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In Praise Of Large Families

Submitted by MP, Jan 7, 2007 10:33

Thanks for your candid article. I can relate to the looks/comments on a burgeoning belly, and I am only working on my 3rd! It truly is sad, and I do hope that the attitude against children will fade away, with the help of people like you, who aren't afraid to support large families. Pretty sad when a family of 5 is considered 'large', lol. What if the mother of those who have this negative attitude had decided that the amount of children she had was enough? To have a negative attitude about children is to have a negative attitude toward humankind in general- we were all babies at one time, whether we want to face it or not. We all have mothers who could have chosen to abort us, and DIDN'T.

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I am the 6th of 12 children. I LOVE being in a large family. I look forward to having a... [MORE]

Number 6 

Feb 13, 2007 18:08

As an African-American mother of five, I was so happy to see such support for large families. I'm glad you... [MORE]

T Guillory Thomas 

Jan 21, 2007 01:09

Thanks for your candid article. I can relate to the looks/comments on a burgeoning belly, and I am only working...

MP 

Jan 7, 2007 10:33

Let me get this straight: the family's children are behaving so badly they have to dial Nanny 911? And you... [MORE]

Sara Breuer 

Jan 5, 2007 14:42

My favorite quote of large families is that having children is 'too expensive.' As opposed to what, the brand new... [MORE]

Duncan R. MacLachlan 

Jan 5, 2007 06:28

As the father of eight -- all girls except for the four boys --- now ranging in age from 35... [MORE]

John Jay Daly of Chevy Chase, MD 

Jan 5, 2007 05:54

Mrs. Colon, I never miss a column of yours and have left comments before because you speak volumes about what... [MORE]

Jay Mundy 

Jan 6, 2007 00:55

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