Table for Eight: Raising a Large Family in a Small-Family World

Smart strategies for the larger-than-average family. Despite the growing number of large blended families and a rise in multiple births, contemporary cultural expectations—as evidenced by housing and transportation sizes—are geared toward two-child families. In Table for Eight: Raising a Large Family , Meagan Francis—extremely proud mother of four sons—offers advice, encouragement, and tips for living that work in the real (small) world, including: —Determining how big a house a family really needs —Running the house effectively, efficiently, and peacefully —Methods for ensuring all the kids get the attention they deserve —Smart-money tactics Despite the growing number of large blended families and a rise in multiple births, contemporary cultural expectations-as evidenced by housing and transportation sizes-are geared toward two-child families. In Table for Eight: Raising a Large Family, Meagan Francis-extremely proud mother of four sons-offers advice, encouragement, and tips for living that work in the real (small) world, including: determining how big a house a family really needs; running the house effectively, efficiently, and peacefully; methods for ensuring all the kids get the attention they deserve; and smart-money tactics Introducing a host of coping strategies for larger than average families, a helpful handbook offers practical advice, encouragement, and tips on everything from determining how big a house a family really needs and ways to insure each child gets the right amount of attention to financial strategies and how to run a house efficiently, effectively, and peacefully. Original.