I Colour Code My 11 Children So I Don't Lose Track | MY EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY
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VERONICA Merritt is a mother to 11 children - and she's spent approximately eight and a half years of her life being pregnant. Veronica, from Syracuse, New York, had her first child at the young age of 14 and the last one at the age of 34. With so many children, Veronica’s house can be a hectic place, 13-year-old Mara told Truly: “It’s like being at a party but without music.” To keep track of her large family, Veronica has come up with an ingenious colour coding system; giving every child their own designated colour. “The colour coding system is incorporated into almost everything, anything I can find in their colour I’ll buy; their clothes, their toys, their sheets, towels, toothbrushes, cups and plates, it’s almost obsessive,” she said. Veronica has a big following on TikTok, where she talks about life as a large family. Unfortunately not everyone understands Veronica’s choice of having so many children: “I receive a lot of negative comments regarding my family, they will say things like ‘All the same dad?’ or ‘Do you own a TV?’” And Veronica herself is on the fence about falling pregnant again: “Part of me says ‘You’re done, you’re good’ and the other part of me is like ‘No, six more’, I’m just going to sort of see what happens and let nature decide.”
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• They each have their own space
• Their rooms appear clean
• The kitchen is clean
• The living room is clean
They seem happy and seem to really love their mom… If she can afford them without government assistance, God Bless Them & Let Them Live ❤️
She gets government assistance. Quite a bit during the pandemic, plus also food stamps.
Who cares if she gets government assistance anyway? Having assistance doesn't take away from anything you said that ACTUALLY makes her a good mom. I support her having assistance or not
@@TomDuncombe where did you find that info?
@@TomDuncombe why do you even care
@@TomDuncombe And how would you know? Or are you assuming?
Dude I’m more in awe of their house. Like it looks like a nice house but every room is in a different style.
They bought it for like $20k!! And they fixed it up themselves. They are so resourceful and super good people.
@@KatTheTruth that’s really cool. That’s how I want to do my own house
@@KatTheTruth They are definitely getting financial benefits for having all those kids. Don't let the video fool you!
@@betha.6279 so what, if they get food stamps? They literally live frugally and had to get food stamps when she almost lost her life to kidney disease. Let me guess... You're a "pro life" POS who doesn't actually care about living, breathing people?
the well fair rats, the very list she can do is keep that house clean.
For anyone wanting an update:
Donnie (#11) was diagnosed with Cancer very recently.
#12 is due next month.
The oldest is expecting her first baby.
Why thank you! How did you find this information?
Ohh I really hope Donnie will be alright :c 💗
How old is her oldest? 😳 The ones I saw looked oldest 17 Maybe.
@@freewithnature no I thing shes like 20
@@freewithnature Victoria, the oldest child is 22.
She really took the Sims every room different color challenge to a whole new level
As someone who is a blood relative and has been in her house before I can confirm that she is still trying to get some of the rooms together and the different styles was her goal 😂
Say 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I THOUGHT SIMS TOO
Well she's certainly doing a lot better than some parents with just one child!!!
the difference is that they aren't contributing too much to the rapid population growth. istg people in developing countries have more family planning and concern for rpg that these people from developed countries.
💯 True.
Yeah because she’s on welfare lol
i like to have 5 kids ☺️
She’s doing better than my parents
She seems like she really takes care of all of them. They seem happy. So many families big or small, are so messed up. Let her be, she's doing great.
They aren't happy. The older kids especially the son look and sound miserable. Listen to the oldest son talk again. He is going to move out ASAP, just to get away from the noise and extra responsibility of coparenting that comes with so many younger siblings. There is frustration and resentment in his voice...not happiness. Mom..is pushing a fake happy family to get social media attention and the $$ that comes with it.
@@betha.6279 im wondering where you got your degree to make such assumtions based solely off of a few minutes of someones life at least to say they are well taken care of is based on haveing a roof adequate rooms clean clothes and food which are visible in the video happiness is subjective and personal whether all are happy or not is just not something we can say based off of such little info
@@betha.6279 he's a teenager, he's 16 what do you expect him to do, be happy, smiley and singing al day? XD but good thing you know this family personally then right and now what they are feeling judging from a camera.
@@courtneylatawiec7062 i'm sorry you never learned how to do chores... families with 1 or 2 kids get the same tasks.
@@nicholethereadingmomma9050 It's just common sense that when there are that many kids, the older kids take care of the younger ones.
