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October 2011 Moms
Ms.Jade
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If you know families with 3+ kids, come in.
Ms.Jade
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Is this normal? My brother and SIL have a 10 year old, a 5 year old and a 2 year old. They always say that their goal is to never have all three kids at once. So one is always either with a grandparent, or the oldest is with his BM. The kids all take turns spending the night with SIL's mom so that my brother and his wife don't have all three at home at once even at night.
Also on the weekends, they never do things as a nuclear family. They call up either one of the grandmothers, or my sister or me and try to arrange a visit and spend the whole day. They say it makes the day pass more quickly. They don't take the kids to the zoo, or the park, or a movie or anything. They only want to spend time at our houses. I know they have a small apartment, but this is weird to me.
Both of these things seem odd but they say it's a normal divide and conquer approach for larger families. It makes me wonder why they had 3 kids if this is their attitude. I know it's really none of my business but does this seem normal? All of my friends only have one or two kids or the kids are so young (3rd is a newborn) so I don't know any other larger families, and I don't remember what bigger families did growing up.
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Re: If you know families with 3+ kids, come in.
Are their kids especially unruly or something? 10 years is pretty old so I would think the 10 yo would be able to help out a lot with the other two. I have friends with 3 kids, and while they don't always have all three at once, they d
I grew up as 1 of 3 kids, and I know lots of families with 3 kids. This is not the norm for any situations I am familiar with. That seems really odd!
Honestly, why have 3 kids at that point?
Growing up there were three of us with similar age gaps except my older sister is 3 years older than me and my younger sister is 5 years younger than me. We normally did things as a family and if someone didn't come along then there was usually a
I grew up one of six kids and we were rarely at other people's houses. We always had our friends come to our house. Maybe they shouldn't have had 3 kids if it's "too much." The 10 year old probably can entertain himself most of the time... Also, I woul
That sounds like the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of. I have three kids and rarely are our kids NOT with us. If anyone spends the night anywhere, my two oldest go (they're 6 and 8), but we don't hand them off nightly! Why d
With my kids it is much easier when one is missing. It can seem like a three ring circus around here. I feel that three really is so much harder than two, we are outnumbered. We do plenty as a family though and usually will have a kid
I'm one of three and my mom said that after three "you just stop going places" :
She was one of ten. A couple of her siblings also have ten. I've hung out with these families and the older children care for the younger ones. I don't think that's
I figure that we have 3 kids, they belong to me and are my responsibility to raise. Such an odd concept to me to never have all 3 at the same time. It is a lot easier when one is missing, but more than naught, I have all of them at home wit
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