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I would lose my mind if I had this many kids
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 178903"><p>I could only read the first 1.5 paragraphs...it is just too much to take in. It is interesting how years ago families had much larger families and were able to cope well. I did some research on this not too long ago and families today having larg (er) families tend to be religious ones. So, faith seems to play a factor. In addition, these moms told me that older siblings tend to help out and often children help one another. I think if you have a true difficult child in the mix, it will get MUCH harder. Throw in two difficult children...well, you could get chaos. by the way, I had a friend (she moved) with seven children. She had the money to get nearly full time help. During the early years, she did very well. But as she got older and some of her kids entered their teen years, her stress level hit the roof and many days (not always) it was obvious it took everything she had to keep it together. I do think these things are a lot more possible when there are no difficult children, lots of good health, at least a little extra money available , lots of extra helping hands (support) as well as the obvious stuff... lots of love...good attitude/sense of humor/faith. This seems like a talll order...but I suppose it could be done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 178903"] I could only read the first 1.5 paragraphs...it is just too much to take in. It is interesting how years ago families had much larger families and were able to cope well. I did some research on this not too long ago and families today having larg (er) families tend to be religious ones. So, faith seems to play a factor. In addition, these moms told me that older siblings tend to help out and often children help one another. I think if you have a true difficult child in the mix, it will get MUCH harder. Throw in two difficult children...well, you could get chaos. by the way, I had a friend (she moved) with seven children. She had the money to get nearly full time help. During the early years, she did very well. But as she got older and some of her kids entered their teen years, her stress level hit the roof and many days (not always) it was obvious it took everything she had to keep it together. I do think these things are a lot more possible when there are no difficult children, lots of good health, at least a little extra money available , lots of extra helping hands (support) as well as the obvious stuff... lots of love...good attitude/sense of humor/faith. This seems like a talll order...but I suppose it could be done. [/QUOTE]
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