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Anonymous wrote:Lot of responses on here from people that must be insanely insecure. Pretty sad. We’ve got 4. We do well but are hardly super rich. Yes one of us is SAM (and works insanely hard, 4 is a lot) and the other works really hard in a career they love, but is also incredibly present. It’s a choice we made. We’re not god-squad, and we don’t have help. And the thought that it’s a social flex is actually sickening. Get the F over yourselves.

Then you aren't what we are talking about.

Anonymous wrote:I come from a large family and even if financials aren't an issue, its not what its cracked up to be. I chose to have a smaller family of my own. You do you, don't follow the trends, specially ones set up by billionaires.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lot of responses on here from people that must be insanely insecure. Pretty sad. We’ve got 4. We do well but are hardly super rich. Yes one of us is SAM (and works insanely hard, 4 is a lot) and the other works really hard in a career they love, but is also incredibly present. It’s a choice we made. We’re not god-squad, and we don’t have help. And the thought that it’s a social flex is actually sickening. Get the F over yourselves.

The person who sounds most insecure here if you, actually.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know any intelligent rich with that many kids. Can you be dumb and rich? Absolutely. Trashy rich

Why does it have to be a flex or trashy and ignorant? Why can't it simply be a choice? I'm one of six children. My extended family is also large and I have maybe 30 cousins just on my mom's side.

My parents weren't dumb or trashy. They prized education above all else, and my dad had a PhD. While we weren't wealthy, my parents sacrificed to give us every advantage and opportunity they could. We were well-traveled, each of us had a car when we turned 16, most of us attended private schools, and all of us attended private colleges.

Throughout my life, I've seen people react to the size of our family. My mother said that people used to tell her "you do know about birth control, right?" As if she were stupid and "trashy." And yet many, many people from smaller families gravitated to us wanting to be part of what they saw as a noisy and fun household. We welcomed so many into our family holidays, and still do. My siblings are the best thing that my parents did for me, because I have a built-in lifelong support system. And research on aging says that's as important as any other health factor in aging.

Because my husband and I started late and had fertility issues, we only have two children. I regret it, but my children are close with all their cousins and have grown up with the benefits of enormous family gatherings, even though we're all scattered throughout the country. As they've contemplated their college and career choices, there's always someone in the extended family that they could call for networking or mentorship.

There are probably valid criticisms to make about the environmental impact of a large family. But it's been interesting to read these last few years about collapsing populations and what that means for supporting an aging population. My mom is getting the last laugh after enduring decades of snide, judgmental remarks.

Are you a boomer?

Anonymous wrote:https://on.ft.com/3Vhe2zk

A flex of Uber wealth in 2025 is multiple children — all while preserving pre-parenthood lifestyle, physique, and interests

“ According to a Forbes study of more than 700 American billionaires, at least 22 have seven or more children
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“ Behold the fixation of frazzled millennial working women (and others) with the “trad wife” movement, a social media phenomenon that glorifies home steading, milkmaids and taking care of your husband and offspring. Its brightest star, Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm, has attracted a 10mn-strong following on Instagram thanks in no small part to her eight immaculately dishevelled blond children with her husband Daniel Neeleman, the son of JetBlue founder and airline mogul David Neeleman.”

“ Huge families are increasingly visible among the 1 per cent, especially in some of the world’s wealthiest and most competitive enclaves such as New York City. In her widely read (if controversial) book Primates of Park Avenue, Wednesday Martin memorably observes that “massive families — they were everywhere” on the Upper East Side, a neighbourhood with some of the most expensive real estate, schools, nannies and hobbies in America.

“Four is the new three — previously conversation-stopping, but now nothing unusual,” she writes. “Five is no longer crazy or religious — it just means you are rich. And six is apparently the new townhouse — or Gulfstream.”

“ Having a big family sends a signal of confidence in the future. And which demographic feels more secure than most? Those with more money”

“ Artipoppe offers $800 velvet and cashmere baby carriers that have been heralded as the “Birkin of mom gear,” rebranding wearing a baby as an ultimate luxury accessory.

Mini-me designer collections and $600 high-tops allow an army of children to dress like their parents as well as one another. And while labels such as Patek Philippe and Dolce & Gabbana have long placed glamorised visions of family at the heart of their advertising campaigns, newer efforts from Bottega Veneta and Burberry wink at the idea of modern parenting as a stylised cultural performance that, according to brand strategist Eugene Healey, signifies a maturing of tastes and preferences.”

Anonymous wrote:Lot of responses on here from people that must be insanely insecure. Pretty sad. We’ve got 4. We do well but are hardly super rich. Yes one of us is SAM (and works insanely hard, 4 is a lot) and the other works really hard in a career they love, but is also incredibly present. It’s a choice we made. We’re not god-squad, and we don’t have help. And the thought that it’s a social flex is actually sickening. Get the F over yourselves.

Anonymous wrote:Are all tgese big billionaire families consist of same two parents or are there multiple partners and step siblings?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know any intelligent rich with that many kids. Can you be dumb and rich? Absolutely. Trashy rich

Why does it have to be a flex or trashy and ignorant? Why can't it simply be a choice? I'm one of six children. My extended family is also large and I have maybe 30 cousins just on my mom's side.

My parents weren't dumb or trashy. They prized education above all else, and my dad had a PhD. While we weren't wealthy, my parents sacrificed to give us every advantage and opportunity they could. We were well-traveled, each of us had a car when we turned 16, most of us attended private schools, and all of us attended private colleges.

Throughout my life, I've seen people react to the size of our family. My mother said that people used to tell her "you do know about birth control, right?" As if she were stupid and "trashy." And yet many, many people from smaller families gravitated to us wanting to be part of what they saw as a noisy and fun household. We welcomed so many into our family holidays, and still do. My siblings are the best thing that my parents did for me, because I have a built-in lifelong support system. And research on aging says that's as important as any other health factor in aging.

Because my husband and I started late and had fertility issues, we only have two children. I regret it, but my children are close with all their cousins and have grown up with the benefits of enormous family gatherings, even though we're all scattered throughout the country. As they've contemplated their college and career choices, there's always someone in the extended family that they could call for networking or mentorship.

There are probably valid criticisms to make about the environmental impact of a large family. But it's been interesting to read these last few years about collapsing populations and what that means for supporting an aging population. My mom is getting the last laugh after enduring decades of snide, judgmental remarks.