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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But how does the 12 yr old feel about it?

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great - she's happy as a clam and is often offering to help even when I don't need it.[/quote]

You won't know she is happy as a clam until she grows up.  She might be an extreme people pleaser.[/quote]

I am 100 percent certain she's happy, because I somehow miraculously still parent despite having 5 kids. She's an A+ student with a blossoming social life and extracurriculars and even went on a solo trip with just DH and myself for her birthday. Often in the evenings with sit alone with just her and chat about life. Because again, it's a myth you can't find time to parent despite having many kids. Right now she's laughing in the front yard playing with 2 of her 4 siblings.

But I am not surprised, again, that the people with 1 or 2 kids think they know better than those of us with big families. [/quote]

NP. I was your twelve-year-old, including the straight As, the doing the work of the parents, and the offering to help. Don’t delude yourself.

FWIW, I grew up in a community filled with large families. I know almost nobody from that community who has had a large family. I know literally no eldest daughters (like me) who have. Not a single eldest daughter of a large family that I know has had more than two kids. [/quote]

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