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Did You Come From A Large Family?

From the lens Living Large- Raising A Big Family.

  • LLMom27 Apr 14, 2012 @ 10:32 pm | delete
    I didn't come from a large family, but my husband did (7) and we have 7 of our own. Yay, for large families. Never a dull moment.
  • poutine Mar 22, 2012 @ 7:51 pm | delete
    I have 5 siblings...
  • naheedahsan Mar 15, 2012 @ 5:29 am | delete
    ya, i'm from a big family and we still living together, i's fun to be together.
  • GonnaFly Feb 28, 2012 @ 8:19 pm | delete
    I was one of 6 children. Is that considered a big family? It certainly makes for fun get-togethers now we all have our own families :-)
  • CCGAL Feb 19, 2012 @ 10:50 am | delete
    No, I have only two siblings, but one of my friends from high school had 8 children. I always admired the mom, because she would knit all the kids a sweater each year, and she'd go buy fabric by the bolt and make dresses for her girls, and trousers for her boys. I think I've spent my entire life trying to become as proficient as she was, but I'm not even close yet.
  • RazzbarryBreeze Feb 8, 2012 @ 11:54 am | delete
    I was one of 5 kids in my family. I was the eldest.. So I can appreciate how it is today to raise a large family. I have 3 kids of my own but it's still a family affair to make our home run efficiently ...
  • brunidl Jan 16, 2012 @ 2:43 pm | delete
    Love the whining parents!
  • Traceeshobbies Dec 31, 2011 @ 3:19 pm | delete
    I did not come from a large family but always wanted to. I do have a large family now of 9 kids. I love it, BUT it is expensive and very difficult to find things to do that won't cost a years salary to do.
  • hotrodcaddy3 Dec 8, 2011 @ 8:58 pm | delete
    I am a mom of 5 (with #6) on the way ages 7-1 and love everyday of it but need to figure out how to live on a smaller budget and keep better organized...Any Tips? Also if anyone has any tips of Chores and stuff they would be greatly appreciated too :)
  • phoenix3423 Nov 29, 2011 @ 8:11 pm | delete
    i come from a family of 5 and my inhouse extended family is 5 kids and 3 adults ( me, brother, and hubby) we are out numbered and loving it
  • MomOf6Rocks Aug 12, 2011 @ 7:07 pm | delete
    My husband and I have 6 children (5 boys and 1 girl - stuck right in the middle)! I have 3 siblings and my husband has only 1 (who is 16 years younger than he is). Needless to say, it's been an interesting ride!
  • Blessedmombygrace Jul 20, 2011 @ 8:57 pm | delete
    I've got 7 kids from age 14 down to age 1. I am very blessed!
  • Ilona1 Jun 25, 2011 @ 9:06 pm | delete
    No. I *had* a large family.
  • peetred May 16, 2011 @ 4:24 pm | delete
    We have 3 so far, 2 years apart each. I respect big families so much, they always love each other a ton!
  • poutine Apr 5, 2011 @ 8:39 am | delete
    I come from a family of 6 children.
    It was so much fun growing up.

