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The Top 10 Challenges and Benefits of Being a Big Family “There is less money and space to divide among the kids.” “I have to share stuff with more people.” “Quiet peaceful moments are rare.” “Even large size boxes are too small for us.” “The dishes and clothes pile up so quickly!” “Whose socks are these?” “It's tougher to organize trips to museums, so we don't go as often.” “A lot more of the same Happy Meal toys.” There is always someone to play with. More opportunities to build expertise dealing with different personalities. Never a dull moment. We can buy in bulk without worrying whether we'll use it all. It's easy to find enough clothes to do a load of laundry with just whites. “It's easy to find someone to trade Pokemon cards.” Notice that each challenge can also be a benefit? What other challenges and advantages do you see to a big family?

Getting Organized You know you have a big family when ... by Rebecca Prewett. Get this print framed for your wall! --> I highly recommend this book. Get it here at a discount! "Each person's own special cup" and other ways to reduce dishwashing. "Who wants to empty the trash cans and clean the toilets?" and other ways to get kids to do chores. "Who's is this? Who did this? Why is this here?" and other ways to keep the house from being an eyesore. "Keep your clothes here — and only here" and other ways to avoid laundry. "Can we each have a friend over for dinner with us?" — how to shop and cook for a "youth group". "She got more than me" and other woes of budgeting and making each child feel special in a crowd. "I want to sit next to daddy" and handling rituals and routines during and around the holidays. "This is not Brady Bunch scenario" and managing expectations.

Stories about Bigger Families Get this print framed on your wall! Get this print framed on your wall! Cheaper By the Dozen by Frank Jr. about family life with his mom Lillian Moller Gilbreth, one of the most famous people from California Big Happy Family magazine This family of 5 children traveled around the world and are sharing their adventures at CuriousKids.com Find out how Pamela Austen, a British divorcee with two children, and Joseph Kutchinsky, a widower from Long Island with three kids, struggle to make their remarriage work while they deal with family problems like drugs, teen sex, school difficulties, job hassles, sibling love and hate and marital blow-ups. At the WholeFamily.com fictional Soap Opera.

Big Cars and Other Stuff for Bigger Families hardware.com student desks Get this print framed on your wall! From CarsDirect.com Ford GMC Suburban Limo

Forms of marriage Monogamy is one wife, one husband Polygyny is one husband, several wives Polyandry is one wife, several husbands.

Peerage The rank of royalty, from the highest to the lowest: England France Italy Spain Germany Spoken Address king, queen roi re rey Kaiser Your Majesty prince, princess prince duca duque Herzog Your Royal Highness/Sir duke, dutchess duc principe principe Pfalzgraf Your Grace marquess, marchioness marquis marchese marques Markgraf My Lord, Madam earl, countess comte conde conde Landgraf My Lord, Madam viscount, viscountess viscomte vizconde baron, baroness visconte My Lord, Madam Male Baronets and Knights are addressed as "Sir" and his wife as "Lady". Baroness is the female equivalent of a Baronet and introduced as "Dame". Qustion: What is the title of Bulgaria's King Simeon II who was crowned at the age of six? Answer: Prime Minister Simeon Saxcoburggotski, since he won an election in 2001 after a forced exile during the Cold War.

US Military Rank In the United States: Army & Air Force Navy General of the Army/Air Force Fleet Admiral General Admiral Lieutenant General Vice Admiral Major General Rear Admiral Brigadier General Commodore Admiral Colonel Captain Lieutenant-Colonel Commander Major Lieutenant-Commander Captain Lieutenant First Lieutenant Lieutenant Junior Grade Second Lieutenant Ensign

Ivy League Schools The six colleges and "Seven Sisters" in the NorthEastern United States in the Ivy Alliance: School Location Harvard Cambridge, MA wikipedia Dartmouth NH Yale New Haven, Conneticut Columbia MD Princeton NJ Brown NH U. of Penn PA Fight songs Seven Sisters Association of NorthEastern private women's colleges formed in 1927: School Location Notes Radcliffe College Cambridge, MA Merged into Harvard and no longer grants degress. Barnard College New York, NY Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA The first institution of higher education for women in the U.S. Smith College Northampton, MA Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY coed since 1969. Wellesley College Wellesley, MA

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