Just found this blog entry entitled “You might be a big family if…” over at Mama Archer’s Blog which is simlilar to our “You might be a big brood if…” series and I can totally relate…though, when we get the question “Are you Catholic or Mormon.” we can always answer: “Catholic….why?”
While not really a story of a big brood itself, this story about a pediatrician who is a father to a big brood does talk about how a big brood can help you to be more sensitive. I have certainly experienced this in my own life. I’m naturally pretty self-centered but when you have 2-3 voices at a time needing something, you tend to learn that you might not be center of the universe.
Quoting the article:
“I’m a pediatrician. I practice what I preach.” Having a large family helps him understand what his patients are going through, he added.
“When you have seven children, you probably have seen it all - from tantrums to trouble sleeping. Your empathy level is more aware.”
His philosophy as a pediatrician is to treat each child as if that child were his own, Schaefer said.
“If you treat people (of all ages) how you would like to be treated, in general things go fairly well.”
While a smaller family can give you a lot of great experiences I have to say that I’m constantly amazed at the range of personalities that we have in our own house.
