I had many laugh out loud moments, and at times would have enjoyed being a part of this large and loving family, or perhaps raising one of my own in the same manner...imagine that! It probably could never happen. I can't imagine living with twelve brothers and sisters and getting along! Actually, I would not call it getting along; I would call it survival, by jimgo!

The Gilbreth family of twelve red-haired, freckle-faced children parented by efficiency experts and pioneers in the

After Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. passed away Lillian had the knowledge, business skills, and experience of dealing with a large family to keep the Gilbreth Household on track. The older children's job was to take care of the youngest, and the mother took care of the intermediate children and babies. With the help and contributions of the family they were able to pull through what would be a sad time for any family. This book was very inspirational. It was a true delight to learn about such a marvelous family. I would certainly recommend it to any person who plans to start a family as well as start a business!

The book talk about how smart Frank, the father was. He painted Morse code on the walls of their summerhouse to teach it to his children, even though it was supposed to be vacation from schooling. When the children decoded a message written on the wall, it revealed a message that told the child who decoded it where a prize was hidden. Sure, the children did not want to learn on vacation time, but they had incentives, which still work today. He also painted all of the planets and stars that you can see in the sky on the walls of their summerhouse to teach his children Astrology. Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. had many wonderful ways of teaching his children that I would like to use while raising my family some day, however I can assure you that there will not be twelve of them. My job of discipline and education may be a little less complicated than Frank and Lillian's.

field of motion study, Lillian and Frank, were a bit eccentric and extremely funny. I can still remember one of the lines a child blurted out at the dinner table "Please, we are NOT in the mood for an organ recital." This was the standard reprimand for belching in the family and never intended for public airing. I also enjoyed the part when one of the children said to a dinner guest, "Is this of general interest?" Although these twelve children were highly disciplined by their father, (mother, for the most part, would just agree with father) in a couple instances they were able to catch father off guard, like when the children would continually ask him "Father can you touch type?" "No," he would reply, "but I can teach it!"

Lillian Gilbreth was a fine woman. There was one comment in the book made about her that I can especially recall. It says something to the effect that although Lillian was a well educated scholar; in fact she was still a very attractive woman. Is this to say that if you were well groomed and attractive, you were not necessarily intelligent? Or is it implying that if you were a woman scholar, it is probably because you had nothing else going for you? At any rate, we can see that times have really changed and that women

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