how many kids do you have to have before you ar condisered a large family?

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? just being nosy?

I would say 4

4? I was one of 4 and I think we were thought of as a large family.

I watched that prog last night (13 kids...) I've just got 2 and when they both talk at once it feels like a large family LOL.

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2 children, (preferably one of each sex at that)is the preceived "normal" & anything else is always commented on in my experience

I'm amazed that 3 is considered a large family! I am one of 4, Mum is also one of 4 and Dad was one of 6. My maternal grandmother was one of 13 (surving).

The family sizes are getting smaller with each generation though, on my Mum's side only myself and one cousin have dc's and even then only 1 each.

Do people really think that everyone should have 1 boy, 1 girl and that's it?

large family- depends what you're trying to do. Go on a package holiday and anything more than 2 seems to be supernumerary. Personally I would not consider a family "large" until about 6. But then I grew up in a family of 5, and had neighbours who had 9 (quite a few really) and 12 (definitely a lot) children.

Tigerfeet it is indeed bonkers but everyone I know who has no children, one child, three children or more, or same sex children has had a lot of either negative or "sympathetic" comments about the make up of their family!

I have three and we are considered a large family, when we want to book anything or get into theme parks.
My nan is one of 8 and my grandad is one of 13. In those days people had large families. They also had extended family, all around, to help. The older children also chipped in with childcare.
Myself and dh are from the two children families.This is the 'pigeon pair' as it was called. When I was growing up most families had two children.
Now, lots of people I know tend to have three. Which is why I am amazed that family tickets are still two adults and two children.

Anything except 2 is considered a bit abnormal. 0 is "selfish" (couldn't consider giving up your childfree lifestyle), 1 is "selfish" (poor lonely DC!), 3 is "unusual" (even though it isn't).
Not that those are my opinions, I hasten to add! I would say that "large" starts at 4.

I have four( 3dc and 1 dsd) and pepole say "ooohh do you want eny more" or my friends and family say "well im not baby siting " so anoying .My hubby wants more but im unsure .

I regard three dc as being just a bit bigger than the norm (of 2), but four tips you over into being a large family. Both my parents were only children and of dh and my siblings, we're the only ones with more than two.

We have 2B 2G,
Sis has B,G
Bro1 has G,G
Bro2 has 0
Sil has G
Bil has B,B.

I think four, three is really common around here & wouldn't get a mention ('though there seem to be more & more four child families around).

No idea but I think I can safely say I have a large family with 5

I have one boy, one girl and think thats it. I get sick of comments too 'oh what a prefect family' no we bloody aren't.

Oh yes, the two children have to be a boy and a girl, don't they? Two of each "don't count". I am rebelliously almost hoping that we have another DD so that everyone will stop saying "pigeon pair" to us.

When I had DS1, after having DD1, my parents told me I wouldn't "need" to have any more

(we now have 5 )

I think 4 is considered large these days, and ununsual. Most people I know have one or two are quite happy with that. I have 3, and I noticed when pg with the last one I got more funny looks if you know what I mean, like having three is going too far ! I am a cm too, and when I was pg, and pushing the double buggy, with the dds trotting on either side, I had many many 'they're not all yours are they ?' and sighs of relief when I said no !
I would like 4, but I'm aware peoples attitudes seem to become more negative once you get past 2.

im on my 7 th baby so maybe we are a large family
we have a zafira to go out in or if we need buggy or luggage we take 2 cars

imagine us at airports

ive got a huge house loadsa room and 3 bathrooms

they cost us a fortune lol but mainly we have a lot of love in our household we have no other family apart from ourselves so it can be a bit tough when emergencies happen

this is my last now and im ready for it to be so

its quite organised in our house bit of an army regime at times
i woudnt change a thing
well maybe 1 my DH husband works away from monday to friday so i would like to spend more time with him
but we have no choice we wanted a big family and we have to provide for them
i love them all to bits

i have 4 and everyone says "WOW" when they hear that

Im pregnant with dc4 and people are shocked! Last friday someone mentioned that i had a lovely baby and was pregnant again and the other woman told me i was so young(26) to have 2 kids so she was shocked when i told her that its actually dc4!! I always get asked how many fathers there are too

When we had 3 someone told me that was the economy-sized large family, after saying how brave it to have more than two in a world where things come in packs for four.

Now we have 4 and I'm just used to people raising their eyebrows and saying 'how do you cope?' I'd love to say we live a very organised life where each dc feels loved and cherished with lots of adult attention and happy siblings. In fact it's chaotic, noisy and there's an awful lot of washing. In my heart of hearts I wouldn't change it, but I often think families with two can give their dc much more time, whereas mine have to grab attention from each other.

...lone parent of 4 boys. I think that is large by modern standards, though have friends with 6!

It becomes noticeable when booking holidays. Took urchins to Lanzagrotty in April, and had to book two rooms! Five of us is, apparently, too many!

In France you are considered a famille nombreuse when you have 3 or more.

We have a card that entitles us to discounts on train travel and in shops and all sorts. The more children you have, the bigger the discounts!