What is a large family to you?

This is just a question for fun, but I've been wondering what others think!

How many kids do you consider a large, medium, and small family?

I'm sure it has to depend on where you live and what you're used to but I grew up in a family of 9 kids in the Western US and this is my scale:

Small: 1-3 kids

Medium: 4-5 kids

Large: 6-7 kids

Extra Large: 8+ kids

Growing up, I always thought anything less than 8 kids was small 😅. I even remember thinking that 6 kids was "fake large" because it looked like a lot but it wasn't actually that much. Hilarious lol. I did go to school with lots of families that had 6 kids and one that had 14 kids! That family was all super popular- several of them were student body presidents. It was a dynasty I suppose.

Posted Aug 31, 2026, 2:17 AM UTC

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