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Common Myths About Large Families

8/8/2008
Do they hurt the environment? Are large families bad for children? Do parents have to be saints?

 

All in the Family
Three Myths about Large Families

by Gerald Korson

Like most parents of larger families, my wife and I are familiar with many of the assumptions people make regarding what it takes to raise a family like ours and how such families cause harm to our planet and to the children themselves.

While these assumptions are too many to treat exhaustively here, I will address three of these most common myths.

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