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Non-Fiction

Indykatie

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2. I and My 2 Siblings Were Also Born During That Period

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 08:04 PM

Mar 2021

The "established script" and American dream cited in the article is romanticized fiction. Why would a family have 12 children even without the issue of mental illness being present? I grew up in a middle class environment and I can't think of a single family in our community who had more than 5 kids. Unless our suburban area was atypical most families had 2-3 kids.

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Hidden Valley Road. American family with 12 children, 6 had schizophrenia [View all] IcyPeas Mar 2021 OP

Thanks for posting. I will check it out tulipsandroses Mar 2021 #1

I and My 2 Siblings Were Also Born During That Period Indykatie Mar 2021 #2

In this family it was the father who kept wanting more kids IcyPeas Mar 2021 #3

Excellent book. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #4