Cheaper by the Dozen -Economical Issues

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Cheaper by the Dozen is a movie based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family. This movie shows the emotional, physical, and economic struggles that you may encounter when both spouses are balancing their focus between their full time careers and their twelve children. With the movie set in Midland, Illinois, Tom Baker is offered his dream job coaching his college alma mater's football team. Both him and his wife decide it is a good opportunity for the family, arguing that it will make the family both "happy and stronger". But once they make it to their new town, a large suburb close in proximity to Chicago, Kate gets the news that her book is being published leaving her no choice but to travel on a book tour away from her family for several weeks. While she's away promoting the book, Tom has a hard time keeping the house in order while at the same time coaching his winning college football team, causing the happy family to fall apart. This movie shows the battles you may face when raising twelve children. Today it is not very common to see families that have twelve children, and when you do see it, it is looked at in a whole different perspective. Of course there are certain circumstances, but most onlookers would more than likely judge any family with a dozen kids in a negative light due to it not being what others consider a "normal" situation. When Tom was first offered the job, the first thing he thought of was all the things they would be able to accomplish with his now higher wages. He described to Kate how he could not turn down the offer not only because it was his dream, but because the money would benefit all of his children. They could now buy themselves a bigger house and a new car, get new furniture, and buy their children new clothes getting them out of hand me downs from their older siblings. Once the family moved from Midland,

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