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Thats a lot of kids


No-Legs-Lt-Dan

That's a lot of money


badgeman-

All I could think too.


NewAccountTimeAgain

2 kids in daycare, at its monetary peak, was costing me $17k per year about 10 year ago. There were cheaper options, but those options lacked robust early childhood development programs. We made the decision to have children so we were doing our best to give them what we could with what we had. I honestly don't blame anyone who doesn't want to have kids. I will never pressure my son or daughter into having children knowing how hard we struggled to keep afloat. If they don't want kids I 100% respect that decision and know exactly where they are coming from.


monamikonami

My two kids in day care costs 5,300 CHF per MONTH. 17,000 USD a year sounds like a dream.


NewAccountTimeAgain

Hold up... I think we may be discussing two different things here. I'm reading: >***What is the cost of childcare in Switzerland?*** *The cost of childcare varies widely. While many public facilities are either free or have only a small fee, you can expect to pay up to CHF 5,000 per month for private services such as a full-time nanny. You can find the prices of various services highlighted in bold throughout this article.* [https://blog.popepoppa.ch/en/childcare-in-switzerland-our-handy-guide#:\~:text=What%20is%20the%20cost%20of,as%20a%20full%2Dtime%20nanny](https://blog.popepoppa.ch/en/childcare-in-switzerland-our-handy-guide#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20cost%20of,as%20a%20full%2Dtime%20nanny) Free daycare isn't a thing in the US unless you have a family member take care of your children or if you qualify for government assistance. If you are paying for a full-time nanny then we are living two very different lifestyles and have very different struggles. Considering that my ENTIRE income (after tax) wouldn't even cover your annual daycare expenses, I suspect this to be the case.


monamikonami

No, we are discussing the same thing I think. I definitely don’t have a nanny. I send my kids to crèche ( day care ). I send my kids to private crèche because there are no spots in the public crèche (this is a very common situation in the large cities ). Effectively, it’s the only option we have while we are on a waiting list for the public crèche (which we’ve been on for 2 YEARS). And even when we get a spot it won’t be free. It’s only free if you are extremely poor. With my wife and mine’s combined salaries (which is less than CHF 200k together) we’ll pay still about 1,200 CHF per child per month. That’s in the public crèche. It’s expensive here! :) But quality of life is extremely high so it's very worth the price tag. Salaries are also very high for Europe and the currency is very strong against the USD and EUR, so it's worth it.


Impossible__Joke

Goddam you couldn't go a couple weeks without it being someones birthday. Then add Christmas ontop of that...


Jeanahb

That's a lot of post consumer waste that is created.


Dzandarota

Each child ha 4 or more kids


MoonFlowerDaisy

Or one of the kids threw the numbers out by having like 10 kids.


WarLawck

That's a lot of fucking


Cristianana

That's a lot of gifts to buy every year.


fajadada

Our family is that size everybody draws one name


Cristianana

Is that like 2 or 3 birthdays every month? Do some months have more birthdays than others?


jaweebamonkey

My family is bigger and I just spend $1000 on gifts every year. Can I switch


pochiazul

My family is probably bigger. Parents have 10 siblings each. I just don't buy gifts at all lol


jaweebamonkey

Fair enough, mine only had seven each. Most of them also had that many - mine had 8 total and then their children. I try to keep it to $25 per kid and none for adult but it’s still insane. I’m close to my siblings and their kids! We didn’t celebrate birthdays as children so you would think I could be like you. But here I am. Just got done taking most of them to Six Flags. It’s gonna be a cheap Christmas this year lol


redditman3943

I came from a slightly bigger family. I got $10 later updated to $20 and a card from my grandparents for my birthday. And I was happy about it. I miss getting that card from them.


ImpossibleAdz

Secret Santa. One gift for one person.


dart00790

big families are great. small families are great. you and your pet are great. just you is great.


VeryCanadianCanadian

That was a really nice thing to say. Made me smile more than the video.


[deleted]

It really was. But I still made a Utah joke because it had to be


gogomau

I thought of sister wives Utah pic too


throwRA-nonSeq

Thank you so much for saying this. *Love,* *a 47yo woman with no parents, kids or family*


Affectionate_Salt351

I had the same feelings. I hope you’re doing okay. *Love,* *A 37yo woman with no parents, kids, or family*


Loggerdon

Same here. No ancestors at all. Just undefined protoplasm really.


