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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A family with seven (7) children all under age 10 moved into our street and  I groaned when I heard how many kids but these children are remarkably well behaved.  In fact, they are delightful to be around.  Obviously, they also have remarkable parents who have taught them manners.  
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Its easier to manage 5 and more because you are more into survival mode and a become a stricter parent to manage life. Also these kids expect less, learn from and get managed by older siblings. Its not possible for parents to raise 7 kids with as much attention as 1.[/quote]

This is true. People where get into five or more kids tend to get more militant out of necessity, and the kids usually fall in line because it's better for them -- at that point even they see that the chaos is too much without rules.

3 is the most an UMC family doing the more trendy style of permissive, "let kids be kids!" parenting can get away with. Sometimes the school/environment is enough to encourage good behavior even if the parents are lax-- a good nanny who is kept around even after kids start school will help a lot too. The worst ones, I hate to say it, tend to have a SAHM who views her job as cruise director and activity planner but doesn't discipline or enforce structure, and a dad who works long hours and wants to enjoy his kids when he's around, not be the disciplinarian.

Boys or girls don't matter, though they express their unruliness differently. Often there are horrifying sibling dynamics because the parents are putting zero effort into addressing sibling rivalry or bullying.

There are a number of families in our neighborhood and school community like this, and yes, people will visibly clench when they roll up.[/quote]

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