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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know them but that sat near us in church on Sunday (Catholic). 7 kids. youngest was about 3 months, oldest 12 or 13.  The middle girls (about 9 & 11) had f/t care of the infant.  Even while the baby fussed, they took care of him. The mother just went about her way, participating in mass.  It made me really sad for those girls.

It reminded me of my own childhood (Irish Catholic) where our family of 6 kids was considered small.  Most had 8, 10 or 12 kids.  You really don't get to know your parents when you come from that many kids.  You're lumped together in pairs and farmed out to older siblings, aunts/cousins.  It's sad.[/quote]

I know a family like this too, though they have 12 or 13 kids. It's almost unfathomable, and sadly funny as the children pile out of their giant van; older kids each responsible for a younger one. There can be no scenario in which each child interacts with their parents each day. Hoarding children like this is a mental illness; and borders on child neglect.[/quote]

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