Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working,they usually have two cars.When the family is large ,one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van.
A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded .A van hold seven pensons eaily, so a familywith three children could ask their grandparents to go on a hoilday, they could all travel together
Mr Hagen and his wife had a third child last year .This made them sell a second car and buy a van .Sixth and seventh seats are used to put other things ,for a family of five must carry many suitcases when they travel.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for hoildays. When families are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks.All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are many parks for motor homes..