What are the ten characteristics and psychological makeup of parents who
purposely have more children than they are able to care for and support, subjecting their children to often hardscrabble and impoverishment conditions?
In the old days, like the 1800s or so, medicine wasn't very good and people had a lot of children knowing a number would die and wanting to have some that would live. Men married women who looked like they could bear many strong children. My mother came from a family of 12 children, plus two miscarriages which would have been 14 children otherwise. The funny thing is, my mother's family is so close and they really functioned as a tribe and always had each other's backs and the backs of each other's children. I don't know how it came out that way, but the Gaviolas (my mom's family) is the most loving family ever and when they are together talking of their childhood they are always laughing about pranks they did, etc. I don't know why my grandparents had so many children, but none of the children were troubled. In fact, the naughtiest of them all became an Catholic archbishop. Also, there was no birth control then, that could also explain the large families. But if one thing was proven, large families are really capable of being very happy and providing a good, strong support system that endures through the years.
by Grace Marguerite Williams 9 years ago
What makes children from large families(6-more children per household) grow up to be perfunctory,detached, distant, uninvolved, uncaring, & even neglectful parents who believe in leaving children to their own devices while children from small families(1-2 children per household) grow up to...
by Grace Marguerite Williams 11 years ago
What are the five psychological aspects which make people from small families (1-2 children perfamily)very attuned to the higher human needs as opposed to people from large families(6-more children per family) who are more likely to be very attuned to the more basic, rudimentary human needs?
by Hongliang Zhang 15 years ago
1, the children present, parents do not quarrel; 2, for each child who should be given the same love; 3, among parents, humility and mutual understanding; 4, any time, parents are their children not to lie; ...
by Stacie L 11 years ago
After suffering a devastating miscarriage in December 2011, Michelle Duggar is trying to get pregnant again with her 20th child. The 19 Kids and Counting reality TV mom says she and husband Jim Bob Duggar are hoping to be "blessed" with another...
by Kevin W 11 years ago
Would you ever give up on your child?I was watching a show where a father of an adopted boy wanted to disown him due to him being aggressively violent, verbally abusive, consistent trouble with the law, and drug addiction. What's everyone's thought on this? At what point (if any) would you give up...
by Marc Lee 9 years ago
Parents, be honest, do you have a favorite child? And how do you cope with it?
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