried to disprove it..the facts remain. It is just true.

[@Panamenya]

@@skinnyzebra8626 Infant mortality has gone way down in the last 50 years. In fact, the overall death rates for even the most impoverished nations are very similar to first world countries (compare the death rates of the Philippines and Switzerland -- Switzerland is slightly higher, actually, /1000). There is simply no excuse for procreating so irresponsibly in these times with vaccines, antibiotics, hygiene, etc. Also, if parents are stretched too thin, they can't give each child the attention or care they deserve or need, which would actually put each kid in more danger of neglect, injury, or disease. Poverty deepens and worsens with each additional kid added to an already poverty-stricken family. The most humane solution for most of the world's problems is to prevent human pregnancies as much as possible, to reduce the number of human births in every country. There are way too many people, and even worse is that there are way too many people being born, too quickly. This needs to stop.

[@mallarieluvsgirls]

@@Panamenyanot there. one girl died in this series

[@sarina5352]

And here in the west people mourn about their pimples and tiny little things. Heads off to these women baring it all because they dont have options. 😢 I wish world becomes a better place just to breath freely. Broke me into pieces bring a mother myself especially the first brave woman loosing her daughter. I have a son he's a blessing but yes girls are the biggest blessing and nothing can replace their presence.

[@lilaeckitties7524]

Because people in the west couldn't possibly have any larger problems...

[@robwilton9539]

There is a common thread throughout this video and that is that poverty stricken people have children they cannot afford. The biased producers give two examples where everything worked out fine but this is far from the norm.

[@sphesihlemamba9964]

Remember most of them are not educated, they only rely on men for survival and they don't know much about family planning.

[@CreopatraEmpressOmega]

Mother's create the world but you're taking advantage of so much ❤️💯❤️💯❤️

[@kristingordon]

$70 a year school fee? I wish there was a way to sponsor them.

[@chelseaprettie8833]

10:05 The baby carrying it on her head is the cutest thing ever 😂❤ . I feel bad for the boy she keeps picking on 😂😂 1 year olds are mean lol

[@angellaruth5758]

I wonder what's going on with them now 🥺

[@bessiemann7468]

Touching and sad story. May God bless these families

[@Nicole-dw8ip]

It's no way I could film this documentary and not ensure the main children I filmed attend school. What is $70 euros.

[@andreabrava6899]

Where does it start, where does it end. Its a never ending cycle. Btw. Even if they go to school, statistically, they end up the same as their parents. Only a very miniscule number actually has an progression.

[@mahoganystructure]

Extremely interesting watching individuals from different parts of the world.

[@joycedavenport7757]

I'm going to show this to my 10 year old that I so much struggle with cause he always asks for the latest video games,shoes even upgrading his iphone. I'm always willing to give it him and my husband always tells me I'm spoiling him. Now I have no clue how how to change it. He is a great kid by the way

[@joycedavenport7757]

@@kayliw.3086 so true. Thank you for this advice.

[@jaggirl]

Even on out worst day. We still don't realise how good we have it, compared to these people. They really need to hand out birth control free. Secret is a beautiful young girl. I hope she can get an education. I pray someone from the production company paid for it. It was quite cheap. She deserves something out of this.

[@Laura-eo2fl]

How can we sponsor students around the world? Instead of wasting time judging the poorest among us, how ca we help?

[@Lifeisgoodbelieve1in3]

Compassion International a Christian organization you can sponsor a child for $38 a month and they will get school health care and Biblical teaching

[@sissyrayself7508]

The poor will always be with us. Humans..are as greedy as any other created being.. But they are also..paradoxically, the only ones capable of altruism. And mankind is also the only created ones who are endowed with free will and intellect. They can utilize this free will to battle the base instincts of survival of the fittest...to battle greed and selfishness. It does nothing to be aulturistic..from.an a Nihilistic stand point. But we were not evolved by meaningless nothingness snd blind chance..We were created divinely with a purpose and a plan. Humans are yhe worst And yet the best They are they.. The very pinnacle of Creation.. If we only so choose to be. At least we have a choice. A dog can not choose not to eat a dirty diaper..if it sees excrement..it will eat it.. It will return to its own vomit. We can not judge the dog. But if a human did that.. We would be disingenuous to not" judge" We have choices. There are absolutes. There are rights and wrongs It is not relative It is mot cultural. There is an absolute standard of morality We do mot get to set it We do not get to choose it. We care not our own We were created The pot doesn't get to tell The Potter how to make it.. Or criticize The Potter. To say otherwise is a logical fallacy A lion must eat flesh..or it will die It has not yet been made differently. It has no choice. We have choices. Choose wisely.. But remember.. The heart is the most deceptive of all the Organs. Choose neither with your head nor your heart.. But a balance of both With guidance from some part of you that can not be measured, counted, qualified or quantified.. Yet..it exists and is more real, more lasting..more eternal than your head or your heart.. Choose with your Spirit..your Soul.

