If I had a dime for every time I hear "you sure have your hands full" when I'm out in public, I would be rich. I just got back from the grocery store with all four kids and people just seem to gawk or something. I mean, I know our family is considered large by American standards and the kids are pretty close in age, but four kids really doesn't seem like a freak show to me. I know people with a whole lot more!
How many kids seems outrageous to you, personally?
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I'm a twin and have two older brothers, so four doesn't seem too out there to me. That being said, I th
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I grew up in a small town with a large family (my dad is one of 11, I am one of 4 etc). I would love to have as many kids I can but unfortunately it's not in the card for us and these two are it.
I probably would only gawk in public if I s
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For me, personally, I gawk at nothing. A lot of children usually impresses me, not shocks me, but most people around here with many kids are Amish or farmers, etc. and live outside the city. I haven't witnessed gawking at these families first hand but
I'm the oldest of 4, we're all 2ish years apart, and my mom did in-home daycare when we were kids. I lived in a Boston suburb and can remember her walking us a few blocks to the park with our neighbor (who also had 4 of her own) with the 3-4 daycare ki
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I was also going to say The Duggars. I would probably gawk at you - sorry. I can't imagine having four kids, but that's why I would be gawking, imagining the disaster I would be. So, it wouldn't really have anything
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My coworker has 4. Everyone acts like she is crazy/super mom. I don't see it. Any time I have an issue with pregnancy or the children, I get told to ask her. It drives me nuts! End rant.....
i think more than 2 is consider
I see four kids as the upper end of "normal" or "average". I think that it's easier to see it as intense when they're closely packed in age, because it *is* more work that way, imo. But I don't think that means that the person was less responsible or a
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My best friend came from a family of 10 kids. 6 biological 4 adopted (cousins). I practically lived over at her house so it was kinda cool to see the dynamics of a family like that. They're awesome people.
Personally more than six biological kid
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I think food is the biggest cost. If we lived in an urban area, we couldn't afford to feed our kids quality food. We would probably have to increase the amount of processed stuff they are eating.
Living in rural America helps when you
Around here 2 seems to be the most common number. 3 isn't unheard of, 4 is less common and I don't know a single family with 5+ (I have an aunt and uncle who had 5 but they're all adults now). Only children are very common here as well, far more common
I come from a family of 6 kids, so anything more than that surprises me. But now all my siblings have no more than 2, and all DH's siblings are the same except his oldest sister who has 3.
I hate how society looks down on large families. I've ALW
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I'm one of 5, my mom is one of 13 (and most of her siblings have a bunch of kids), so big families don't faze me at all. I love them! I hope to have a big family too!
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