I do kind of wonder, with all due respect, what goes on in someone's mind who has 11 children but feels the urge to get 6 more. Does she feel like she is missing out on something? Does she enjoy being pregnant and caring for very small kids and babies (as some people genuinely do) so she'd like to go on? How does she think 6 or even just 3 more children would enrich her life? Some people want a big family, alright. But she already has that? No negative judgement here, really. Still, on a psychological level, this seems fascinating to me.
Same that's fascinating! Maybe she loves babies/children or something she can have a job associated with that
Prob a breeding kink
I also wonder if she has a husband / bf and how she gets all the money for the kids
My guess is it's due to her not having many family members there for her. So she trying to create her own family, trying to have more kids. It also means she just loves kids and wants more.
Addiction. Uncontrollable desire to have something and lack of control to stop yourself from something you don't need... something that actually begins to lower quality of life for you and your family due to less ability to care for each or provide. That is addiction.
She is an amazing mom. If the kids like the color coding, I don’t see anything wrong with it. Stop hating on her for things that make life easier for her family.
I see more comments about hating her than I do any actual hate comments.
JESUS CHRIST is LORD.
the Gospel is simple, salvation is too. by grace through faith, no works will do. give your [entire] life to Him Who loved you and died for you. repent ye of your sins and be saved.
@@JESUSistheTRUTH-ROBLOX what's the point in your reply it has nothing to do with video or the comment. Don't force YOUR morals onto others
Than she should keep her business to herself, period
@@JESUSistheTRUTH-ROBLOX LEAVE PEOPLE ALONE. Your forcing your beliefs!
The amount of grandchildren she’ll have lol. But they’re honestly such an eccentric fun happy family. I love it
Honk?
There's 8 of us in my family and my mum only has one grandchild and probably won't have anymore :)
Probably a lot. My dad is the last child with 11 siblings. I am the 15th grandchild.
Love your profile pic :D
Fun fact, I’m her niece and her kids are all my blood cousins, also did you know that her oldest daughter is pregnant with her first child!
So we not going to talk about how fabulous Mara is? I absolutely love her style! I wish more kids had the heart to wear what they want! She is a fashionista in the making! ♥️♥️
I'll tell her you said that 😍
@@thismadmama submissive & breedable
@@solaria5513 Are you talking about me???
@@thismadmama yea obviously. you've had 11 kids!!
@@solaria5513 trolling huh
She is actually so beatiful and is so respectful of her children's space. And she doesn't come off weird so that great
She's a fantastic mother. She takes care of her kids, she knows how to handle them and she's very responsible, plus they all seem like a happy and healthy family! I'm so proud of this woman ♡
My dad has 10 sisters we have an extended family and I have so many cuzin s
They all look so cute and stylish. Especially Mara.
@@michaeljackson8390 if you don't want to seem crazy make it sound a little less straight forward
@@michaeljackson8390 stop begging for subs!
@@michaeljackson8390 nothing about your channel will blow anybody's mind,only the abuse of emojis! Lol😒
Mara has a great fashion sense
Maras outfit is literally so cute tho 🤩🤩🤩
My uterus could never. But happiness is what matters. And she and her children are clearly happy.
My only honest question is all the same dad?
@@Yng619 frfr
@@Yng619 why do you care?
@@Yng619 don’t see how that’s any of your business
@@Yng619 I think they all have different dads
I JUST LOVE MARAS STYLE!!! i just love that she lets her childrens expres their selfs. like my mom dosent even allow to be myself and im glad that she is such a grate mom!!
I agree with the sister that it would be better to stop having biological kids, but I think she would be a wonderful adoptive/foster parent! Imagine going from the system into such a big family with so much love and care! Wonderful
SHE SEEMS LIKE SUCH A WONDERFUL MOTHER-! EACH OF HER CHILDREN HAVE THEIR OWN SPACES, BEDS, CLOTHES, AESTHETICS, EVERYTHING AND THEY ALL SEEM SO HAPPY-!
@@notaghere she said on her tiktok all of her childrens like it
@@notaghere AND LITTERALY SAID THE SAME THING IN THIS VIDEO
@@notaghere like, i know they have this for all the time but if they like it it's enough
@@notaghere yeah Evan yiur point has been debunked. It has absolutely no power
I appreciate the colour coding as it helps the kids feel like an individual and something that is there own that they dont share.
