gaelic grace
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2006
My grandmother was from a family of 20. She was a twin and they were the oldest girls. They also employed the "buddy" system. You have never seen a closer family. She was responsible for laundry and believe me there weren't four brand new washers to do it in. It was a big pot over a fire and then wrung by hand and hung up and that was only one day of the week. A better woman never walked the face of the earth.
I think it's a bit crazy to say they do none of the childcare. Obviously their children are depended on alot but I don't see them sitting around not doing anything. I'm sure the hours they spend helping with the children are much worse than the hours the average american child spends sitting in front of the tv or playing video games. They have also shown the kids outside playing basketball, in the house playing pool etc., As for their house there were donations for the inside but the house was built by them and they were debt free long before TLC or Discovery came along. Now they are making money from endorsements and I can't blame them but somehow I don't think 20 years ago they hatched this plan to have alot of children so they would get the attention of a tv channel that didn't exist and make some money. As for using the earth's resources they probably use less of them than the average family of 4 or 5. Their clothing and toys etc., are purchased second hand as are their vehicles. They make most of their food from scratch rather than using the boxed or take out food that many of use.
I mean come on. They support themselves. They probably spend more time together than the average family and maybe most of it isn't one-on-one. I think one-on-one time is a product of this generation and I'm not sure if even that isn't a stretch. I don't think most families spend alot of one-on-one time with their kids. The average family has their children in someone else's care 8-10 hours a day and then spends the few remaining hours doing all the household responsibilities and their are some great parents doing it. Ease up and spend the time worrying about the kids who don't have parents engaged in their lives.
I think it's a bit crazy to say they do none of the childcare. Obviously their children are depended on alot but I don't see them sitting around not doing anything. I'm sure the hours they spend helping with the children are much worse than the hours the average american child spends sitting in front of the tv or playing video games. They have also shown the kids outside playing basketball, in the house playing pool etc., As for their house there were donations for the inside but the house was built by them and they were debt free long before TLC or Discovery came along. Now they are making money from endorsements and I can't blame them but somehow I don't think 20 years ago they hatched this plan to have alot of children so they would get the attention of a tv channel that didn't exist and make some money. As for using the earth's resources they probably use less of them than the average family of 4 or 5. Their clothing and toys etc., are purchased second hand as are their vehicles. They make most of their food from scratch rather than using the boxed or take out food that many of use.
I mean come on. They support themselves. They probably spend more time together than the average family and maybe most of it isn't one-on-one. I think one-on-one time is a product of this generation and I'm not sure if even that isn't a stretch. I don't think most families spend alot of one-on-one time with their kids. The average family has their children in someone else's care 8-10 hours a day and then spends the few remaining hours doing all the household responsibilities and their are some great parents doing it. Ease up and spend the time worrying about the kids who don't have parents engaged in their lives.