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WELCOME TO LOTSOFKIDS.COM! A place where families with 4 or more children can find, friendship, fun, and support. We also welcome those who are thinking of having a large family,or who can't but love the philosophies of large families. Please visit the Welcome Center to learn more about this site and its contents.
| August 14, 2009 -- We're Still Here
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 - We're ALIVE!!!!! I do have to apologize for the massive lack of updates here. I have had several emails from people asking when we will be updating and wondering if the site will close. No way! This site has been a part of our lives for 6 1/2 years. It's an important resource to the large family community. We're here to stay. As I have written about, we are having financial problems like many Americans and some of our focus has shifted to projects that will help pay our bills. However, I am very much still devoted to this site and I am hopeful we'll be back soon with new content, as well as opening many of the site areas which are closed for construction. Thank you SO very much for your continued support. If you want notification of when we update next, please sign up for our mailing list or add us to your RSS reader.
 - June is nearly over, and despite our efforts, we didn't manage to get the things done around the site we wanted. To learn more, check out our notice at this post on The Buzz.
 - Be sure to check out our 4th of July feature with lots of neat articles, recipes, and more.
 Large Family Recipes - We are excited to announce our brand new recipe forum. Actually it's much more than a message board, but a full sub-site where visitors can browse hundreds of recipes, rate and comments on recipes, save your favorites for future viewing, add new dishes, and much more. This sub-site will be replacing our old recipe board (don't worry, all the recipes have been moved over). We are so happy about this new system! Be sure to take a peek and check it out. You might find a dish for dinner tonight!
 Meal Planning for Large Families - We have received numerous request from our visitors to develop an article on how to meal plan. Since there are many great resources on the web to do this, we wanted to create a comprehensive article that explored traditional planning, as well as alternative methods. Full of great ideas and examples, we hope the article helps those new to meal planning, as well as seasoned veterans.
 Living Green with a Large Family - As you probably know, despite how the media paints large families, households with lots of kids tend to be very eco-friendly. Lots of re-use, less waste, and other general "green" practices. We have gathered a collection of ideas on how to live with a mind on the environment and preservation of the planet. There are some great tips in this article, so be sure to check it out.
 New RSS Feed - We have upgraded our RSS Feed, so if you subscribed before, you should update your reader. Our mailing list is a great way to get info on new content and sneak previews. However, for those that prefer the immediacy of RSS, we plan to note update information, as well as site downtime and other issues through the RSS.
 We are excited to announce we have a new, easier-to-use article comment system. Right now, only the article in the Household and Kitchen sections have this new feature, but eventually our visitors will be able to comment on individual articles throughout the site.
 As promised, there is much more coming. As we make our sweep of the site, we'll be adding more utilities, articles, and fun stuff. If you want to get more info on what we are doing with our tidy of the site, as well as get a sneak peek at our future plan, be sure to visit the spruced up Buzz Blog.
| April 2, 2009 - Our Forums are Open!
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 We are happy to announce all of our forums are open. We ended up spending an additional 2 days making many user-requested tweaks to the system, and as a result focused our energies on that. We will continue to make some small tweaks over the next few days, but things are stable enough we invite all users to drop in and say hi.
We still need to update our forums page, but until then, head over to the HERE and take a look.
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March 17, 2009 - We haven't been idle...
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As many people have noticed, we haven't had a big update to Lotsofkids in several months. Part of this is simply the busy life of having a large family. However, a *much* larger part is the fact we have been working very hard on another project close to our hearts. We are proud to announce the opening of Family Webcomics. The site has been totally re-designed, with new functionality and added features. For more detailed information on this project, check out our post on the Buzz Blog. Or, if you'd rather, you can visit the site by clicking the banner below.
That said, with this project under our belt, we are moving back to getting an update done for LOK. Check back soon to see what we have planned. Or, if you'd rather, join our mailing list (or sign-up for our RSS feed which we are going to relaunch this month).
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Welcome to all of our new visitors!
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 Greetings to the many newcomers to the site who have found us through The New York times or various other articles and online searches for large families. As the news of the octuplets continues to monopolize the airwaves, there is renewed interest in the lives of families with lots of kids. Please note that this site was not set up with the intention of pushing any "agenda" or encouraging people to have large families. Rather, it was created to provide a place where those who do decide to have more than 2 or 3 children can find information, support, and resources to help them in their households.
There are a lot of questions and misconceptions about large families. We have endeavored to cover many of those in our General Frequently Asked Questions, and invite our visitors to give it a look over. As for an answer as to how we feel about Nadya Suleman, we will defer to this answer from the aforementioned FAQ:
So, you think it's okay that people have a lot of kids when they can't afford or don't have the time to take care of them?
Again, this is an issue that is directed at and made to look like a large family issue when it's more of a general question. It is not our place to judge who is fit or unfit to have a family. However, having children is definitely an important decision and one that should not be taken lightly. It is certainly adviseable that if a family truly cannot care for more children that they consider holding off on becoming pregnant. On the other hand, financial situations, such as most things in life, are subject to change. It is wrong to say a family should never have more children just because they can't afford it now. Just as it is equally wrong to judge someone as irresponsible for having a large family when in the past they did have adequate means, but perhaps suffered a job loss or other tragedy that put them in an adverse position.
All families, regardless of size, should be mindful of their limitations when adding a family member. But, again, not being able to afford a child is subjective. Feeding, clothing, educating, and providing adequate love for a child is really all that is necessary. Many people would be amazed how affordable raising a large family can be if they looked at it from what is needed, as opposed to the wants and luxuries which can be costly but are not required to raise children. |
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