Theres an icelandic mum of 11 and she makes the whole family (bar husband) wear white.
... i prefer this.
All of y'all talking about Mara's style! It's called lolita, in a nutshell it's a fashion subculture from Japan. I would definitely recommend looking into it!
True, I was surprised it seems this is the first time many are seeing this style! I suppose I'm aware of different fashions because the years of playing dress up games, especially Japanese made games.
I love Lolita fashion but man it’s so expensive. I’ll just stick to my random style of whatever I find cute.
Oh yes we know the history with that word and the significance it carries. Lolita
@@rachelcookie321 nowadays you have cheap options to. You have a lot of chinese brands. And yeah thé big brands are expensive :(
ikr its really cool
also recommend harajuku fashion in general
Having a lot of kids is fine I guess. Having your older kids take care of the younger ones is not fine. I have a hard time believing that with 11 kids she isn't forcing the older ones to help her watch the younger kids and help raise them.
The older daughters especially.
My parents have 10 of us and we love having so many siblings. We never had a TV cause you really don’t need one with that much entertainment. We all had a “partner” anytime we went anywhere, basically my mom would pair a younger child with an older one that way she knows everyone is accounted for and safe. Even though I don’t want that many kids of my own it’s awesome to see all your siblings grow up and get married and become someone in this world. We are all friends and people always tell me, my mom is the happiest person they know. Just cause it’s not your calling doesn’t mean it’s not someone else’s 🥰 for some people being a parent is all they want to be when they grow up and that’s totally fine
It’s fine to have a big family as long as u can handle them
No it’s not!!’ It’s selfish on so many levels!! Whacko person obv!
@@brookesmith1550 if they can raise them well (which bis very hard, admittedly), then why is it so selfish?
I mean, having kids in general is selfish, but how is it that more selfish than the usual?
I believe it depends on who they are though. Not like have less siblings would make you get more time or love from your parents. In fact, the one who you can really play, learn, share your thoughts with and will be living with you for the next 50 or 70 years are your siblings. So i believe that if there are no issues regarding financial, having a lot of siblings isn’t half bad.
@@brookesmith1550 I know having a small family is better and if u r ok in health wise as well but it’s up to them if they want a small or big family
@@roykaewwithantirawat7552 it’s true small family is better but everyone has their own thing if they r happy to have small family or big family
Secretly shes building power rangers team.
This comment is the best!!! Pinnnn it!!!!
I THOUGHT SOMETHING SIMILAR it really seems like that though! especially with the whole color coding thing lol
GO!! GO!! POWER RANGERS!!!
Health is exactly the only reason I agree with her sister. Having just lost my Mum on Friday, only 1 kidney makes things a lot harder to treat down the road.
Especially because it seems like she's a single parent without close family to step in and help. If God forbid something were to happen to her, what would happen to those kids? Best to put her health and kids first rather than the oddly specific desire to add 6 more.
She’s a great mom in my opinion some parents don’t even have the time of day for their 1 child and this super mom is able to keep up with 11 color coded and all props to her especially since they all look healthy and happy
Mara looks like a porcelain doll! Beautiful kids and they all look really happy. 🤗 Good job, mom.
Yes! She loves looking like a doll, her fashion sense can get pretty expensive 😂
@@thismadmama your children are beautiful and you're doing a smashing job obviously as they all look immaculate and happy. Ignore the haters. Your womb your rules 👌🏻
Her style is stunning! Love it, I was gonna say this must be a expensive style but Mama said it so herself. She must have a old soul to like such antique looking clothes.
@@wendylouwho2811 It’s called Lolita Fashion. And it is very beautiful but extremely expensive
@@LPSCANDY10 she seems to be wearing bodyline in this video which is on the cheaper side though
My grandmother had 14, two died at birth. My dad is the oldest. She made homemade food and grew food from her garden and sewed all their clothes. My papa worked hard and rasied chickens. They grew up with love and we're very humble.
My grandmother had 13. She said it was like running a business. They had enough money to feed and clothe all of their children but the oldest kids were parentified. This was normal at the time but did have some long lasting negative affects.
This family seems pretty chill and the mother seems to be doing a good job taking care of all of her kids.
This family looks so happy! She seems like a great mom, and i really don't see any problem whit her having this color coded family! 💞💕
You can see how much she loves her kids. She’s an amazing mom, and it’s so true when she says nobody can be a perfect parent. I’m so proud of her for staying positive and happy, she’s truly so responsible.