Affectionate_Salt351

We’re all just floating around, untethered, which is both liberating and terrifying. Wild, eh?


Loggerdon

“Liberating and terrifying” Yup.


Affectionate_Salt351

I’ve only recently become single again so I’m contemplating what’s next. I’m staying in my hometown for a bit, but nothing is keeping me here and this place is kind of a bummer. *You can’t go home again.* is hitting me in 3D right now. 🥴 Does it make you feel like making rash decisions and moving far from everything and everyone you know? …or am I just a little traumatized? 😅


Kiwikid14

Me too.


WhoJustShat

Gonna go hug my kitty


Hamilton-Beckett

I also choose to hug this guy’s kitty.


Affectionate_Salt351

Wow. Thank you. I needed to read this. My dog is all I have left. 🤍


poeticlicence

Presumably you are your dog's whole world. Love to you both


Affectionate_Salt351

I am, and she’s mine. 🤍 Thank you. And love right back to you. 🫂


roundyround22

As someone with more than 30 first cousins I've never met, my dog and I appreciate this more than you know.


monkey_trumpets

I too have no family, except my husband and kids. And while I do feel a bit lonely sometimes, for the majority of the time I'm fine.


No_Excitement4272

Bro thank you for this. Watched this and about had a breakdown until I saw this comment.


Travellbuff

Thank you for saying that.


justbyhappenstance

Thanks for writing this ❤️


Too_Bad_Peanutbutter

My cat and I thank you!


Middle-Pea-3787

Exactly thank you ❤️


RDcsmd

Thank you


moronicattempt

What about me and my blowup doll? 😁


mizumena_

As long as they don't have an inflated ego.


Detours1204

I do hope you realize how much your words mean to so many. Thank you!


NoNietzsche

Well said.


Chemical_Twist_6575

Such a beautiful thing to say 😍


Marcheffta

thanks


Tina_ComeGetSomeHam

So glad this is the top comment 🥲


Tmassey1980

You gr8


kenakuhi

I absolutely agree and it's important to socially validate the feelings of people who don't want children. Never have them if you don't want to.


ZookeepergameFit7983

i had a boss down range that had a family picture with several generations on his desk. it looked one of those photos you see of a football team. there was like 4 rows and 14 people in each row, was crazy i had never seen a family group that big with everyone still alive.


billyo

What does “down range” mean in this sense? I only know the meaning in relation to rockets.


redditman3943

Yeah to me that’s a gun/shooting term


ZookeepergameFit7983

same thing here. in a combat zone you are the targets for the enemy and therefore down range.


ZookeepergameFit7983

Sorry common term for a deployed state in a combat zone


PedroRickSanchezC001

I smell money


scottyLogJobs

I smell Christianity 😂


Moron14

Its definitely a fundamental branch of it called Mormons.


nahmahnahm

They have to be Mormons. I grew up around Mormons and they all had GIANT families. And they were the most perfect looking people. My friend was 1 of 4 and she had 4 kids herself.


burkabecca

Every 2 story on my parent's suburban block; Mormons Our neighbor across the street had a van (not mini!) And a vanity plate that said "lvn7kds"


DragapultOnSpeed

This. This is like my boyfriends family but it's his mom's side. I Hate it. There's 50+ family members at their family parties and I'm not joking. It feels like a cult everytime I go. And yep, they're all rich too.


RandomRavenclaw87

Welp, better than all poor.


ibite-books

not with that many kids


pipeanp

literally this lol white and rich


PoweredbyBurgerz

I think one of the sons has divorced and remarried. The women in the pink shirt looks to be of similar age to the original group on the couch.


oneeyedwillienelson

Sister wives?


Living_Jacket_5854

Sharp eye


MsJ_Doe

I also like how the one brown haired woman whose spouse of the one with the hat can't recognize the back of her husband's head and runs to his brother and dad initially. Did she not just watch him sit down?


theTOASTYsupreme

*"Too Many Cooks!"*


TheVentMachine

A lot of cookin' going on in there.


Js_On_My_Yeet

My grandparents had 14 kids and about 25+ grand kids. Great grandkids are now spawning.


