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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't help but feel some of these stories are exaggerated. I know large families where there was lots of love and small ones where there was abuse and neglect. This isn't about small/large families. The stories here are about bad parenting. [/quote]

I think though, that parents with lots of kids are pulled in more directions and have the option of having older siblings help, whereas parents of 2-3 young kids don't have this option which can be a good thing when siblings aren't mature enough. My grandparents were dealing with problem teens while they were still having babies in the house and everyone was negatively affected. They weren't bad parents, but there is only so much time and energy. And it was sad that my grandma had grandkids the same age as her kids - definitely makes that relationship less special. I was much closer to my maternal grandmother who had raised all her kids by the time she started having grandkids. [/quote]

I don't know if this is necessarily true. I've seen a new wave of Moms who are second time around'ers. They have older children (10+) and then for whatever reason, new marriage or just want a baby in the house, they have a child later in life. So, the dynamics can still be the same. A small family doesn't have to mean that the children are close in age. [/quote]

Then they probably have more time for each child individually. Also sounds like these kids are planned, at least the later ones, which is different from the "God's will" mentality being discussed where no bc is used.[/quote]

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