Which kind of family did you grow up in? Big family or small family? Were you an only child or what was your birth position among siblings? Pros/cons? what kind of family will you/have you created?
I am the oldest of six children. 3 boys, 3 girls. One sister is deceased, and the 2 youngest boys are my half brothers and are the same age as my own sons. Ha.
Although my growing up in a large family mostly entailed responsibiity for the others (since I
was the oldest), I like having a big family. There's always someone to play with, or go to.
And there's safety in numbers!! I have 3 children of my own, and I still think that if I had been in a happy marriage, I probably would have had maybe 1 or 2 more.
I grew up in a mostly Catholic neighborhood, with a few Mormon families as well, so everybody we knew had a big family! It was so fun for all of us kids to have whole families of kids to join ranks with. There was one girl on the block that was an only, and she naturally gravitated to us all. We kind of felt sorry for her because she had no one "built-in" to her family to have fun with.
What about you guys?? :)
