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[quote=Anonymous]I have five kids.  I feel like a parent to all of my kids.  If anything, parenting takes up more of my life.  I do spend less time sometimes, but that is partly because, by the third child, DH and I kind of know the deal.  Their challenges aren’t surprising, we know what to do, and we know how to do it.  Every decision, from where to deliver a baby to what to do when they cry in the middle of the night to two year old tantrums, struggles with long division, and mean kids in middle school is not as anxiety provoking as it was with the oldest.

And of course my kids have chores and have to help around the house.  And of course they are expected to be kind and care about younger siblings.  And who knows what the chore was about with an older sister putting the younger to bed.  Maybe it was because mom needed help, but maybe it was something that mom saw as a chance for the two sisters to bond.  Or maybe this was a good way to keep pp from being on her big sisters back all day because she knew she would get that special time at bedtime.  [/quote]

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