[GrandmaPatriot]

“but still, she has 8(!) kids”

She is not the one that takes care of them. There are plenty of other people around to handle that chore.

[aruanan]

She is not the one that takes care of them. There are plenty of other people around to handle that chore.

Well, she'd be like most of the non-poor in England and Europe up until relatively recent times.