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Quadruplets plus 5 more great kids

By Linda Roeder, About.com

URL::
http://quads9.homestead.com/

Age - How old are you now?
I am 49 My kids are ages from 7 to 15

When did you start your site?
september of 2000

Marital Status
Married

How old are your kids?
Ages 7 to 15

If you have pets, what kind do you have and what are their names?
1 Dog named Chewy

Occupation - What kind of work do you and your spouse do?:
S. A. H. D. Stay at home dad for the past 15 years.

Hobbies - What do you like to do, besides keep this site?
Camp, hike, bike ride with my kids.

Location - Where are you from? Where are you now?
I'm Mich, now in TN.

Why did you start writing your Web site?
To let others no that dads can stay home and care for there kids.

Why do you write a site about your family?:
I created this web site to share my family with others. We were on the Maury Povich show, I includes multiples links. home school links and all about our 9 kids with Quadruplets and we home school and dad is Mr. mom. AND that dads can stay home.

Why do you post pictures of your children on your site?
I do it to show off my kids, because I am proud of them. No one has my address and I feel that they are safe.

Do you discuss your children on your site? Why or why not? :
Yes I tell all about them.

Do you and/or others in your family communicate with readers of your site?
Yes, The kdis have pen pals

How much email feedback do you recieve from your site? Is it mainly positive or negative?
20-25 E-mails a week. all Positive so far.

Have you met any new friends because of the site?
Yes all around the world we like getting e-mail from the UK the best.

Has your motivation changed over time? :
NO

Do your friends and family know you keep this site/read it? If so have you had any really negative experiences as a result? If not why?
YES NO

How has your Web site benefited you? Your friends? Or total strangers?
Its fun for me to do. Others have said that they would like to be more like my family. Some have said that most men felt funny about being Mr. Mom but, knowing me have them to want to say home too.

If you had to do it over again from the beginning, what would you change? :
I would have stated a long time ago with my web site.

What are your favorite things on your site?
TV pages, with Maruy Povich show. Home school The info on my Quadruplets Mikeys home pages because he is always adding great things to his pages. The pictures people are always talking about my pictures.

What do you look for in an personal Web site, as a viewer?
To move around on the page easy. Picture that tell whats going on. lots of links.

What is "one word" that would describe your site? :
Family

Because of your site do you consider yourself a Web celebrity, an exhibitionist, a public figure, a writer, an innovator, or something different?
Web celebrity, people write all the time "what is Maruy Povich like, how did you get on the show and is he realy a nice guy.

Why do you think people are interested in your family, what they do, and/or what they have to say?

They want to no how we had Qaudruplets and how can dad stay home with mom working and still have money for 11 people. I tell them she went to collage I did not. So she was the one to work....

What compels you to design beautiful pages and to write from the heart (beyond just the usual question of "why do you write a Web site?")
With 9 kids and home school I am tied down to the house and never get out. This is the way I meet the world.

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