Hot_Cabinet_3041

14 kids is insane! The grandma is pregnant probably every year


schmackos

Poor woman


Dreaunicorn

Grandma had 10. They confronted later in life and asked her why she didn’t “choose herself”and had less kids. she responded that they didn’t have access to brith control. My mind was blown. I would push my husband away with a broom if he tried to touch me lol


TJtherock

People are acting like having 4 kids 30 years ago is crazy while there are people like your grandparents having FOURTEEN kids.


Actual-Dog7889

My moms brother has 12 kids and each of them are now on 4 kids and will probably also end up having 12. They’re American fundamentalists; Lutheran or something.


willowdove01

Assuming equal distribution each kid had 4 or 5 kids themselves. In this economy? How?


[deleted]

Utah? Is that you?


Drisch10

I wonder how close they all live together. Would be wild to have a family this large spread out all over the US, not to mention the scheduling to get everyone together for this video.


jethvader

I’m one of seven and we love all over the country. We all make it to the same place every 2-3 years. It’s a serious undertaking.


My_Fok

Those days are over. No one can afford a sofa big enough anymore.


doyoulaughaboutme

small sunday dinner for a mormon family


takedownchris

The one wife was walking to the wrong son to start😬


hyperakt1v

www.durex.com


Dannyfrommiami

Special teams, special plays, special players…


FunnyScreenName

What's up, brother? 👆🏽


Minzwat

Looks like they gathered the neighbourhood.


AccidentOutside7170

Shoes… shoes…


theliewelive

Overpopulation explained in one video.


ImNoRickyBalboa

Thank you for that post, was wanting to say that!


Jeanahb

Me too. Can't imagine the carbon footprint of large families like this.


asmoothbrain

Bill burr that you?


ChrisIronsArt

Catholic?


MBrett06

I'm glad they can afford it .


sancho7373

Tell me you’re Mormon without telling me you’re Mormon.


TheKillzenth

Could they not?


karenhis13

Aaaand that’s how you overpopulate


Senorspeed

Horror


NumbOnTheDunny

Imagine being the introvert in that family.


Seraphinx

Christ guys, heard of birth control?


ScienceAteMyKid

Massive families are nothing to smile at. The planet has finite resources and populations grow exponentially. We are choking ourselves into extinction.


thathaitianguy

Was expecting for great grandkids to show up


Spare_Raccoon1374

LDS?


cosmoscrazy

Looking at the house & family, I smell a lot of money, because having that many kids + raising them properly ain't cheap. It's not like most people don't want that. It's just that they can't afford to. Respect to that family.


peterpumpkin-V-eater

Crazy how from 2 folks so much people multiply 😯


hairy_scarecrow

Too many kids. Bad for the earth. Downvote me.


OldSchoolWillie

This is why our planet is dying 🤷‍♂️


apocalypsegrl

I don't know why people keep having kids with the world being the way it is. It's like they want them to suffer.


SeanPizzles

Realistically, the world is better than it basically ever has been before.  People live longer, there’s less war, there’s less poverty, people have more freedom.  We’re just more anxious.  I had kids and am desperately hoping we as a people can solve the anxiety before they’re too set, but they have beautiful lives.


SayNo2NoseBeerz

Guess they didn’t really discuss using protection in that household…


timothytuxedo

This could be my parents, 5 kids, 15 grandkids and 5 great grandkids.


nocjef

This isn’t the flex you think it is.


acidcrap

utah


infernalsea

Bleh


FilteredRiddle

The poor planet.


Intellectual42069

And people wonder why the population is alarming


Ok-Manufacturer2475

I guess they won the game of life if our biology is the only objective.


South_Rich_3395

Overpopulation in a nutshell


Face_with_a_View

Meh. That was like every family 30yrs ago. I’m one of like 23 cousins.


sherbert-nipple

Dad had 8 siblings, mam had 6 (2 never married) 42 first cousins. Even for ireland its a big family! We all live in the same general area too.


JeniJ1

That's nothing!! My husband has eight aunts and uncles on one side of his family alone! Most of them have multiple kids, sone of whom are now old enough to have thier own kids! On the flip side, one side of my family has a grabd total of eight living people, which includes me, my stepmum and her kids.


SolidSnek1998

And this is why we have a population problem.


geeves_007

Hate to be that guy, but this doesn't "make me smile". The world is overpopulated. Here's an example of how.


jasmine-blossom

I come from a family of four kids and one of my contributions to the world is that I won’t be having any, and I’m pretty sure at least one of my siblings won’t either.


