----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:58 AM Subject: Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:43 AM > Subject: Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:23 AM > > Subject: RE: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd > > > > > > > > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Dunno how we'll refer to the third one. Abstractly, right now it's > > > > "Gamma". (And make all the radiation cracks you want now.) > > > > > > Just how many letters of the Greek alphabet are you planning on going > > > through? <grin> > > > > > > I always suggest stopping at two. The second one makes for MUCH more > work > > > than just one. As my brother-in-law said, "One child is a hobby, two > is a > > > career!" > > > > > That is absolutely true, but after 2 each additional child is actually > less > > of a load. > > I am the oldest of 7 in a family where the average is 4 - 5 children (I > have > > 80 or so cousins via my 13 aunts and uncles and that's just my moms side > of > > the family). > > > > After the second child, the older children do quite a bit to help with > the > > younger children. And I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have so > many > > relatives while you are growing up. > > My experience is different from that. Going from one to two children > wasn't a big deal. Going from 2 to three was like going from juggling 2 > balls to juggling 3. Especially if one believes that there are very > important parenting tasks that must not be delegated to a child who is less > than 7 years older than the youngest. I would not have wanted my bossy > eldest to really have power over the younger two. > It wasn't really like that, and I would agree with your statement. Our experience was that the older children would play with the younger ones, teach them things such as speech, silly kid songs, and things *not* to do. With that kind of play occuring, mom only had to keep an ear on the kids while she did other things. I might note that this is the standard that has held for thousands of years, and actually works pretty well. Of course this is pretty broad as a statement, and there are lots of special circumstances that could be addressed, but this is the way things generally have worked on both the Catholic and the Baptist sides of my family. (BTW the previous post concerned itself with the Baptist side of the family.) xponent I Have One Child And Will Have No Others Maru rob but i ain't got a hammer and i ain't got a pencil and i ain't got a lasso so i'm doing it the hard way like a post post-modern man _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
