Six 2 year olds or Six teenagers?

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This discussion comes out of a conversation I was having with my assistant yesterday. We were watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition, they were making over the house of a third grade teacher and nurse who had a 9 year old boy and sextuplets. My assistant and I were debating whether it's worse to have 6 two year olds (the age they are now) or 6 teenagers. My assistant said, she thought that it was worse having 6 two year olds because you get no alone time. I think it's worse having 6 teenagers. They're expensive and full of teen angst. Can you imagine 6 problems or 6 different children in 6 different events all on the same day and you have to go see all of them? Or 6 significant others you don't like? Or 6 groundings for missing curfew or 6 people wanting to get their driver's licenses on the same day? How do you distribute the car? Or the grocery bill for 6 teenagers, four of whom are boys? And on and on and on. The two's may be terrible, but they're only for a year. Teen angst is longer. If you had to make the choice, would you offer 6 two year olds or 6 teens? Anyone who puts neither will get a "-" rating.