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Now That We're A Family

361: The Truth About Big Families

Now That We're A Family

Elisha and Katie Voetberg

Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Mentioned during podcast:

- Biggest Parenting Regrets and Hardest Seasons From Parents Of 11 | Chad & Jenise Johnson | Ep. 344 - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcasts/now-that-we-re-a-family-10/episodes/2148911618

- 195: Things Parents Of Multiple Children Overlook - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcasts/now-that-we-re-a-family-10/episodes/2147859632

- Marriage After God podcast interview - How to Build an Intentional Family (the why and how) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mag-marriage-advice-relationship-encouragement-we-discuss/id1349500084?i=1000684230187

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey folks, welcome back to the podcast. Today, Katie and I are going to be discussing the problems with big

0:05.3

families, potential problems that can arise from having an above average number of children in your home.

0:12.4

As many of you know, I'm one of 10 children. Katie's the oldest, the eldest of 11 children.

0:18.5

And when you're in a big family, you find yourselves around other big families.

0:23.8

And so we have been fortunate enough to see a variety of styles and I would say even of outcomes

0:31.6

when it comes to big families and how people do it. So we're going to be discussing the pros,

0:36.3

the cons, the potential risks of having a big family.

0:39.8

And I would say now that we have our six children, I mean, we can get into this.

0:43.9

I feel like we're kind of getting into that range of big family.

0:48.0

Well, we had to buy a van, so I think that qualifies us.

0:51.4

Once you join the van, yeah, you're like driving on the street and you look over,

0:55.7

you know, I was today. And every time you pass a van, you're like, hey, like, I know, I know who you are.

1:01.6

So, yeah, it's nice to be in the club. So before we jump in, I do want to thank all of you that have

1:09.0

left ratings and reviews. Katie and I were just on iTunes the other day looking at some of the most recent reviews that you have gone on there and left and we were so blessed by them. So thank you for doing that. And if you have not yet done that, it would mean so much to us if you take the time to leave a rating or a review on iTunes or Spotify or, you know,

1:28.2

really wherever you listen to a podcast. And if you do watch our podcast on YouTube, we would love it

1:32.6

if you're able to subscribe to our channel or hit the like button or even leave a comment below.

1:37.4

Maybe you're from a big family. So I'd love to hear your perspective on being from a big

1:41.4

family. Maybe you have many children. I'd love to hear your perspective

1:45.3

on parenting many children in the comments below. Yeah, it's funny. You know, you mentioned ratings

1:50.0

and reviews. And for whatever reason, yesterday we were sitting on the couch because we just did an

1:55.4

interview with, on the Marriage After God podcast, or we didn't just do an interview. It just went up

2:00.7

on that podcast. And we didn't just do an interview. It just went up on that podcast.

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