You have a bizarre definition of responsible
@@danarzechula3769 , maybe it is you that has the bizarre definition.
What I find odd, and confusing:
1. Just by looking at her children, is it safe to assume she only has one husband all this time? Because the children all look alike.
2. If her sister is black, its amusing how a portion her main family genes did not pass on to her children
These kids look happy and healthy. She obviously loves them very much. I do think she should make sure her body can handle more children first - especially with her kidney issues…but i think their family is FULL of love.
There is no way of knowing that though Unless she risked going through another pregnancy and even if it went okay, what’s to say the next pregnancy she tries won’t be the one to get her severely ill or do her in
It's selfish. There's no way she's giving those kids the individual attention they all need, especially if she's not healthy.
@@bellona6356 💯💯
She's such a super mom! She's got everything taken care of and an amazing family!
I love how you see the outside and you’re thinking okay, it needs a little help. But the inside is gorgeous! Don’t judge the outside because the real gem is on the inside. Beautiful family. Love it!💜💜
I have three children, all adults now, but when they were small, I color-coded them without intentionally doing it. And it was based on their preferred or favorite colors. The eldest loved the hot and warm colors and usually had clothes and other stuff in red, orange, or yellow. The middle one loved plants, so usually had green things. The youngest has been obsessed with the sky, astronomy, the stars, since age two, so usually had blue. I had all three in three years and five months. It got hectic! When I would take them to a crowded playground, I would dress them all in the same bright color, like yellow, so I could quickly locate them. Even as adults, they still have similar color preferences.
When they were kids right, because babies can’t choose a favorite color…
So how does the colour thing work with hand me downs?
New clothes for each kid? Or is it more "age 3 is yellow, and when you're 6 you're blue. Except you, honey, you're a big kid and you're blue at age 5."
@@er6730 whats wrong with buying new clothes for each child? Not every child will like what their older siblings liked, they have different styles and preferences for their own individuality. If someone has money to buy what their kids want it shouldn’t be anyones concern what their kids wear. My oldest 2 are the same size and they don’t wear each other’s clothes because they both have different fashion styles. My 3 year old has some hand me downs from the older ones when they were little (perks of having all same gender children) but I still buy her brand new clothes too if she wants something or ask for it.
I tried doing that but my kids had a new favorite color every month! So I said ok wear what you want..lol
@@shiriguessman5157 that's not true, they can
I don't think that's a concern. Her kids are health, happy and she really cares about all of them, so there's no problem.
I agree. As long as they are all healthy and receiving good care i see no problem either. They seem happy🤷🏼♀️
I love this! From what I’m seeing, this mom is having kids because she loves being a mom. She’s not putting none of the younger kids off on their siblings. The kids are all taken care of and loved and happy
That was what I was wondering. I have a friend who knew at 14 she would never have kids because she had been such a second mom to her mother's 10 kids as the oldest. There was a lot of resentment in that family.
She seems like she’s doing a great job! And I love Mara’s style, it’s adorable.
She seems like she handles the responsibility very well. The house is clean, they have their own spaces, their own styles, they seem healthy and happy and loved. My best wishes for her and her family ❤
“I’ve spent 8 and 1/2 years of me life pregnant” jeez girl that’s over half my life
You are lucky my friend ❤️,love and light from Norway 💞
Not for me
My nana had twelve children , no twins 😅 imagine twelve years of pregnancy 😳
@@victoriasmees5625 lmao gurl that’d be 9 years so pretty much the same as this woman 😂😂
Veronica seems such a sweet loving Mum, so lovely to see!
mara is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. she looks like an angel on earth
The kids look happy, healthy and loved.
@ProcreationCausesSuffering GoogleAnti-natalism ooh, an edgelord in the wild!
@ProcreationCausesSuffering GoogleAnti-natalism I mean life has its tough moments but is not all that bad
@ProcreationCausesSuffering GoogleAnti-natalism Damn did someone hurt you?? Idk if you're being for real but you should really try some terapy
@ProcreationCausesSuffering GoogleAnti-natalism They'll suffer eventually and dying is inevitable, but that's not what life is all about they will have lots of happy moments that will make living worth it, they'll be loved by someone even if not romanticlly and in the end those are moments that we take with us. Again you have all the rights to not want kids os "procreate" as you say and i'm not trying to convince you otherwise,but please stop with those comments.
