12-10-2011, 09:12 AM
(12-09-2011, 02:25 PM)Duchess Wrote:
Is it common in large families for the older daughters to raise the younger children?
My husband comes from a family of 7 children, I asked him and he said his parents routinely left the older kids to care for the younger ones. His mom always had laundry, cooking, or cleaning to do, and his dad was either out of the house, or drunk.
My husband was the middle child, he had 2 older brothers, that took care of him and a slightly older sister. His older brothers spent the summers trying to drown him, and the winters trying to convince him the ice was safe no matter what temp it was out. I've been with him for a little over 10 years and I still can't get the man to go near a lake.