This Couple Gave Birth To The First Surviving Septuplets.See How They Look Now After Turning 20

Kenny McCaughey was keen to teach his children about the value of hard work when they attended high school. While the family would provide them with all of the essentials, if they wanted anything else then they had to work for it. Most of the septuplets got part-time jobs while at the high school, in order to buy themselves things like cell phones and tablets. “We were taught if we want something, we have to work for it,” Kenny Jr. once told NBC news.

When the septuplets turned 16, they all hit the headlines again. While they were good at keeping a low profile throughout the majority of their lives, there were some milestones that the rest of the world wanted to celebrate with them. It’s around this time that their father told them all they could get jobs, especially if they wanted driving lessons and cars. Buying 7 cars were probably out of the question for the already financially strained McCaughey family!

The press caught up with the septuplets again as they were enjoying their teenage life, with many admitting to being going through what most teenagers go through. Some were learning to drive, others had fallen in love and were in relationships. Having seven stroppy teenagers to contend with was probably something Kenny and Bobbi found difficult, but they never let it show in their interviews. In fact, they’ve always come across as a pretty perfect family despite their struggles.

The kids were pretty well behaved and kept themselves involved in high school, with all of them joining the school band! With all 7 of them playing together during halftime at football matches, they should have renamed it the McCaughey band… When the septuplets finally graduated high school, Bobbi told Today, “Everything is a last. The last marching band performance.” We have a feeling the mom of 7 was feeling quite nostalgic during that interview.

It wasn’t just the school band that kept these kids busy, however. All had their own hobbies and kept themselves busy. Some took part in cross country, others were in the choir, one of them wrestled, another played soccer, and another one entered speech contests. You could say that their lives were always busy, even when the press wasn’t hounding them every moment of the day. Bobbi said of her busy children, “It’s fun to see the work pay off.”

As the septuplets got older, they started their own journeys into adulthood. The end of school was coming, and each wanted to become their own person. Their parents watched as each of the children started making decisions about what they wanted to do in the future. Some already had their own goals and aspirations, others weren’t so sure. Giving life advice to one child is hard enough, but helping out with 7 must have been difficult for Bobbi and Kenny. The septuplets turned 18 (and blew out 126 candles) on November 19, 2015.