"А давай заведем четвертого..."
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actrВчера в Бостон Глоуб была статья о многодетных семьях. Но не обо всех многодетных семьях, а об очень обеспеченных. Для некоторых четверо и больше детей - это новый статус символ. Это значит, что они могут это себе позволить ("For some people in Wellesley," says Goldston, "having four kids has become the new status symbol, like having a luxury SUV. It says you can afford it; you can have a nanny to help you out.") А семьи с одним ребенком в таких местах чувствуют себя неуютно (tell me!)
Вот, например, замечательный пассаж: ""Every person I know who has four kids has full-time help," says Susan Morris, a 40-year-old former investment banker and current Wellesley mother of three. "People in this town like to have a lot of kids, but they don't necessarily like to raise them by themselves." Morris's husband would like to have a fourth, and seeing so many bigger families around her, she's felt some pressure to try to keep up. "If all your friends are having four, does that make you more likely to do it? Absolutely." But after having three kids in three years, she feels she is just starting to get her life back under control.
If she thinks she's feeling the heat, she should talk to Anna Lomes. The 33-year-old moved to Wellesley from Los Angeles three years ago. "Around here, we're the weird people on the street that just have one," she says. She once overheard a couple of 6-year-old girls from the neighborhood telling her 4-year-old son that they felt bad for him because he's an only child. Anna says she has long felt that one child was the right call for her and her husband, Scott, yet the relentless questions about "when are you going for number two?" have begun to wear her down.
Но больше всего меня сразило субботнее расписание семьи из того же Wellesley - у них 8 детей, от 12 лет до 16 месяцев. Нет, я знала, что тут народ с кружками и спортом с ума сходит, но от пары дней такой жизни я бы точно повесилась! Неудивительно, что отец семейства в 8 утра удалился поиграть в гольф, а вернулся только к двум..(см.ниже)
При этом мама эта выглядит просто потрясающе! Что, что нужно делать, чтобы после 8 детей быть в такой форме?! Гены? Операции? Ничего не ест?
You'll be tired after just reading this log from one recent Saturday in the lives of Kerry and David Morton of Wellesley and their eight children.
6:30 A.M. Mom and Dad get up
7 Mom leaves for gym
8 Mom returns, Dad leaves for golf
8 TO 9 Kids get up, eat breakfast
9:15 Erin picked up by soccer coach
11 Mom drops Connor and Patrick at baseball
11:30 Mom drops Caitlin at soccer
NOON Mom feeds Casey, Owen, Devon, and Rory
12:30 P.M. Erin returns from soccer
1:30 Mom picks up Connor and Patrick (same time, different fields - and has Connor wait with an adult for five minutes)
1:45 Mom drops off Owen at soccer in Needham (15 minutes late)
1:45 A friend brings Caitlin home from soccer (is home alone for 10 minutes while Mom is en route from other pickups)
2 Dad returns from golf to take Casey to soccer in Needham and then pick up Owen
2:45 Mom takes Connor to soccer
3 Mom drops Erin at softball
3:45 Dad brings Casey home and goes to watch Erin's softball game
4 Mom picks up Connor and drops him and Patrick at friend's house
5 Mom makes dinner for the kids who are home
5:30 Mom brings Caitlin to soccer tryout
5:45 Dad and Erin return from softball, eat dinner
7:30 Mom picks up Caitlin
7:45 Casey, Owen, Devon, and Rory all go into an oversize bathtub together
8:15 Bottle and bed for Rory
8:45-9:15 Smaller children put to bed
10 Remaining kids go to bed; Mom and Dad catch up; Mom organizes clothing, schedule for next day
11 Mom and Dad briefly fall asleep in front of TV before crawling up to bed
Вот, например, замечательный пассаж: ""Every person I know who has four kids has full-time help," says Susan Morris, a 40-year-old former investment banker and current Wellesley mother of three. "People in this town like to have a lot of kids, but they don't necessarily like to raise them by themselves." Morris's husband would like to have a fourth, and seeing so many bigger families around her, she's felt some pressure to try to keep up. "If all your friends are having four, does that make you more likely to do it? Absolutely." But after having three kids in three years, she feels she is just starting to get her life back under control.
If she thinks she's feeling the heat, she should talk to Anna Lomes. The 33-year-old moved to Wellesley from Los Angeles three years ago. "Around here, we're the weird people on the street that just have one," she says. She once overheard a couple of 6-year-old girls from the neighborhood telling her 4-year-old son that they felt bad for him because he's an only child. Anna says she has long felt that one child was the right call for her and her husband, Scott, yet the relentless questions about "when are you going for number two?" have begun to wear her down.
Но больше всего меня сразило субботнее расписание семьи из того же Wellesley - у них 8 детей, от 12 лет до 16 месяцев. Нет, я знала, что тут народ с кружками и спортом с ума сходит, но от пары дней такой жизни я бы точно повесилась! Неудивительно, что отец семейства в 8 утра удалился поиграть в гольф, а вернулся только к двум..(см.ниже)
При этом мама эта выглядит просто потрясающе! Что, что нужно делать, чтобы после 8 детей быть в такой форме?! Гены? Операции? Ничего не ест?
You'll be tired after just reading this log from one recent Saturday in the lives of Kerry and David Morton of Wellesley and their eight children.
6:30 A.M. Mom and Dad get up
7 Mom leaves for gym
8 Mom returns, Dad leaves for golf
8 TO 9 Kids get up, eat breakfast
9:15 Erin picked up by soccer coach
11 Mom drops Connor and Patrick at baseball
11:30 Mom drops Caitlin at soccer
NOON Mom feeds Casey, Owen, Devon, and Rory
12:30 P.M. Erin returns from soccer
1:30 Mom picks up Connor and Patrick (same time, different fields - and has Connor wait with an adult for five minutes)
1:45 Mom drops off Owen at soccer in Needham (15 minutes late)
1:45 A friend brings Caitlin home from soccer (is home alone for 10 minutes while Mom is en route from other pickups)
2 Dad returns from golf to take Casey to soccer in Needham and then pick up Owen
2:45 Mom takes Connor to soccer
3 Mom drops Erin at softball
3:45 Dad brings Casey home and goes to watch Erin's softball game
4 Mom picks up Connor and drops him and Patrick at friend's house
5 Mom makes dinner for the kids who are home
5:30 Mom brings Caitlin to soccer tryout
5:45 Dad and Erin return from softball, eat dinner
7:30 Mom picks up Caitlin
7:45 Casey, Owen, Devon, and Rory all go into an oversize bathtub together
8:15 Bottle and bed for Rory
8:45-9:15 Smaller children put to bed
10 Remaining kids go to bed; Mom and Dad catch up; Mom organizes clothing, schedule for next day
11 Mom and Dad briefly fall asleep in front of TV before crawling up to bed
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Вы уверены, что не усыновлять?
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Date: 2006-05-29 02:53 pm (UTC)ЗЫ почта как?
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Date: 2006-05-29 03:37 pm (UTC)Sorry Каммент раньше времени ушёл.
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Date: 2006-05-29 03:43 pm (UTC)They love kids and pets...
Date: 2006-05-29 03:54 pm (UTC)topic for the article about real
americans. 48 millions of them
do not have any medical or
dental insurance. Can they
deal with 8 kids? I don't
think so.
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