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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also bear in mind you’re seeing these kids on their best behavior. People always tell me my large family is so well behaved and that is, uh, not my impression…[/quote]

Aw give yourself more credit! But I am curious - do you take them all out yourself on outings? do you go to religious services?

I also come from a large religious family and I think we appeared pretty organized in public although the only place we went together indoors was church. I wonder if the needed discipline in public to manage a lot of kids at a religious service is part of the way the kids and parents “learn” the skills needed to appear so calm and orderly. [/quote]

I think this is part of it too.  We switched from a non-denominational Christian church to a Catholic Church when my oldest was in first grade.  It wasn’t immediate, but there was definitely a change in the kids’ behavior over the next year or so.  When your family has to figure out how to be calm and obedient for an hour a week, it kind of spills over into the rest of your lives.  [/quote]

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