@@hellobot67 I see you toxic on every platform you on
the color coding is actuallya great idea when you have more than 1 kid. Good for you!!! Love your family, your kids look healthy and happy
How so? Is it hard to tell who is who? Maybe you shouldn't have almost a dozen kids if you can't remember who is who. This woman is incredibly selfish.
I don't mind ppl having no kids to lots of kids, it is the love that matters...BUT I have a problem with the color coding...you raise them then from infants that this is your color...your room, your clothes, etc...we need to teach our kids to be individuals, that it is ok to be different and like different things, etc, not force them to fit in a box you made for your convenience at such a young age.
Similar to you, my mom and I agree that color coding is a great idea if you have multiples.
I think it's brilliant!
We have 8 kids, some in the same sizes or close to it, so when it comes time to fold the laundry, it gets confusing for my husband what belongs to whom lol... if they had a color, that would narrow it down! :P
@@AshleyCamden you couldn't just put an initial on the tag of the clothes'then you could do handme downs...if you have 8 kids all with their own color does that mean you never do handmedowns?? What a waste of resources.
She seems like a great mom. The kids are well behaved and taken care of.
Her saying all of their names really fast like that makes me think she stands in the mirror and practices that over and over and over again. Not a bad thing just wow. Kudos
As a kid I LOVED identifying with light blue, I wanted everything of my own in that colour, I felt like it was my colour and it represented me so I feel like this color coding idea is so nice for somebody who wants to have many children. I also can see that they all have their personal room and this is awesome. You can see that she cares of their happiness
Same here
I have loved to identify with yellow since I was young. Yellow has always been my colour 💛💛💛💛💛
I was assigned purple, it sucked some times because it wasn’t the color I chose. I do like purple but as an adult I’ve gravitated to blue. I still love purple but every one when I was a kid thought I always wanted grape favor because of my color.
As a kid I hated grape but I survived the color coding
If the kids are happy and she can handle the responsibility, who are we to judge! Beautiful family!
Love This ♥️ She has good decent children which you can see she's brought up well & they are clean & tidy with their own clean & tidy rooms plus a clean & tidy house to live in. Some parents can't or won't even do half of what she does for her children & some parents can't even bring up one child let alone 11 so fair play to her. Sending Much ♥️ To Her & The Children ♥️ From 🇬🇧
omg i LOVE mara's dress! so vintage. very pretty. i love the sight of that family. i love children
We’re missing a lot of information. Dad? Dads? What job does she do? Where did she find that cool school bus 🚌 ? The kids do look well taken care of soo 🤷♀️ Good on her
Same here, same questions, also, how old is she?
Looked like dad, or a dad was there at the park. Probably just didn't want to be on camera.
2 dads, her ex husband and current husband, says her Instagram
Yeah, Dad was def there with his face blurred out. He’s a redhead and most of them are too
@@amlaaaa479 Shes 36
She's my age! God I've only seen large families like the Duggers and they are portrayed as old and doubtee. She's a hip gal with 11 kids just rocking the organizational aspect! That house looks awesome BTW.
On programmes like 16 Kids and Counting, you'll see big families here in the UK.
The older kids are bearing a lot of the day to day burden of care trust me as the oldest I know
@@danarzechula3769 And from what I have seen and other families, it makes you a stronger and better more responsible person.
Unless you are selfish.
@@ronaldmills4054 You're a boomer, aren't you? Only a boomer could proudly say something so ignorant and tone deaf
Can we talk about maras fashion sense, that dress with the boots looks so good I want it!
hi! just wanna say that i really love Mara's lolita coords!! please tell her that she's doing a great job and thank you for letting her dress like how she wants to Veronica 🥺
Mara’s style & room has me in awe!!
Me too
Its so cool
😁 this is so interesting to watch....
It is
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Follow her lol
Girl I see you at hella videos I watch. I’m going to start saying hi just so you know how many interests we have in common, or at least what our algorithms have in common :]
You look like you are doing AMAZING!! And the kids look happy!! More than I can say for people who have only one!! Good job!!
This mom has my respect. I work at a daycare, impressed hardly scratches the surface.
Love Mara's jfashion outfit! It makes me happy to see all the kids getting the attention and care they deserve
It's called Lolita style it originated in Japan and and based on styles in the time of Louis the 14th period. There are 3 major branches. Classical is classical Lolita kawa sweet Lolita, and (believe it or not) Gothic Lolita. Google it.
