[pandoraou812]

Children need to be children.

Exactly! When I was a child we were outside on the coldest days getting fresh air. We made doll houses out of boxes and used our imagination. We didn't sit in front of tv or play video games. Plus we were grateful for anything we got. I see such a lack of manners in children these that I am shocked. Then I meet the parents and understand why the children are brats. .. I don't know if I am paranoid but I am very careful whose house my child goes to and I don't allow her to do sleepovers. Maybe its because I had her at 41 and theres a huge age difference from the oldest who is 27. I do notice all her brothers and her dad are way more strict then I am. I feel sorry for her 1st boyfriend. He is going to meet 4 brothers and a strict daddy. Thankfully thats a long time away. Merry Christmas ~~Pandora~~

[andy58-in-nh]

Sounds like you're doing a great job - and I don't care what anyone says: raising children well is the hardest job in the world -also the most rewarding. Merry Christmas to you and yours, too!

[RightOnline]

Your family sounds similar to ours....... 5 boys, 2 girls.....youngest is 5, oldest is 27. Wife had our youngest when she was 44 (I was 46 at the time). Youngest in our case is a boy........but he SURE is looked after by his siblings who are all teens and twenty-somethings.