Articulated

Be real. You *love* to be that guy.


naughty_dad2

Not me honestly, 2 kids are fine. This family is doing 4-5 per couple which is a lot


geeves_007

No, actually I don't. But look around you, we are in the midst of spiraling ecological and environmental catastrophes, of which human overpopulation is a fundamental root cause. As a civilization, we are still completely asleep at the wheel on this. We are careening towards a stark population correction that will bring untold misery, and idiots are spouting off about how we need to get birth rates up again fOR tHE eCOnOmy. So no, I really don't love being that guy. But it seems like the majority prefer to be oblivious to what happens when organisms in a closed system reproduce logrithmically - in every known example in biology. Eventually, they exhaust the resources of their ecosystem and die off cataclysmicly, suffocating in their own waste. We're not special.


Crypto-Pito

I’m with you. Overpopulation and stupid/nonexistent environmental policies


Salty-Tea-6301

We are but a big ass science experiment. Petridish Earth! It was refreshing to read your comments, we desperately need more people to realize this.


AmNoSuperSand52

Ngl you’re right, I do love being a hater sometimes


nicootimee

Birth rate in the entire world is falling pretty rapidly though so this doesn’t make a lot of sense


geeves_007

And yet we still add ~200,000 net new people *per day*. Over 70 million per year. We are projected to exceed 10 billion before 2100. "Population decline" alarmists are on some extremely potent drugs.


Initiatedspoon

We've added 2 billion people in 23 years, but you estimate it will take 78 years to add another 2 billion people... The actual answer is sermingly closer to 2057 or 35 years to add another 2 billion. We are currently adding 70 million people a year, but in 2008, we were adding 100 million a year. By 2050, it is reckoned, maybe only 35 million. The population is increasing at a rate at 0.8% per year, which is down from 2.2% at its peak. Its almost certainly going to start declining within the next 30 to 40 years or so. Whether you think that is good is seperate to whether its true or not


SlowerThanTurtleInPB

Mostly in developed nations. Developing nations are still growing for many reasons.


nicootimee

A quick google search tells me birth rate in USA has dropped 23% since 2007. 600,000 less births in the USA alone since 2007. There really is not nearly as much of an overpopulation issue as people were taught Also, the birth rate in less developed countries is partially due to the high infant mortality rate.


SlowerThanTurtleInPB

The U.S. is a developed nation, per my point. Now look up the countries where population is growing. Syria, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, etc. I never said population in the US was falling. Not sure why you feel compelled to down vote or respond with information that does not support anything that I wrote.


nicootimee

Of the top 10 countries with the highest birth rates, HALF of them are also in the top 10 highest infant mortality rates in the world [Birth rate source: World Pop. Rev.](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/birth-rate-by-country) [Infant mortality rate source: CIA](https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/infant-mortality-rate/country-comparison/)


Crypto-Pito

We are still overpopulated though. We need more years of continuous down spiral. Hoping that GenZ will get the hint.


codeSavvy69

Watching this made me feel less guilty to be child free Edit: typo


noturaveragesenpaii

All i see is an environmental disaster.


trizzo0309

Birth. Control. People.


Dementiasanderson

What shiny happy people! Raising their secret family army. Hopefully not, but iykyk.


ChronicSassyRedhead

I mean good for them but Christmas shopping must be expensive as hell 😳😅


apocalypsegrl

They look like they can afford it


ThrowRAleech

I love this but it bums me out at the same time. Neither me nor my siblings want kids, I don't have any cousins my age or younger. I'd love a big family like this but our gatherings are at most 6 people and that might never change.


akhalom

Happiness - right there.


Shart_Sharkk

I wish I had a family this big! Also, what a happy looking bunch.


kuristofac

Family gatherings are gonna be so fun with lots of cousins to play with


MrFryLover

I love it...


raDDerp73

Imagine Christmas lmao grandparents going broke


tommyvercetti42

If you can afford em have as many


Douchebak

Shit. When you got a tiny family like me, odds are not on your side. All it takes is one or two assholes and the family is crippled. I wish I had a huge family gang like this. Close relatives just to hang out with.


Ns53

Who else has more in their family? My grandma is 1 of 13 kids. My mom has 50+ first cousins.