@@ronaldmills4054 I am a lolita... I was avoiding using the word lolita because you tend to get creepy comments when using that term on random videos that aren't egl related :)
Just to clarify for anyone seeing! Lolita fashion is actually influenced from Victorian and Rococco fashion specifically, and is a substyle within Japanese street fashion (jfashion)
ikr its so cool
I guess if you want to look like one of those old dust collector dolls 🤷♀️
@@NiecieSavo They look so cute though!
I love seeing Mara and Victoria individual style, I’m guessing they got it from their mom, she seems like a very artistic and open parent, I’m jealous! HAHAHA and i found the color coding idea so wild and fun! Idk why I haven’t heard anyone doing this before! Hahahahhaa The sister is a whole mood, i love her HAHAHAHAHA
And honestly, as long as the kids are well fed, well educated, well provided for, and well loved, i don’t see the problem with having a big family! But do take your health into consideration Veronica, all the love! ♥️♥️
she’s such a boss and the color coding is so cute and unique i love that sm
Wowowowow. She is amazing! I could never see myself being able to deal with everything!
i have 8 siblings and we get insane stares. it could be because quite a few of my siblings are black because theyre adopted and our parents are white. but i love having a big family, you never get bored and everyone has a variety of cool interests.
Sounds like she is trying to fill in the void. Left from lack of family growing up.
Yeah, I'm curious if she was a foster kid. That's kinda the vibe I'm getting.
@@michaeljackson8390 i will check your channel
What difference does it make?
@@ronaldmills4054 So your logic would be someone had a bad childhood. Then tries to fill in that PTSD and that is your remark? Lets hope you do not have kids. Would be safer for them to have someone better.
The family seems so happy. Bless them all!
A great inspiration and role model, there's more to parenting than what the eye could see, at least she does her best for her kids! ❤️❤️❤️ God gifted her many presents cause He knows that She could follow and succeed! 💕
Even if they seem content now, what if the kid decides they don’t like their color anymore and like a different one? What if their favorite color is one their sibling is already labeled? What if it’s something completely different? I’ve certainly changed my favorite colors in my lifetime and would hate to be stuck with just one color to associate with for years.
She responded to someone else where she mentioned some of them switching colors
I totally agree
If I was in that wacko family I would buy rainbow everything and tell my fam to F off while I figure out my sexuality, I would have headphones on all the time and avoid almost everyone, I would still love my siblings and do stuff with them occasionally but for the most part I would stay to myself
@@shiriguessman5157 you’d just be a normal kid, every kid eventually goes through a rebellious phase
@@shiriguessman5157 she would probably just say that rainbows your colour and colour code you bye rainbow.
My dad was one of 12 kids. No one questioned why - and no one should have. However many kids someone else has is no one else's business. If your children are happy, healthy, loved, and provided for, it doesn't matter if you have one, or fifty. Personally, I would go insane with that many kids lol, but who am I to tell anyone else how to live their life.
My dad was one of 14 I agree with your statement it’s not for everyone but it shouldn’t mean they should get judge if there happy and they can afford all those kids then why not
I had a raised 12 they were 6 boys and 6 girls.we had a garden and meat .there dad James worked we had animals .horses we were at a house show every weekend.we won all the feed our houses could use .they all grown up now I had son's who own car repair shops I have oil field workers and car trade sons.my daughter s a couple. Work in oilfield offices lawyers office.a couple mom's and in medical .so I would do again
@@nancysmith1432 You go girl!
@@ronaldmills4054 now I have 18 grand kids 1 on way and 2 great grands. I am so happy
Everyone should question if his being here is not for good and responsible reao
What a wonderful woman! Truly fulfilling her highest calling and look how happy she and her children are. Women are happiest as mothers it's undeniable.
Mara’s style is so cute! i love it
I'm sorry, she seems like a very neat soul & quite in tune with her children and their life together ❤ Keep rocking it Mama
I love the individuality the children express
Every time I see large families like this I wonder what is going on inside of the home. I knew a boy who had 13 other siblings and while the family were kind people, their relationships with each other were far from perfect or even ideal. The larger the family the more likely a child’s personal needs will slip through the cracks and the parent can’t be there for every child’s wants, leaving those children to deal with them alone. I wouldn’t be surprised if those kids will feel a lack of support when they grow older, especially the oldest children.
