children are your health

How wonderful for you. The bigger the family the better. More love to go around. How nice for you to still have your gramma. I lost mine several years ago, she was 96 yrs. young. We have 4 generations living. Ages 68 to 1 yr. I don't have a big family, My mom has 1 sister and 1 brother left living. I have 2 sisters.

I agree with you . I have a big family and absolutely love it . I have five children and feel that they do make me feel younger . My oldest is seventeen and my baby is a year old . I also feel when we have so many little one's in the house we see how fast the time went by with our older children so it somehow makes us realize how quickly they grow and that we need to take the time to spend with them now as before we know it they will be all grown up and be out on their own and doing their own thing in life . I don't come from a big family and never intended to have one but after I had my first I wanted another and it just kept going like that . I never realized how happy being a mother would make me feel .

I think that for some individuals, having more children would be benefitial to their souls. I think that this would apply especially to those individuals who feel best when they are taking care of other people. Some people like to focus a little more on themselves though (which can be fine within reason) and would have more stress and headaches with a big family than anything else. I also had 5 generations in my family (apparently it's a pretty rare thing) up until about a year ago, ranging from the ages of 2-93. I don't have children myself but the generations were built up from my sister's kids.

Hey thats nice ! In my house I am the sixth kid. I have four elder brothers and one elder sister and I am the last. We all are married and all have one or two kids. We have a very good time when we all meetup for a gettogether or any family function. Really its great to have big family and we thank god for that.

I have five children. Well, 6 if you count my early m/c in Feb of 05. My husband and I are trying for another. And possibly another after that. I love large families. I have always said that I would have lots of children, or none at all. My sister has one son. She was told that he was a fluke and the odds of her having any more aren't that great. I can't imagine being told that. She has come to terms with it. She really only wanted one more child as it was. My brother has 2 children. It's all he wanted. His wife wanted one or two more. However, her body doesn't handle pregnancy well at all. Her kidneys almost completely shut down during her 2nd pregnancy. I do come from a large family. My father has 5 children. My mom has 3, and 4 step children. There are also a decent amount of grand children running around now too. I'm going to be 30 in June. My sister in law (my brother's wife) thinks I'm crazy for wanting two more kids. I figure that after 2 you are out numbered, and after 3 you already know how to budget and manage your time.

I think it is great that you are blessed with such a large family!! I have two kids and at times want more, but financially we can't afford anymore =) I wonder what it would be like in a large family with lots of people around all the time, I think it would make everyone really close!!

my father comes from a big family of seven children... i do agree with you that the more children you have, the younger we are inside and the happier we are too... but at he same time, we have to be able to give them good life and attention that they deserved which i find is very hard in nowadays world... i am talking about the finance and emotional attention that we have to give to them... in my opinion, i would prefer to have less children but i can give the best to them rather than lots of children but i can't provide enough attention and finance to them... so for me 2 children are maximum... :-)

i came from a big family, my mother is the sixth of twelve children and my father is the eight of nine children. and i am the first of seven siblings. unfortunately,i have no kids of my own, so we decided to adopt one.. i wish to have more children but i cannot bear a child. we are planning to adopt more when my baby reaches four years old. good day

I come from an average family. I have 2 brothers and a twin sister. My mother has 2 siblings and my father has 7 siblings. My sister has 2 kids, one brother has 2 kids, and the other brother has 3 kids. I won't even go into cousins and their kids. I have one child and I am perfectly happy with that. My husband and I really thought it over after having our daughter and we decided that we only wanted one. I don't think there is naything wrong with it. We do not spoil her because she is an only child, and she has plenty of friends and lots of activites to do. I would consider adopting a child if we had more money. Money was a big factor in deciding to only have one child, as well as being a little selfish and wanting to only share our love with each other and one child. Now that we are a little older and a little more settled down I oculd see having another child, but it woud be through adoption and I would adopt an older child, around 6-9 years old. I think I am done with the baby thing expect for being a great aunt to my soon to arrive neice's son. My husband is adopted so I think it would be great to be able to give a child that has been forgotten a good home. We have 4 generations living right now. My grandma recently passed away and she was our 5th generation. I think family size really depends on the people involved. I don't think one is better than the other, it is just a personaly choice.

I totally agree, my younger sister had one child when she was very young. She recently visited me here in Florida and she seemed so much older than me. I have five children and they keep me very busy and active. The oldest living relative I have in my family is my Great Aunt Tillie she just turmed 96. The youngest relative is my grandson. He will be 2 in a couple of weeks.

In my country, old people said that " The more children you have, the more earning you have" But right now the young people said that "The more children you have, the more spending money you get". Because education fee is increasing. Children in Kindergarden spend almost as much as in college. The world is getting crazy