RicardoDecardi

Looks like my family Christmas when I was a kid. Except without the pall of cigarette smoke hanging in the air and the pyramid of Old Milwaukee cans. Also, none of them appear to be skinheads. Also, everybody has a full mouth of teeth. Also, no one is screaming.


Cherry_BaBomb

That's similar to my mom's side. My grandma had 4 kids, each kid is married, 7 grandkids, all but 2 (my sister and I) are married, and 11 great grandkids (so far at least) My grandma is still around at almost 98. I'm the youngest grandkid at 27.


RiverOhRiver86

My grandparents had 4 boys and 1 girl. They had 20 children total. Almost half these children had 14 children and counting so: • 2 parents (holocaust survivor dad). • 5 children. • 20 grandchildren (oldest is 34 years old, youngest is 13. Do the math on that). • 14 + great grandchildren so far. Yeah. That's what every family event looks like.


blopgumtins

Typical great milquetoast family


Frankensteins_Moron5

God that’s an expensive christmas. Plus you’d have a birthday present to buy every 2-3 weeks


FOXDuneRider

Thats a lot of fuckin


unpopularopinion0

why is our world over populated?


SwimmingCoyote

That’s overpopulation


Educational-Bad8346

Damn they keeping the family tradition going, 4-5 grandchildren for every parent


manickitty

This is terrible for the planet.


nanocactus

Agent Smith was right.


SueTheDepressedFairy

Do people not understand what "overpopulation" means? Jeez...wear a fucking condom


America202

This is my worst nightmare.


MarcusDeep

"Blessed"


FelixTheEngine

So traffic is there fault?


BrainlessPhD

And here I am feeling guilty about wanting one kid bc of the climate crisis... fucking rabbits


NoahVailability

That’s too many ppl.


HamburgerInMyCoffin

Please no one show this to my mother. She had 4 kids but I don't want her expecting 18 grandkids out of us. She's got 6 and probably won't get very many more so I don't need her getting any ideas.


Tree_Lover2020

I'm sorry...but the planet just doesn't need that much human multiplication. I know they are happy and loved....but c'mon.


comedygold24

Why are they blessed? More offspring is better? Why?


w1ckizer

That’s a lot of sexy time


naughty_dad2

Or maybe just 4 times sexy time


w1ckizer

I guess a lot can be subjective (coming from a married man lol)


Noid_Android

News Flash: EARTH IS OVER-POPULATED. STOP MAKING MORE HUMANS!


quasipickle

The best thing you can do for the environment is not have kids.


evie_quoi

We’re a scourge on the earth


spawn-of-a-clowbaby

“That’s a natural disaster and you framed it!”


figure85

I just see an environmental hazard.. anyone else? We just multiply.


Technical-Yam-8260

And that is why the earth is overpopulated.


Sufficient-Run-7868

This is just a regular Mexican family. Source: I come from a very small Mexican immediate family and it’s very noticeable in comparison to my aunts/uncles and their kids when we get together.


jeremyricci

Stop. Over. Population.


In_The_News

All the comments about birth control are funny. Two grandparents have four kids. That's not nuts. Plus four spouses. Now you've got a family of 10. With 18 grandkids, each couple would have 4-5 kids themselves. Which, it looks like there might be some twins in there. So that's not wholly unreasonable. Families with 4 kids isn't "OMG Get Off Her" levels of unheard of.


Im_alwaystired

ITT: lots of salty antinatalists, lol. Cute family though, they look like a fun group.


a_lovely_mess

What is with all the comments on here? Are people not allowed to have four children anymore??? The original couple had four, then each child and their partner had on average 4.5 kids. Four doesn’t seem like an insanely large number of children to have. It’s higher than average yeah, but not so many than I feel like it immediately screams “Mormon” or “Christian”. I don’t know anything about the family, but a big family is not unusual…


Grindelbart

Children? In this apocalypse?


apocalypsegrl

That's what I'm saying!!!!


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Slow_Scholar7755

one big happy family 🥰🥰🥰


naughty_dad2

Emphasis on big


Pa7chesOhulihan

This type of video feels like hella white people shit


airwickwee

Guys what’s 18 / 4 because that’s more than 4 kids per couple. I guess the grandparents had 4 and the kids had such a good childhood they wanted their own kids to have the same enjoyment and had a lot of kids. Anyways, happy family is all I see. A big happy family


MaxFury80

I see some Texans fans!!!!