[@tashajackson1905]

That's the problem now she gone say IF it's a girl she won't have anymore but why have anymore if you can't take care of the ones you got I just don't understand why anybody would bring a baby into this world and they can't take care of it

[@nancygracegalera6667]

The mom smile was so loving 😍😍😍

[@pattynellis7347]

Secret is adorable

[@sphesihlemamba9964]

I wish Secret and the rest good fortune 💓

[@verityowens9638]

Geez ! Too many kids to feed

[@mispalobti4982]

Hear ye, hear ye! As you venture further down into the comment section, mentally brace yourself for ignorance and condescension, with the ever present sprinkle of prejudice to top it all off. You’ve been forewarned 😊

[@kimtaehyungsock]

lolllll

[@ceputehching-ching1503]

Secret at 10 had done cooking, taking care of siblings..👍🏻

[@victoriaparkinson3720]

Secret. What a beautiful girl and a beautiful name xx

[@jeanettelebarron3306]

Birth control & education!!!

[@jeanettelebarron3306]

AMEN!!!

[@adairadair9490]

These poor women don't have any kind of protection having child after child they have no money to feed these vunrabil children with not one ounce of happiness or any future nothing children having children this is depressing beyond words very bad

[@Panamenya]

It's awful how the men see that the women are living in poverty with children, and impregnate them again and leave them again. Just evil, evil, evil.

[@amandat82]

Secret is beautiful!!!

[@HaLLiEB85]

Crazy that I graduated a year before they started filming this (2004)

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

Why?

[@HaLLiEB85]

@@CovidConQuitTheCensorship cuz it was 18 years ago ?

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

@@HaLLiEB85 .....but it feels like just yesterday sigh

[@lettycardenas3871]

I wish the best for these beautiful girls and families.

[@Serraphina]

RIP Alaishri

[@brittanygulker2051]

Good god what a terrifying documentary 😳

[@diane9247]

Very well done, and a lot to think about.❤

[@ilenetyrrell4484]

Isn't there a way to allow secret to attend school?

[@rashayaphiri7066]

Let people use contraceptives, especially in Africa, its really rough and no government leaders care for you, its only you and your kids, it's up to you to change your destiny

[@preparetomeetsatan]

Im sure the women would love birth control but in order to receive it they’d need access to a doctor and money every month to buy it

[@heersrivastava2635]

I'm the youngest of 10 children. Let me tell u its no joke. Its no life.

[@graceunderfire941]

How is it you would wish your life better? What is your life like ?

[@maggiemae7539]

Bull! My dad is the oldest of 14. Big beautiful family!

[@unknownentity7964]

@@maggiemae7539 you're both right really. Having lots of children CAN be a positive thing but it's also true that the more children you have, the higher the burden. Both financially, physically, emotionally. Which means there's a higher chance that the kids could be neglected etc. So it's more accurate to say that a family having multiple kids adds risk factors that make them *more likely* to struggle than a family with 1 kid. Not a guarantee it'll be a negative thing but just higher risk unless the parents have many resources and a good support system around them

[@preparetomeetsatan]

@@maggiemae7539 so because your dad came from a big family other people can’t have different experiences or opinions? Stfu

[@suzysuzy9027]

Rip baby girl....it really sad 😢

[@IamPINKIEDaniels]

Why does this doco say 6 million children die from maleria every year but the WHO says under 300,000? 😢

[@oprahwinfrey6906]

They said under fives from preventable cause, not directly malaria

[@marlenegomes6501]

Instead of just potraying the lives of these poor children and families for a documentary! Why didn't you help them and connect them to any charitable organisation international or local that would help them and their families out of their terrible poverty. That should have been the purpose to help them out of this situation as best you can, since you took the trouble to travel to remote poverty stricken places to find them! It's outrageous to me that you just filmed them and then left them. What good is that? 10 years later all 4 girls should have been in a better place and situatuon than when they were born.

[@marlenegomes6501]

They are people, human beings with hearts and souls, not specimens in the wild, for observation as to how they are managing in dire poverty? Shame on you people who filmed this documentary and did nothing to help. You know where they are - go back and make it right. Act like human beings yourselves!

[@Babyqueeniexoxo]

Yeah they need help x

[@resilientgal872]

Micheline story leaves me a little skeptical her claims of living a better life ring a bit false to me it almost sounds like a wishfuffillment on her part . I hope its not the case, but I have a feeling she not living like an other sweedish woman with expensive clothes if someone controls her that much

[@jenniferSabalza99]

RIP Alaishri 😢

[@natsilv8398]

I don't understand, u live in a house with dirt floors no food no nothing u already have 4 boys living under awful conditions and try again for a girl because u want ur daughter to help with house chores, this girl now has to have a future of hunger and neglect. So difficult to comprehend the mentality of such people.

[@mse5739]

Maybe you would understand if you lived there for only a month experiencing u have to do all the housework , take care of your husband who doesnt help around the house and your four boys. They are taught that men have to be served, men dont have to do anything whereas boys and men are to be served by women. In addition stupid religious views dont allow them to use contraception cos its against the will of God.. Well, i hope u manage to get its not about “certain people’s mentality”.

[@lastdimensions638]

​@@mse5739 "men don't have to do anything." Yeah except for taking care of the livestock, planting and harvesting, doing more physical labor and providing a shelter for their families.

[@veronicajjingo8313]

Only a person who has lived such an experience can truly understand their lived experiences. Most of these women dont even have a say in their marriages

[@julieth1991angel]

If they don’t have proper healthcare how do you think they get birth control do you think they just pass them around