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03rd Sep 2021

You think your school run is a pain? This woman has 22 kids…

Kat O'Connor

We will never complain about the school run again.

We all know how stressful the school run can be.

Classes start in ten minutes and your eldest is eating their toast like a sloth at the kitchen table.

One of them can’t find a shoe, the other is pretending they have a stomach ache and you’re trying your hardest not to lose your cool.

The school run is no easy feat, but nothing compared to what mum-of-22 Sue Radford has to deal with.

Yes, you read that right. 22. Kids.

 

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If we could be half as organised as mum-of-22 Sue Radford then we’d be beyond happy.

Eight of her children are in four different schools so routine is everything, the mum revealed.

Speaking about back-to-school season, the mum admitted that sticking to a routine is everything.

Preparing uniforms, lunches, and everything in between help keep things in order.

She told The Sun: “We’ve got the uniforms to sort out which we get once a year and the dreaded shoe bill.”

“Sometimes you can reuse a PE kit because it still fits them from the year before but definitely not the uniforms, they just get a bit shabby.”

The family spends a whopping £418 on uniforms alone every year.

It may be a hectic (and expensive) time of year, but Sue admitted that she’s thrilled to see the children back in school after they were shut during lockdowns.

“I think it’s nice for them to get the normality back into their lives. They need their friends and their schooling, they need their routine back.”

Sue, her husband Noel, and their children are the UK’s biggest family.

 

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19 of their children are currently living in their 10-bedroom home.

Could you imagine how long it must take to iron all of their uniforms? Or to help them with their homework?

We really can’t complain anymore, can we?