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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up as one of four and mostly liked it. The hardest part was not getting as many invites as a family because it was “so many people” to have over. Mostly a lot of great childhood memories and my siblings are close friends to me as adults. I hope to have 4 or 5, so far we have 2 and are currently trying for a 3rd.[/quote]

I can see this. My sister is pregnant with her 4th and is a fairly hands off parent, especially once her kids are toddlers on. She also has two large dogs who are obnoxious (but friendly.) I love her but really don’t want any part of her circus so I don’t see her that much (3 hours away.)[/quote]

DP - I have four and am not at ALL hands off with my kids.  Not until I can trust them to behave the way I want them to. It's something I take pride in - not being the mom of a gaggle of kids who is always overwhelmed, messy, yelling and losing a kid. [/quote]
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Four kids is not so many (I don’t even really consider it to be big) that you’re hands off unless you’re just a crappy parent. Generally families with four the age spread isn’t enough to have older help out with younger. It seems like many posters are talking about LOTS of kids and think the Duggar’s represent. [/quote]

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