Nine children. One mum and dad. ZERO benefits: Meet an utterly inspiring family of the sort you feared no longer existed
masse, it is hard to ignore the Barrett family. There’s enough of them to throw a party without the need for any guests. With nine children aged between five and 27, the arrival of Ann and William Barrett’s ‘tribe’ can make even a large room suddenly seem a little crowded.
No surprise then that mornings in the Barrett household often resemble rush hour and at dinner time no one can get a word in edgeways. ‘Sometimes, looking at all our children together I think “how did that happen?”’ says Ann, 51, who had her first child at 23 and her youngest at 46.
‘I always wanted a large family, but I never imagined it would end up this big. When we go out for meals, I can see other diners giving us sidelong glances and secretly counting all the children.
No surprise then that mornings in the Barrett household often resemble rush hour and at dinner time no one can get a word in edgeways. ‘Sometimes, looking at all our children together I think “how did that happen?”’ says Ann, 51, who had her first child at 23 and her youngest at 46.
‘I always wanted a large family, but I never imagined it would end up this big. When we go out for meals, I can see other diners giving us sidelong glances and secretly counting all the children.
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