Large families are ideal settings for children to learn valuable life lessons early on, explains Sybilla Hart

In our household we have five children ranging from 18 to five years old, and with that come many highs and lows in daily life. The life lessons are, like the family, plentiful. On a good day I like to think that because children are like sponges, they are absorbing life skills in a way that is good for them and for those around them. On a bad day, I think there’s too much stress and “mood management”.