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They said that there are more things happy about with more kids.

While the low birthrate became a social problem, Kim and Cho are raising seven kids.

“People worry about us because we have so many kids but they behave,” said Kim and Cho.

Cho said, “It seems like they learn something from each other every day because they have to deal with each other. Kids these days are selfish but our kids learn how to treat others properly.”

They did not mean to have so many kids even though they love children. Both of them do not have that many siblings so they thought it would be nice to have many siblings. Cho is a trucker and Kim works at a pre-school.

They are very busy but they don’t think it is hard to raise seven kids because older kids help younger kids.

Hwanbi the second kid, AhRa the third, TaeYang the fourth come home from elementary school with YuRip the fifth in the pre-school near their school.

They play while eating snacks that are prepared by their mom.

When the oldest kid IlJoo comes home, she cleans up after her brothers and sisters and go to after schools with TaeYang and YuRip and Hwanbi and AhRa stay home until their parents get home.

Kim said that she is looking after the sixth and the youngest at the pre-school she works at.

She feels proud of her older kids who are helping each other out and doing great without their mom.

“Our oldest is so thoughtful,” said the mom. They are very grateful to their wonderful kids and that is what keeps them going through the day.

After the mom gets home, she is very with chores.

Washing dishes, cleaning, and doing laundry, there is endless work even after she gets home.

Even though they are busy with chores and work, they would like to make time for their lovely children.

 “We are a big family so it is hard to go anywhere but I would like do something that our kids remember later. One time we went to the reptile sanctuary and we still talk about that day,” said the mom.

“It is harder with a lot of kids but it feels good to see the kids doing so well. People think it is impossible to have seven kids around but it is not really that different. They know exactly what they have to do,” said the dad.

There is one thing that they want from their kids.

They want their kids to be healthy and well.

“Having a big family definitely has an advantage. We care for each other with more love,” said the family.

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