Not every large family will be the same, i knew an only child that grew up with parents that didn’t care about him at all. It’s the parents, not the size of the family.
True any parent can be cruddy no matter the size, but the larger the family the more likely it is that needs are not being met for some of the children, no matter if the parent is doing their best or not.
There are parents with 1 child who emotionally neglect their kid. So judgmental. Stop choosing to live ugly.
I have 12 siblings and life is just normal to be honest, I don't think you notice the difference when it's just life. Both my parents come from families with 6 and 8 siblings and wanted a big family. I just think how are you to know if you had less siblings your parents would any different? If your parents aren't giving you support, love or attention it's because they're not good parents so I can't see how it would be different in a smaller family. My family are all quite close but I'm closer to the siblings and cousins I grew up closer in age. My youngest sibling is 10 and my oldest sibling is 36 so we have a massive age gap which might helped things as some of the older lot had already left home when some of the younger children were born. My 10 year old brother is actually younger than his 14 year old niece. But to be honest I always was put in sports, read to at night, got to go on trips etc so don't think I would change a thing. Family parties are also always good when you have a massive family with lots of cousins. However I'm going to keep my future family small cause no way am I going through the pain of labour multiple times.
As an upper middle child to large family, this. I missed out on a lot, had to grow up fast and suffered mental health without help. My parents weren’t bad necessarily either. Older siblings in larger families usually are second parents in a way at usually a young age.
I love it. I love big families. I always wanted one, I grew up with no cousins and only 1 sister until I was 13 and my brother was born. I have 4 kids myself and if childbirth and pregnancy wasn't soo hard on me I'd have more. Big families are such a blessing.
I saw her on tiktok before this!! She’s honestly quite interesting.
I love the way she raises them all.
Out of curiosity, what happens if a child doesn't like the colour they have been assigned? Also father/s?
Then she will replace them with another child lol, that's why they are that many😆
@Ida how is Becky doing?😆
I bet when they get old enough they have more agency over their preference lol…but maybe after so many years of having a “color” they might prefer it anyway
@@sylwia7060 hahaha 😂
Yeah, I don't understand why you assign a child a color. It's a weird, selfish and self-fulfilling thing.
Same age! I don't want to compare her happiness with other people in her (especially me), but I envy her happiness she would have enjoyed.
I wishes her and her family so beautiful and insanely happy.
What an amazing family, kids are happy, safe and cared for.
Yeah ....so much love from here.... I love all my uncles and aunts ...my cousins ...that's the best part .... This family....wait until most of them grow up... it's going to be AMAZING!!!!!!!
Love and prayers. God bless you all :)
They all seem happy, I love the purple and blue room! She seems like a lovely, caring mother
This woman does not look old enough to be the Mom! She could be the oldest sister.
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I was thinking that the entire time! It was almost distracting 😂
She had the first child at the age of 14 so
@@Ottieinthewoods damn
2:26 My head ached from that brushing!🙄😲🤦♀️😵💫I feel sorry for her daughter😢
I think she and her family are awesome! I dig their house and their bus. Seems like they love each other and have every thing they need. I wish them well.
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Omg the one kid with the white Lolita set. So beautiful, I wish I had one growing up :3
She seems to be a very loving and caring mother. As, long as she can afford more children, I don't see a problem with how many she and her husband want. I always wanted a very large family. I only had four. God blessed me with one biological son, two step daughters, and one adopted son.
Why not ? I myself have always wanted to have 12 kids . I think you have a wonderful family and the kids appear to be very happy with their mom . I also like your color coding idea . My mom only had 4 kids and I remember well how often other relatives would get our names wrong or just call out, " Hey you ! ", to us when they still couldn't remember . The fact you can remember their names is good enough . It must be so rewarding though, to have so many little ones running around the house, never a dull moment I bet . I wish you and yours all the best . 🤗
Color coding seems limiting. Id never work around just one color for my kid. No way.
"But I can, let me show you." Such powerful words.
They all look clean, happy and well-behaved. And mama don't seem too exhausted to take care of them. They seem like a great and loving family!
She actually seems like a good mother .
The colour coding is probably easy for the kids to differentiate between what belongs to them . It's quite smart .
It's fascinating that she wants so many kids , but each to their own . If she can mentally , financially, and physically handle it then good for her ! .
