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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A large family is essentially a high-intensity social environment. Like an athlete training in high altitudes, these kids often emerge very "strong" and capable, but the "training" itself is undeniably more taxing than a quiet life in the suburbs.[/quote]

My mom is the oldest of 6. She had a difficult childhood and despite that is a functional adult. I would not say her childhood made her strong though. She suffers from high anxiety. She has always needed a lot of reassurance and was very unhappy and angry as a SAHM to me and my sister. She does not look back fondly on her childhood because her father suffered from serious mental illness, her mom was emotionally distant, and she was parentified.[/quote]

I love it when people say that xyz was the reason they or their parent had an unhappy childhood, xyz being something that’s unpopular in th current zeitgeist (large family, mom was a SAHM, etc), and then reveals that the parents were mentally ill or addicted to drugs or caring for a profoundly disabled child.  
Maybe your mom was deeply unhappy because she has a genetic predisposition to depression and was raised by people with mental illness.  [/quote]my mother 100% would have been better off if her mother had had fewer children. Doesn't mean large families are bad but it.was definitely bad for my mom[/quote]

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