having a large number of children, oh the fun lol
@JVetKormann (20)
United States
September 2, 2015 10:12am CST
I'm a other of 6 children, 4 boys and 2 girls ages 12girl,12boy,10boy,9boy,8boy,and 6 girl,let me tell you things can get crazy around here Lol. It was never my intentions to have this many children in fact I was on birth control when I conceived 3 of them, I get overwhelmed, I get exhausted but I also have so much joy from these children. When you have a large number of children like I do though there are a lot of people who seem to think this is apaling, when I go to the grocery store we get stared at by every one and it's not because of my children's ,behavior because surprisingly for having so many they do amazing in public,but rather just because there are so many kids with me. People make rude comments to me all the time assuming that because I have 6 children I must be living off the state which is not the case at all I mean don't get me wrong money gets tight but we don't get state medical,food stamps or even the money they sometimes give people we do it on our own,lots of gardening canning,
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@JVetKormann (20)
• United States
3 Sep 15
They all just have so much fun together, they are really close in age so I imagine it's like having a bunch of friends around all the time to them Lol also I was in the military and always in charge of large numbers of service members so 6 kids really seems a lot more fun lol
@JVetKormann (20)
• United States
2 Sep 15
Its hard sometimes because I'm so proud of them and it really does seem like people shun us and look down on us for it. We didn't mean for it to happen that we would have so many but we see it as a blessing. I shouldn't care what others think but the kids are getting old enough that they notice it too. Any suggestions on how I should respond to people who act like this or make rude comments? I want to be a good role modelfor my kids but it hurts to see them get embarrassed by the way people stare and the things they say. I've just been ignoring people when things like this happen but I just don't know if that's the right thing to do. I sometimes wonder if I should be speaking up and defend my family but then again that could start a confrentation in front of my children which wouldn't be good either.any advice would be appreciated
