Big Family vs. Small Family…Which Is Better? by Catherine Mondragon
Description: In this article Catherine Mondragon seeks answers to these questions: What makes a family? And what size of family is ideal?
Big Family vs. Small Family…Which Is Better? by Catherine Mondragon
By Catherine Mondragon
What makes a family? And what size family is ideal? All families have their issues and struggles, but love is what holds them together. I interviewed 3 families--one large family and two small families to see if they have some similarities. They might have a lot of differences in their household, the age they had children, or the prices just to eat out. If you're curious, please keep reading about these beautiful families.
Renae Mondragon is a mother of 3 daughters and is a very hard worker; she has 4 jobs. Her day starts by going to work (she works at the Armory in Rocky Ford) at 6:00 am and doesn't get off until 4:00 p.m. Then she picks up her kids from school, takes kids to practice, then figures out what they to eat for dinner. I asked Mondragon how many kids she had planned on raising. She had said she originally planned on two kids, one boy and one girl.
I asked if she raised her kids the way she was raised, and she said, “No, because my parents made me work at 13 years old. I had to buy my own clothes, my parents had 6 kids so my parents couldn't afford all of us. I spoil my kids as long as they do sports and school so they don’t have to do work as long as they are busy and keep their grades up.” Mondragon has high expectations of her kids--she wants all her children to be better than her by going to college, having good careers, being financially stable, and not having children till after they are married.
I asked Mondragon, “How long does it take your family to get out the door?” She said, “It usually takes us about 3 hours because I have to prepare my middle child 2 hours in advance or she will refuse to go, It will also take that long because there are 3 girls that have to do makeup and comb their hair.”
A.J. Sanchez is the father of a daughter. His day is different because sometimes he goes to work in the morning or at night, so he has a very difficult schedule to adjust to every day to still hang out with his daughter. I asked how many children he originally planned on having-- he said he planned on zero because he grew up with a big family and saw how difficult it was with that many kids.
I asked Sanchez if he raised his kid the way he was raised, and he said no because when he grew up there wasn’t affection growing up--it was more like reading between the lines--so he raised his daughter with affection so she knows how much she is loved. He said he expects highly of his daughter, saying, “I want her to succeed in life young unlike me, I want her to learn from my mistakes so she can make the right decisions. I want her to explore and travel the world plus go to college.”
Sanchez said that it takes him and his daughter an hour to get out of the house because they both have to shower and his daughter does her skincare, they also have to make sure they have everything before they leave.
Severo Aragon the 3rd is the father of 6 children--3 daughters and 3 sons. His day starts with going to work with the railroad and then he hangs out with his children or goes out with friends. I asked him, “How many kids did you plan on having?” He answered, “I planned on zero kids because I wanted a kid-free life so I could travel.
Aragon says he’s raising his children nothing like how he was raised because he was raised by the belt, but he doesn’t believe in hitting his kids. I asked him if he expects highly of his children and Aragon said, “Yes, because I buy their books and send them to school.” Aragon said, “It takes us about an hour to get out the door in the morning, because if they are not ready I’ll leave them behind.”
No matter what size a family is, or how long it takes them to get ready in the morning, they all share the one thing that matters most--love and support for each other.
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