What Does a BIG Family Look Like??

When I was a child, one of my classmates... came from a family of TWELVE kids. 6 Girls. 6 Boys.
They were the nicest family. Good kids. Many are now very successful. All college educated. Honor Society kids in High School. All very upstanding.
The parents were normal hardworking blue-collar parents. Very impressive. Each kid was an individual. Which is even more impressive.

Anything over 2-3 kids is pretty big to me. I think that's because, I am from a petty small family. I have only a handful of relatives, all of whom I'm not close with, or have any contact with. I have one really easy toddler, I can't even imagine having more!! (That's why he'll be an only :) I have nothing against big families, I just can't relate to wanting one!!

ha! I like your description;-) hehe...glad they aren't mutants. You don't see many BIG families these days.

I come from a family of nine girls, no boys. I LOVED it. It was awesome growing up in a large family. I loved having so many sisters and best friends. It's something I want my kids to enjoy too. I feel like so many people are anti-big family or act like it automatically means they are neglected or not provided well for...bla bla bla. Big families are AWESOME (and, of course, there are some that aren't well taken care of, but so many ARE well taken care of! and the same can be said for small families).

You have a beautiful family;-)

EDIT: To what Linda P said, we get those looks too. People stare at us when we go to stores! We have four little ones...all look very close in age. Then I'm prego with #5. It's funny how people stare. It's becoming more and more rare to have larger families! Luckily most people are very polite and encouraging to us. They usually watch with a smile. And, it's so silly when people expect you're done like they did with Linda. Only my MIL does that with us (so annoying!).

Love the picture- you have a beautiful family!

I have 4 kids- some people think we are a big family- some are even rude enough to say, "You're done, right?" WTH?

Anyway, there are many families- like yours that are bigger. My Grandmother had 15 children. Her first daughter had 10. One became a nun, and the rest had anywhere between 2 and 5, I think. At any rate, I have 53 FIRST cousins. Crazy- but cool. Wish I knew more of them. Most of them live in either Croatia or Canada.

Best wishes to you and all your children!! =o)

Love the question.

MY side of the family is pretty small. But my husband is one of 4. Those 4 kids had 11 kids between them. So when we do family vacations there are 21 of us. It is kinda fun even though I know there are much bigger families.

I love big families, anything over 4 kids is a biggish family to me. 12 is a monster big family lol. I want 4 or 5 kids. I love big families, as long as they are treated well and can be provided for. I wonder how they do it, but love em none-the-less.

Wow Linda, that is seriously rude. I can't believe there are people who would actually say that but there are.

I wish we had a picture with all of us, but we don't seem to ever get to all sit at the same time unless there is food in the kids' mouths. Sigh. Hoping to get a family pic this Christmas.

We have 3 boys and hope to add a girl (or not, whatever God gives us we'll take.)

My mother comes from a family of 8 and I have 27 first cousins on that side. My dad's side only has 3 cousins. I am the middle of 5, and I thought it was a fantastic sized family to grow up in!

I know quite a few families with 10+ kids and they are all very well taken care of.

i think a big family nowadays is anything more than 2 kids :) i have 2, but would have loved to have more. i always grew up saying i wanted 13 kids. 2 my own and adopt the rest. didn't happen though. :(

I have three kids One husband, one house mate and two OTHER people that are in and out of our house on a normal schedule.

We dont have a giant giant family so to speak.....but I am the only girl mst the time.....Which makes me go crazy...ALOT of the time.

My parents have 7 kids, 5 girls and 2 boys and we are all best friends! I LOVE it! My mom was one of 3 but her older sister has 13 and her younger sister has 3 so there were 23 grandkids and we all grew up together. We all still live close (besides 2 who live out of state) and are good friends.
My older sister has 6 kids, I am about to have my 5th, my next sister has 2, the 4th sister has 4 and the 5th sister just had her 2nd so my baby will make 19 grandkids! My brothers are still "young" and not married and don't have kids yet. I LOVE that my kids get to grow up with their cousins the way I did! We all go over to my parents house every Sunday night for dinner and it's so much fun!
We definitly aren't the BIGGEST family but bigger than some families! :o)
you have a beautiful family! I LOVE the picture!

Wow, I am so jealous of all of your large families! My husband and I have virtually no family and none close by. Anyone want to adopt us?!? LOL :)