Let me start by saying our family of eight has been looking to join a community for several months now straight. Been talking it about it for years. This however is my question....just a feedback question. Why is it that all these communities are saying that they accept families, but when I tell them how big our family is, they say oh sorry, your family is too big? Then I think that their websites should say if you have over so and so kids, we do not accept families that large. Please let me know what you all think about this. Blessings, Love and Light, hippy@heart
thats a lot of extra mouths to feed at once. and chances are there are not enough in your family,old enough to pull the weight it takes to sustain the group of you. im sure it comes down to yes families are wanted as long as the families are not so large that it puts a burden on the community to sustain them. that would be our foremost issue with a family that big,the second would be where to house a family that big. but i do agree they should have a disclaimer or be willing to work out something whereby you agree to contribute x amount extra due to the size of your family..
Thanks HHB for responding. Our children are One girl-13, five boys that are 10,8,6, and twins that are going to be 6 next month. So to your reply about our family being able to pull our weight, yes we are very able to. The older boys and our daughter help at home now with gardening, and other various things. About the housing, I do understand that, however not one of them, except one, asked us about using tents, yurts, or other temporary housing til we as a community could build something more permenant. Yes, I do agree that Communities should elaborate more on families being accepted. Blessings, Love and Light, hippy@heart
