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    Why Having Six Kids is Easier Than Having Three

    During our recent trip to Italy, there were many times we’d be walking down a cobblestone street and be greeted by an Italian exclaiming,  “Complimenti!” when they saw our six kids.  And back home I have had moments when a stranger looks at me with my kids –like I’m some sort of hero — and says “I don’t know how you do it with six kids”. Believe me, there are a lot of other remarks that I have received that weren’t so complimentary, but the point remains that many people look at a mother with six kids and think that they are some sort of phenomenon, a walking Saint, perhaps part angel-part human?  Either that —…