Growing up into a family of eight (parents inclusive) was something I never considered an issue during my childhood until my adulthood. Dad had difficulties with employment, so mum had to fend for the family. I attended nice schools when I was young, played around a lot and had good friends, so I thought everything was perfect.

When I was 15, things became hard and my 3rd and 4th older siblings had to drop college (1st and 2nd never attended college). We struggled with school fees and my younger sibling had to attend different schools which ended up affecting his education badly. We had tons of debts and 70% of our incomes went to the never-ending debts. It was really bad then, though not yet the best because we r still struggling .

Most times I blame the large family for the never-ending problems because I believe that if we were a small family, we wouldn’t have gone through all that. Am I right? Or I’m just being selfish?

-Anonymous.