Berta Llamas (age 58), mother of 10: “When I had two children, I felt more overwhelmed than when I had four children; it was more work, but I felt less emotionally constrained.”

School schedules and children’s activities dictate a good portion of the day when you have children. In a large family, everything becomes more complicated. Berta Llamas, 58 years old and mother of ten childrenAdapted the organization of the house with the birth of her children.

Looking back on the first few years, he says he was more overwhelmed with two than four. “I felt very overwhelmed,” he explained in his interview with La Vanguardia. Later I had more work, but “psychologically I felt less tied down.” As time went on he gave less importance to the things that had previously worried him.

Her family lived far away and her husband traveled frequently, so she spent a lot of time alone with the children. “I had to make a living for myself,” he says. It also speaks of rest and letting go of time. In order to book some plans with her husband, she looked for babysitters early on.

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Berta already spoke about her initial difficulties in an interview with El Español: “In the end you learn, and you feel more alone.” As older children grow, they gain autonomy and cooperate with younger ones. Organized by all.

In that report, he said that he kept the food prepared at night and the school uniform. They took turns eating and sharing the shower so that everyone didn’t need both baths at the same time. Children who worked and continued to live at home also paid for expenses.

She studied teaching, but decided to devote herself to the home. “Being a housewife is also a job, even if it’s not paid,” she claimed in that conversation. He was in charge of organization and domestic economy.

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Grandparents, to whom Berta could not turn, are a constant support Compromise. According to a survey by the Federation of Large Families, 51% turn to grandparents when they can’t afford everything, and 22% use a babysitter. 63% made work-related decisions to accommodate, such as reducing hours or changing jobs.

Bertha also had to respond to this Criticism for having ten children. In a statement obtained by El Español, he explained that his family had gone through good and bad economic times, including unemployment. She rejected the labels that were unwittingly placed on them and defended her decision: “I have 10 children because I wanted to have them freely.”

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