Of the people I personally who have very large families, ( 5 or 6 children), self importance is not part of their personality. Raising children takes a lot of time, patience, money and self sacrifice. I, myself, have only one child. I could not imagine being able to devote enough time to that many children or even being able to afford to give them what they need and some of what they want. I am always wondering if I am doing the right thing or spending enough quality time with just my one daughter. The people I know are all doing a wonderful job. A friend of my husband and mine has 6 children and homeschools all of them. She does this because all of her life she wanted a big family and was willing to sacrifice other things to make that a reality. The sacrifices she says she has had to make were all worth it when she looks at each of her children. I suppose there are other people who have large families for different reasons than I have said, but these have been the ones I have known. I will also say that these large families that we are acquainted with are beautiful, thriving families with well behaved and much loved children. My hat is off to anyone who can manage a big family in today's world.