"never Home Alone" Pattern Puzzles

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More About Families

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In the past, families in most countries were large for several reasons.

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First, because many children died before age five, parents needed to keep having children to make sure some would live to grow up.

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Second, children had to help support the family.

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Finally, a large family could care for the parents in their old age.

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Today, advances in medical care, worries about overpopulation, and the cost of raising children have encouraged smaller families.

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In some countries, such as China, parents can have only one child.

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All this makes the large "Never Home Alone!" family even more unusual.

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More About Families from "Never Home Alone!"

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