I know a single mom with 3 kids and she is running ragged with just keeping up with them and her house is not in best shape cause so busy. But this mom is like a Super Mom if this is how neat her house is usually ( can't always be perfect) and the kids are truly so happy and content on the norm like they seem. Kudos Lady!
As an only child who only grew up with a mom, I am incredibly jealous. I always felt very lonely :(
@@michaeljackson8390 what the hell is wrong with you
Story of my life
If it makes you feel better, realize that more siblings = a higher chance of dealing with more arguments; a higher chance of one of them (or more) to steal your food, your toy, etc (sure, good parents would teach their children to treat others with respect but some children still try to sneakily still do this to their sibling); a lot of noise, so if you want to take a nap? Forget about it; a higher chance of having less fun snacks since more children = more expenses for actual groceries. Also, if some of the siblings or one of them had particularly good grades compared to the rest, there could be jealousy and resentment from the ones that aren't doing as good. I might sound superficial with some of these details, but really, just trying to let you know that you shouldn't be jealous.
I'm also an only child but cant relate. I love peace and quite and having my own space
@@DamplyDoo I'm only child too and yeah sure I hoped more siblings but I feel like if you're just social with other families and let your child to get to know other people and so on I think that you shouldn't worry about it :3
Everyone builds their own family and in every way you might build it there is always some pros and cons so... Just remember to appreciate what you have and not to think what you don't have.🙈
(Wow sorry somehow this turned out to be some kind of deep s♡☆t 😅😂)
They look happy, and she looks like an incredibly loving mother❤
I first saw this family on tiktok and instagram. She is amazing.❤️❤️❤️
Great mama! She’s doing a wonderful job and she clearly loves her children
Ok, so she didn't make the kids by herself, so where are the father(s)? How does she support herself? How does she give each child the time they need, especially the younger ones, AND keep a time frame set aside for herself? 🤔
Agreed. She had all the time to segway into answering the most obvious questions, yet she didn't. Smdh and she wonders why people look at her crazy. She enjoys the chaos she creates.
I don't know how to say this without being mean if you have children you can get all kinds of assistance plus maybe the fathers are paying child support and that's how she takes care of them the one thing we do right as humans support people with children so the kids don't have to do with out except for WIC program I've never had children but I I did learn from single mothers when I worked at the cashier for five years that baby powder is so expensive and you can get like five cans a month from work and it's like $127 but that won't even last half the month
Good question; but I only have 2 kids and I can't ever make time for myself (but I also don't have friends/family/babysitters.. so) 🤷🏽♀️ I'm just waiting until they are older to have my "me times"
And then this possibility the father didn't want to be on camera but that is weird maybe she's a foster mother it is extremely weird they don't address that they always addressed the hard questions on these things
@@newpocahontas1 same here
She’s doing great they look well taken care of. Good for her
Oh my goodness I saw Mara appear on screen for the first second and I was obsessed with her style. It's so pretty and I hardly see anyone wear lolita these days (besides Pinterest).
You see a lot of sweet lolita recently
My dad grew up with 10 siblings and I grew up with five so big families are something I’m used to lol. You’re an amazing parent from what I can tell. As long as you can afford to raise children keep doing it as long as you can/want to
I think it’s a beautiful thing to have a large family providing you can take care of them.
I do feel that you should consider not having more if you have major health issues because your children are depending on you.
Quite while you’re ahead cause if something were to happen to you, they will be separated and put in the system.
You wouldn’t want that. At least, now you’re healthy enough to maintain your family as is. I don’t see or hear mention of the father.
That’s all the more why you shouldn’t. Raising children with two parents can be difficult enough. Although, surprisingly enough you have a nice home and they’re happy and you appear to love them so much. Take care of yourself, you have a beautiful family and they need you. You want to be healthy enough to see them grow up. Nobody else is going to be as good of mom as you. They love you and you are all they have and you want to be here as long as you can. With that being said, and taking in consideration of your health, think whether or not it’d be a wise decision to have more. #I’mjustsaying
Mara is on her way to being the next “It Girl” She’s got it!👍🏼
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Hello ARMY!
@@countrygirlcutie Have an amazing day ARMY! 💜✌🏼
ARMY is everywhere 😆 I love it
Love this mama! She loves her kids and are doing a hell of a job taking care of them all.
I am pretty impressed how clean and neat everything looks and her children are welbehaved.