Full house – Living in what is considered a “large family” in Germany - video Dailymotion

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In recent years Germany’s birth rate has declined again, reaching a low point in 2024 of 1.35 children per woman. We met the Walldorfs, a family with five children between 7 and 18. How do they handle daily life?

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00:00Meet the Waldorf, a family of seven.

00:03We have everything here from 2. class to Abitur,

00:06and the school is also inside.

00:08There are so many different topics,

00:09and it makes it so much difference.

00:11With three or more children,

00:12you are already considered a large family in Germany.

00:15One quarter of all children in the country

00:17come from families of three or more kids.

00:19German couple Annenhils Waldorf

00:21have five children aged between 18 and seven.

00:23I can't imagine it at all.

00:25It would be too comfortable in the house.

00:27Very comfortable.

00:28The Futter Night is already there,

00:30but you are also better prepared

00:32to deal with friends.

00:34Two everyday challenges for this family

00:36Laundry and grocery shopping.

00:40250, 300 pro Woche?

00:43Mindestens.

00:45How do they make it work?

00:47It's important,

00:48that you don't try too much

00:50to regulate things too much.

00:53You don't know most weekends

00:55how the week is going,

00:56or how we do something on Friday.

00:58Just because so many things

01:00can come in between.

01:022022 marked yet another decline

01:04in the birth rate in Germany,

01:06reaching a historically low point in 2024

01:08with 1.35 children per woman.

01:11This family says that the government needs

01:13to increase programs and financial support

01:15to help parents reconcile family and career.

01:18I think that we will ask us later

01:20how we have done this

01:22with two jobs and five children.

01:24But we are happy

01:26about every step

01:27where everyone will become

01:28independent.

01:29that's as important as they say.

01:30Tell us.

01:31We are happy

01:32that the government's

01:33this group might not go

01:34to the community.

01:36And if that happens,

01:37we are not always And one of these

01:38we are happy to have

01:39that they have worked

01:40with the education system.

01:41That's not something

01:42that's going to happen.

01:43We are happy to have

01:44with the education system.

01:45We are happy to have

Full house – Living in what is considered a “large family” in Germany

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