    My parents never "lost" it.
    I grew up in a very calm atmosphere.
  • ideadesigns Jan 28, 2011 @ 12:02 pm | delete
    My husband comes from a family of eleven, I can't even imagine. I love your parents whining commercial! FlyLady is Awesome for getting organized and clean. Cheaper by the dozen is one of my faves.
  • marsha32 Dec 9, 2010 @ 8:35 pm | delete
    only 1 brother here...I have 4 children...and one of them has 5 now. I wish I had had more now that I only have one left at home. One of the families in our homeschool group is working on #14
  • Wbisbill Nov 1, 2010 @ 10:37 am | delete
    I came as the oldest of four; my wife had one sister who passed on at age 20. However, Mom and dad both came from large families. We are family people. Another great lens!
  • jgelien Oct 20, 2010 @ 9:27 pm | delete
    I came from a family with 5 kids (I am the only girl) and my husband was one of originally 8 children (one sister died as an infant). My mom was one of 13 kids and my dad one of 5 boys. Congratulations on keeping those plates spinning!
  • CheapElectronicsLover Oct 30, 2009 @ 8:13 pm | delete
    I was like an only child since it was just me and my brother and he was 14 years older than me. lol
  • Jewelsofawe Oct 21, 2009 @ 7:08 pm | delete
    No. I was an only child. I had 3 children myself and they are now teens.
  • GrowWear Oct 19, 2009 @ 12:51 pm | delete
    Kudos, Super Mom. I know that plate-spinning so well, and my family is small! :)
  • mbgphoto Jul 22, 2009 @ 3:00 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens. Lots of good tips. 5*
  • JaguarJulie Jul 8, 2009 @ 10:23 am | delete
    You know I was thinking that 'living large' would make a great url for a lens. We have a coworker who is a really big guy with the biggest head -- he himself admits he needs to lose some weight -- but he is ALWAYS saying how he is living life LARGE!
  • WhitU4ever Jul 8, 2009 @ 8:30 am | delete
    I used to find it hard to delegate, but I discovered we should for multiple reasons. When you have older children and younger children, you can teach the older children responsibility and at the same time preserve your sanity by assigning a younger child to an older child while you make an important phone call, but don't forget to leave instructions and have the older sibling perform a specific task with the younger sibling, such as reading a story, teaching her to write or say ABC's, singing songs, or playing a game. (Be sure they know to avoid interrupting you unless it is an emergency and define an emergency.) It's also a good idea to delegate chores. Both younger and older can rotate between dish duty. clearing the table, taking out the trash, feeding the pets, sweeping or washing the porch, watering the garden, etc. The little ones will need supervision (another opportunity for delegation). When everyone has something to do, there is less time for bickering and boredom.
  • poutine Apr 9, 2009 @ 9:31 am | delete
    Being a mom is the most difficult job in the world.
    So multiply this by X children and it must be
    "terrifying".
  • budgetingmom Nov 12, 2008 @ 10:31 am | delete
    Thanks for this great lens. What encouragement for today's busy family!
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    http://www.squidoo.com/duggarfamily
  • MsMorrison Oct 8, 2008 @ 4:03 am | delete
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  • thomatribe Sep 7, 2008 @ 4:35 pm | delete
    I am one of ten children and my parents also raised 6 of our stray cousins. There were 16 of us exclusing my parents living in a bedroom house. Kudos to my parents.
  • SemperFidelis Sep 4, 2008 @ 8:58 pm | delete
    Being a Mom of 5 kids, all still at home, I can relate to the craziness a large family brings. I wouldn't trade it for anything, however.
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  • Aug 31, 2008 @ 11:35 pm | delete
    I love to have and live in a large family.It's quiet funny and crazy.the relations in the large families will be heart touchiing.
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  • Aug 25, 2008 @ 5:00 am | delete
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  • TimsJewel Jul 23, 2008 @ 1:07 pm | delete
    Hi. What a wonderful lens. I have nine children myself. Lots of FUN! I have also been called 'superwoman' but most of the time it feels like crazy woman! Keep up the GREAT work!
  • The_Homeopath Jun 28, 2008 @ 1:02 am | delete
    You have me beat - I only have 4 kiddos. But, they manage to keep me entertained.
  • Pixie_Patch Jun 25, 2008 @ 2:53 pm | delete
    Hi there I have 5 children and love having a large family (by todays standards anyway) the only bad thing is I get a lot of negative comments from people despite my kids being better behaved than most I see. I Love your lens! hugsxxxxx
  • BFuniv.com Jun 13, 2008 @ 1:18 am | delete
    I only had five kiddos, not really a big family. One thing I noticed, the more kids - the more they entertain and instruct each other. Five was easier than four, four easier than three. Now that they are grown however, three seems to be the maximum number of grandkids produced in each family.

    But I keep hinting ...
  • May 6, 2008 @ 4:26 am | delete
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  • cimscuriocorner Mar 28, 2008 @ 2:42 am | delete
    I have 5 children so love this lens. Thanks sometimes I feel like I'm the only family with so many children.
  • mulberry Mar 21, 2008 @ 12:16 pm | delete
    I probably couldn't handle it but a large family sounds terrific to me...it looks good when you see it on TV anyway!
  • lens4Him Mar 20, 2008 @ 11:59 am | delete
    I didn't come from a big family, but I have four children and know people who have six or more. My late mother-in-law was one of seven (children that is - I don't have seven mother-in-laws :))
  • Thialee Jan 30, 2008 @ 8:58 am | delete
    Great Lens! I enjoyed every minute I spent.
  • LaraineRose Jan 13, 2008 @ 11:57 pm | delete
    I came from a family of 6 children. That's not large compared to the size of families in my parent's generation. Some of them had 10 - 13 children. I must admit that those families usually lived on farms. One of my mother's friends used to say that she was raising her own baseball team (her final count was 13!) She had a tremendous sense of humor. She said that was the key to her sanity. I feel very blessed to have come from a large family. I am never lonely! Thanks for writing this lense - it made me think back to "when."
  • badmsm Aug 29, 2007 @ 11:10 pm | delete
    I find that sanity is a relative concept, but bigger families tend to come up with original and effective ways to handle life.
  • groovyoldlady Aug 28, 2007 @ 7:22 pm | delete
    Sorry. I'm an only child...an only child with 4 children! And I have several friends with 7 plus kiddos. The most amazing thing is that they're all completely sane.
  • LindaJM Aug 8, 2007 @ 1:02 am | delete
    Great lens... I know moms with lots of kids need a resource like this. I had five - but only one still lives at home. All the best to you.
  • badmsm Aug 8, 2007 @ 12:50 am | delete
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