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Why Families Used to Have 10+ Kids. AI-Generated.
People often romanticize the 10-child family because they are looking backward from a world that removed most of the conditions that produced it. The photographs, the farmhouse, and the family Bible containing a handwritten record of births live on. But the repeated pregnancies, children who died, unpaid labor, financial calculations, and physical cost to women were less likely to become part of the family story. Once those conditions disappear from view, an economic and demographic system can often be mistaken for a set of superior personal values.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin17 days ago in Families
I Can Hear You Without Carrying You
I had barely started my morning when someone came banging on my door. The sound of my kids coming to my doorway to tell me someone was at the door got me. As if the first knock hadn't been heard, there was another bang on the door. It was followed by two more. It was constant. I almost didn't care to go open it.
By Kristony Green22 days ago in Families
STOP CALLING IT TOXIC WHEN YOU’RE THE ONE WHO KEEPS GOING BACK
Let’s be honest. Everyone loves calling someone else toxic. Your ex was toxic. Your best friend was toxic. Your family was toxic. Your situationship was toxic. And maybe they were. But there’s a question nobody wants to ask:
By Nicole Attenhofer28 days ago in Families
For Grandma
Hi Everyone, Thank you for making the effort to come here today. There is no one who loved a party more then my grandma, so everyone who showed up today and wore blue, or wore something that made you think of her, thank you, I know she feels so loved surrounded by all of you and secretly not so secretly would have loved the attention.
By Rilee Areyabout a month ago in Families
Harry and Meghan Return to Britain: A New Chapter Begins
For six years, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have built a life far from Britain. California became their home, their children grew up there, and the couple created a new identity outside the daily structure of royal life.
By Behind the Curtain2 months ago in Families
Round-Trip Tickets
A flight arrived ten minutes ago. I was curbside in my car, waiting for my company to arrive. Dad and his wife were coming for a five-day visit. What on earth had I gotten myself into this time? I knew; I just knew it would end badly. It always did. Still, he was my dad, and I always thought there was a glimmer of hope that I would be wrong. I wasn’t. It was just another disaster in a long history of failed attempts to love my dad.
By Alexandra Grant2 months ago in Families
I Almost didn't write this tonight
I almost didn't write this tonight. I missed my dedicated writing time this morning, and I feel disappointed. Part of me feel as though I'm falling behind, while another part of me feels like it's fighting a losing battle. For a while now, life has been getting the best of me, and my writing was placed on the back burner. I haven't forgotten about it but realizing that I haven't written anything or edited my book makes me feel as though I'm failing.
By Kristony Green2 months ago in Families
