The Pros of Getting a Large Family

Even though there are less and less of them out there, for these considering having a large number of kids, I'd like to share my viewpoint. I come from a family of 7 kids, my wife has 5 brothers and sisters, and my brother has copied Mom and Dad and has 6 of his own.

The Pros:

I always like to begin with the good so right here are some of the primary good elements of getting a large household.

- It by no means gets boring. Yep, it's like a party 24/7 everywhere you go from the time you are a infant till you move out to college. When you are one of the young ones, you have got dozens of arms that are competing to hold you and play with you. When you are a little older, it is awfully easy to get a pickup game of your favorite sport going.

- You get much more freedom when you want it. Let's face it. There comes a time in your young life exactly where you simply do not want to have something to do with Mom and Dad. Granted, if you come from a large family, chances are your parents are much more conservative than most. But even so, there comes a point exactly where it is just physically impossible to maintain tight tabs on all your kids, say if you have seven kids.

- You learn to share. Even if you did not want to. Even if you weren't born with the gene, you learn to share in a large family members. Assured hand me downs at some point in your childhood, school supplies, books, CD's and music. It is all fair game in the large family.

- Probabilities are you will not be overweight. I do not care how rich you're parents may be, cooking for such a large number each evening is a major task. And usually, servings will end up on the brief side. In my family, repeats were a luxury that we would generally have to fight over

- You have a fantastic support group. You usually develop different relationships in between your parents and your brothers and sisters as well. With more of them, you will be able to have more options and input into the problems you'll face throughout your life. Girlfriend trouble might be Andy's division, school Mike's and ways to have fun, Mandy's.

- This one might be subjective, but I believe that bigger families tend to be more close knit than smaller ones. I am not precisely certain why, but I'm guessing that it has to do something with the fact that by default in a large family members, you have to think less of yourself and more of others. And after all, that is the way tighter bonds are produced.

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