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What a sad thing!!! To limit the size of a family! We have adopted 10 children thus far! We still have 7 children at home. When we adopted our last 3 little boys we had 5 children still at home and I can tell you honestly that our 5 children have been a real benefit and blessing to our 3 little ones! They have been wonderful role models academically and socially. I cannot say that we have not had our moments!! Don't we all whether we have no kiddos or 10! I am not advocating that everyone go out and adopt 10 kids but what I am saying is that God gives each of us our gifts and our abilities! Having a large family does have it's issues......big house,lots of food,tons of laundry,and the biggest issue is LOTS OF LAUGHS AND LOVE!!! What a joy and blessing each of these children are! I really believe that our last 3 have flourished and made such wonderful strides in the past 17 months because of the children that were already in the home that were so willing and desired so much to share their mom and dad and all they had with their new siblings. I can also tell you these same children are already on the nag for adding more children to the family! I think if a family believes they can handle the responsibility of nurturing and loving and meeting the needs of each individual child then so be it whether that is 1 child or many!! God will give us all we need to successfully raise the chidren he gifts us with! We are a family that has been truly blessed I know and I'm so thankful that we had people the looked not at the number of children already in the home but seen and felt that we are a famliy that could really love and help 3 little boys who needed a break in life and a chance at a forever family!! Size isn't the issue but what we can do for the child(ren) is!! Deb