Newt Gingrich, and he was pilloried by the media. Thing is - my wife used to teach at a school that had parents like that mother. Even worse. There was one mother with 12 kids and every single one of them was special needs because she drank and did drugs during pregnancy. In suburban schools kids are rowdy on friday because they want to go home. In inner-city schools kids are rowdy on friday because they don't want to leave. Their home lives are horrible. The older kids in these families are often abusive towards their younger half-siblings.