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Jan. 17, 2009 - Family Size

There is a new video coming out that speaks of the family size is shrinking drastically all over the world, but also in our country. The movie is entitled Demographic Winter.  Here is a YouTube short preview of the film. 



These problems have been happening for years in Germany. Many people chose to have no children or only one child and there are so many elderly adults and not enough young people to care for them. The problem is so bad that the German government will give women KinderGeld or money every month per child, hoping to encourage the women to have children.

I am almost finished reading Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.  I have enjoyed this book immensely.  I wish I had known this family growing up or even now.  It sounds like it was always fun to be with them.  I'm at the end of the book and I'm saddened to see the girls rebel against their parents so much.  I did some research on their family online to see if their children had large families as well.  None of them did.  Most had 2-3 children and only one had four.  Their great-grandchildren were about the same.

I just hope to share the message on the importance of having large families if it is possible and the health of the mother permitting.
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Jan. 18, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by fruitbuns
We live in England and have 9. I have also read the book, but I saw the contrast how they were growing up in an environment which was sadly not Christian. I guess it is true the saying in Proverbs about training a child up and he will not depart!
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Jan. 18, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by pinkginghamom
I'm so glad to see that I wasn't the only one who saw that. And I think that because of that the rebellion came and then no one else had larger families. It was sad to see but also a testimony of how important it is to raise our children righteously.

Thank you for your comment! Congratulations on 9! I would love to have that many one day. I've been nervous about pregnancy after such a hard one last baby. I haven't given up...just procrastinating it and working on my health. :)
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Jan. 30, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
Hallo! I am new to your blog! I am an American and I live in Germany. I am a mother of five and can attest to the shrinking families in Germany. I have had many akward moments walking into a store or restaurant with my large family. Thankfully I have wonderful children and hopefully this will give others the courage to start their own family.

I also worry about London. Last year I went on a trip to London for a few days with some friends. As we were walking the streets, my friend elbowed me and asked if I noticed anything weird. We noticed there were no children. Granted it was a Saturday morning and maybe they weren't out to play yet, but it was a very strange feeling. Not one child. Later we did notice a mother walking with her baby in a stroller, but that was about it at that time.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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Books Read for 2009
31 Hours by Masha Hamilton
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Raising Real Men by Hal and Melanie Young
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Detectives Don't Wear Seatbelts by Cici McNair
The Runner's Diet by Madelyn H. Fernstrom
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Biggest Loser Fitness Plan
The U.S. Constitution for Everyone by Mort Gerberg
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
You Can Heal Your Life Companion Book by Louise L. Hay
The Well Trained Mind
Doctrine and Covenants
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
You Can Heal Your Life By Louise Hay
1776 by David McCullough
Follow the River by Thom
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Through the Window of Life by Suzanne Freeman
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Judge Me, Dear Reader by Erwin Wirkus
Cheaper by the Dozen by Gilbreth
FedEd by Allen Quist
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis


Books Read for 2008
The Chimes by Charles Dickens
Prevention's Shortcuts to Big Weight Loss By Chris Freytag
Shrink Your Female Fat Zones By Denise Austin
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman
Anna Karenina By Leo Tolstoy
The Virginian by Owen Wister
Feelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol K. Truman
The Bonds That Make You Free
Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by James L Wilson
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Hiding in Plain Site By Ken Bowers
Going Home (Brides of Webster County #1) by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Thomas Jefferson Education Home Companion
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
It Takes a Mother to Raise a Village By Colleen Down
Ten Peas in a Pod by Arnold Pent III
One Tattered Angel by Blaine M. Yorgason


Finished 2007:
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Homeschooling Methods by Paul and Gina Suarez
I'm Going to be the Greatest Mom Ever by Terri Camp
If it Weren't for Eve, I'd be a Perfect Wife by Terri Camp
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
She's Gonna Blow by Julie Ann Barnhill
I Didn't Plan to be a Witch by Linda Eyre
Things I Wish I'd Known Sooner: Personal Discoveries of a Mother of Twelve by Jaroldeen Edwards
The other Eminent Men of Wilford Woodruff By Vicki Jo Anderson
Arm the Children by Arthur Henry King


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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
King Arthur Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang
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