Suppose that your family were much larger—perhaps two or three times larger than it is now. What would be some of the benefits of living in a larger family? What might be some of the drawbacks, or costs?

benefits:

- more people to give you advice (especially if they're older than you)

- more people to talk to and hang out with

- more people to rely on or ask for help

- less chance of you being alone (because usually there's at least 1 person around you)

- you can rotate chores between everyone

drawbacks/costs:

- more family means higher costs on buying things that the family needs (toiletries, food, clothes etc.)

- depending on if you're an extrovert or introvert, having so many people around could get loud/tiring/just too much

- everyone can't fit in just one car; you need more than one car or at least a large car

- you can feel kinda overshadowed if there's so many family memebers around you

- you have to make plans to go to most places (gotta decide who takes what car, who follows who etc.)

- a lot of laundry