Anonymous wrote:I'm concerned with this.

The rise of white supremacy and xenophobia.
The push for the white babies.
There is a historical context for this and we're in dangerous territory.

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Anonymous wrote:In my circle it's 3-4 kids, private school, a country club and a house at the beach or in the mountains and a SAHM.

This, except I would say the cutoff is 4 kids

I agree with this, though there are plenty of poor families with 4 kids too. I don't know any really wealthy families with 5 or 6 kids. 2-4 is the norm. For one thing, most educated people don't start having kids until their late 20s or early 30s (even the ones who don't need to work), and they space their kids out to some extent. 5-6 kids, especially if close in age, screams "religious fundamentalist" to me.

Anonymous wrote:I'm concerned with this.

The rise of white supremacy and xenophobia.
The push for the white babies.
There is a historical context for this and we're in dangerous territory.

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Anonymous wrote:Sheer fantasy. We'd all look like her after popping out six kids in six years.

Look at Natalya Vodyanova after popping 5 kids!

Anonymous wrote:Sheer fantasy. We'd all look like her after popping out six kids in six years.

Anonymous wrote:Italians haven't been having children for a long while now. The government has been trying to get them to procreate.

Looks like Dolce & Gabana are trying to make it look glamorous as wel.

Though, frankly, with that guy in his "wife-beater" tee and all of those kids it reminds me of an Irish family during the potato famine.

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Anonymous wrote:So much judgement from people who claim tolerance. I think if some of you really stopped and thought about the words you just typed, you might feel a little less smug.

We have five children. We are not wealthy, at least not by DC standards. I SAH. My DH makes 200,000 a year. We do not live in DC right now. My DH is based out of DC and we spend about 18-24 months in DC every five or six years. So no. Not rich.

We attend a Unity church. We are spiritual but not particularly religious. All larger families are not Mormon or Catholic.

I think we spend plenty of time with our children. At least I hope we do. Four of them are grown. They all appear to be happy, healthy, productive members of society. They all received merit based scholarships to college. We are a very close family. Our children are home often for visits. Unless I am reading them wrong, they seem to feel they received plenty of attention. I guess the jury is still out on the 17 year old. He seems to be a happy kid. Our biggest gift to our children is a mom and dad who have been happily married for 29 years.

I don't see a significant negative environmental impact. We are very environmentally conscious. We have always recycled. We reuse. We have a large garden and grow about 70% of our fruits and vegetables. We always have enough to share. Our home is solar powered. We collect rainwater for the garden. We compost. We create very little garbage compared to most smaller families. We usually don't even fill one trash can a week.

I think living in a large family can be a good thing. Our children learned responsibility at a very young age. Even at two years old our kids had simple home and farm chores like helping collect eggs or pulling vegetables. Some of our kids love life in the country and have chosen to stay closer to home. Our daughter loves DC and lives a very urban life. The thing they have in common is responsibility. Our four oldest kids left for college, graduated, got good jobs, two got married, and all four live completely independently. No one is crashing on our couch. At least not yet.

I would caution you to be careful with stereotypes. You don't know the details of other people's lives. You don't know how their family was created. You don't know why they chose a houseful of kids. I've learned that I'm usually wrong when I make quick, uninformed judgments about other people.

You're writing paragraph after paragraph apologizing for your huge family because you know, deep down, that none of what you said above is true.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not impressed whether you're poor or wealthy. This world needs to stop populating.

Key word. US birthrates are at historic lows, as are birthrates in pretty much all of the developed world.

Anonymous wrote:Those kids are too close in age to be siblings.

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Anonymous wrote:So much judgement from people who claim tolerance. I think if some of you really stopped and thought about the words you just typed, you might feel a little less smug.

We have five children. We are not wealthy, at least not by DC standards. I SAH. My DH makes 200,000 a year. We do not live in DC right now. My DH is based out of DC and we spend about 18-24 months in DC every five or six years. So no. Not rich.

We attend a Unity church. We are spiritual but not particularly religious. All larger families are not Mormon or Catholic.

I think we spend plenty of time with our children. At least I hope we do. Four of them are grown. They all appear to be happy, healthy, productive members of society. They all received merit based scholarships to college. We are a very close family. Our children are home often for visits. Unless I am reading them wrong, they seem to feel they received plenty of attention. I guess the jury is still out on the 17 year old. He seems to be a happy kid. Our biggest gift to our children is a mom and dad who have been happily married for 29 years.

I don't see a significant negative environmental impact. We are very environmentally conscious. We have always recycled. We reuse. We have a large garden and grow about 70% of our fruits and vegetables. We always have enough to share. Our home is solar powered. We collect rainwater for the garden. We compost. We create very little garbage compared to most smaller families. We usually don't even fill one trash can a week.

I think living in a large family can be a good thing. Our children learned responsibility at a very young age. Even at two years old our kids had simple home and farm chores like helping collect eggs or pulling vegetables. Some of our kids love life in the country and have chosen to stay closer to home. Our daughter loves DC and lives a very urban life. The thing they have in common is responsibility. Our four oldest kids left for college, graduated, got good jobs, two got married, and all four live completely independently. No one is crashing on our couch. At least not yet.

I would caution you to be careful with stereotypes. You don't know the details of other people's lives. You don't know how their family was created. You don't know why they chose a houseful of kids. I've learned that I'm usually wrong when I make quick, uninformed judgments about other people.

You're writing paragraph after paragraph apologizing for your huge family because you know, deep down, that none of what you said above is true.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not impressed whether you're poor or wealthy. This world needs to stop populating.