What do you think or your reaction when you see a family of over 10 children?

My reaction to large families is always one of amazement and "how on earth do they cope?" I have four and they are a handful and there are a few years age gap between a couple of them! How on earth anyone could cope with ten or more I have not the faintest idea, they must be saints and they must be really able to make their money stretch!

It is very expensive to even sustain 1 child, let alone 10.. While I am a single-child my grandmother from my mother's side has 8 brothers and sisters and my grandmother on my father's side has 12 brothers and sisters..so it is a little overwhelming. The reason for their very large number is that they generally lived and worked as farmers or farm-related and whatever child they received they considered it a blessing ( well, they also did not have at their disposal contraceptive methods back then). And, all of the children survived, it wasn't an easy life, but they were able to sustain each other and i have only admiration for my relatives having lived a hard life.

whenever i see a family above 10children,i usually feel pity for the parents as they might not be educated and for those children for no fault of theirs,they have to live in poverty.ofcourse i do love children and i think its ok to have as nany number of children if you can afford.

I agree, I wonder how they care for all of these children. I have one, realized how expensive they are (as she gets older, it gets worse!) so I stopped. I can't imagine having more children and not the ability to care for them. So, in answer to your question, I agree it is sad. Kids are stressful enough, but to have to worry about how to feed them.......

Well, I myself have 5 children therefore my family is 7. Pretty large, not ten though. Yes, I agree. I myself see families with alot of children that dont have alot. But, I also have seen families with only one child that are struggling to buy food each month or are homeless. I think every family situation is different. For some of those families maybe it wasn't always like that. There might have been an unfortunate situation that caused them to be poor. Like all the families from hurrican katrina. Or even something more common as the families that get broken up because a parent takes off and dosent resume the responsibilities of being a parent and supporting their children. As for spending time with them, Yes, at times it can be difficult for myself when I have all five of my kids wanting something at the same time. But, it always works out. I plan many family activities with my children that they have plenty of quality time with me,and if they are not interacting with me or their father, they are interacting with each other which I find also to be a positive thing! I can see what you are saying though. I know of a particular family that they keep having children that have by no means enough money to support the ones that they already have. I feel very sad for the children in those families that have to suffer, it makes me feel very sad for the children!

Because the poor people have no media of entertainment they have no means to go to the beaches and country side, they keep themself busy in producing childern may they be able to feed them or not. There are systems to educate the public. Here the writ of the order can not work. But they are required to be uplifted socially. I think it is confined to some selected communities. To me it should be one or two. These are more than enough to bring them up nincely and caring for their future. How other my lotters fee. Let us discuss this is very interesting subject.

If the poor in your country are having large families, the question to ask is why? Can they afford birth control? Are they compelled by their religion not to use birth control? In my country there are large families, but most of them have children because they want them and can afford them. Those of us who don't have the money to support them ,limit them. Unless, ofcourse, they come into this world unplanned. Perhaps the thing to do would be to figure out why they are having large families and look into helping them solve the problem, whatever it is.

i feel bad, really abd. people should think of the ever growing world population. also there should be ability to feed so many mouths. its not a mttter of fun. you are right. its more so among poor and illeterate

I think a large family is fine if you can afford it. In these day and times it is hard to raise a family. Everything is so expensive now. I come from a family of ten and my Aunt had twenty but that was years ago when things weren't quite as expensive as they are now. If you can't afford a large family than you shouldn't have one. To be able to give your kids just what they need it is better to only have a couple of kids.

I don't see anything wrong with having a large family as long as you can afford it and can take care of all those children. I am amazed by the duggars.They have several specials about their family on discovery health. She is now pregnant with her 19th child! But they are a very loving family and take care of each and every one of those children theirselves.

Im not gonna try to understand the families coming out of a totally different culture and economy but I came from a family of two sisters and two brothers and that felt big to me but my dad had an alfalfa field that we regularly worked on and yes, we were like extra hands to run the farm, thats normal in farm life as my dads parents did it the same way with their farm, he has 1 brother and 4 sisters, can you believe that. Even though it felt like we were Alllways working around the house, cutting wood on weekends, bailing hay in summer, digging, I mean it was always something--my dad always made it a point to have family nights where we would go skating for four hours, we had pool memberships in the summer, every weekend we did the flea markets and got like 7 bucks for toys, hey thats alot when your young. I think it happens here in the US where lower income families will have children and just keep having them while living on welfare the whole time and I think that reliance on state checks doesn't teach them independence and when I lived around that at point of my life in most cases these young adults were not capable of living independently. They either found one girl after another to shack up with in public housing or lived with their mothers. I think its important to have the attention, one-on-one, attention of your parents but I have noticed with some large families that they function like more as a team and are very connected but these are well structured families who stick to schedules, do everything together and are there for one another.

I know back in the day of my granparents that was a very commom number . I went to school with a girl who had a huge family . Their were 18 boys and 3 girls , and for the longest time she was the only girl . When their is a family that big it takes team work and the brothers and sisters do most of the work .

I often wonder how they can afford to provide food, clothing, and shelter for such a large brood. Then, I think, well, God would not have given all those kids to those people without a reason. It is not for me to judge. I just smile to myself and say thank you, that it wasn't me he chose to bless with so many kids.

for me those who have a large volume of children,dont mind the feature of their family.as long as they are happy doing that.

my father had seven kids but he will always say if he had his chance to do it again he will have only 3 or 4 well we all have a good life but it can be a little hectic raising so many kids,whenever i see such population i think of a football team its funny but if the family can afford to live well its ok i guess,but i believe its gonna be really hectic to feed and live fine what about education?

I feel that people should have as many (or as few)children as they are prepared to support - financially, emotionally and physically - themselves. Unless faced with unforseen circumstances, I dont think people should expect the state to pay for their children's living costs and upbringing. (Tho' obviously, I would never want a child to have their basic needs unfilled) I think how well the children are fed etc probably depends, to some extent,on where in the world the family lives because, in some countries, welfare provision is widely available for large families. With regard to attention, I think the older children often take on some of the responsibility.

I don't like large family. But its all rught if someone can afford it. But it also true that every people in a large family is not treated properly. Though it is really miserable that poor family caonsists more that 10 members.

ooo Happy Family , Especially a Happy hubby for sure!

ya thats really true!! all i would say!! "" how could they"""

I'm also a Filipino and that's the real situation in our country. Most of the families especially from the less fortunate ones are those who have big families as in many children. I couldn't accept the fact that why do manage to have many children when they don't have the money to finance the needs of their children. They are even aware how it is hard to live in a day when it comes to food and other expenses. They don't do the responsible parenting and continue to add more children where their children will suffer in the end. It's sad that they are aware of their situation already but they are not having family planning. For me, it's okay to have many children as you want as long as you can finance all their needs.