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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just not enough time for each child IMO. At some point they become a herd rather than individuals.[/quote]

It depends how they're spaced.  [/quote]

Even if kids are spaced out, there is only so much time during the day.  You cannot spend quality time with each one individually.

Can you pay for college and graduate school, at least a state school for all 4-5 kids?

Can each kid be in 1-2 activities where you drive them?

What will you do about child care?  Will they spend more time with the nanny than you?

Lots of big families work, but lots gets neglected because too many kids or the older ones parent the younger ones.[/quote]

I am someone who has a mixed family that results in six (I posted on the first page) and the answer to all your questions except the last one is yes.  Keep in mind that *I* am not their only parent. Four of the kids have two parents and two of the kids have three parents. So while one kid may have to wait a couple of hours to talk through a problem with us, that can easily happen in a household with two children also. [/quote]

There is a big different in a mixed family with that many parents and two parents with 5 kids.  OP husband works a lot and if she works to, that's not a lot of time for 5 kids.  If they are rich, money still does not replace time.  And, the kids will be raised by the older kids/themselves or a nanny.  Kids will be fine but they need a strong parent relationship.[/quote]

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