How TF do people afford to have large families?

Like, I get that things vary by location and whatever, but I'm a single young woman living in the US with no kids. I make 60k before taxes. I feel like I'm barely scraping by. I pay almost 2k a month for a mediocre 1 bedroom apartment, I have a car loan and student loan debt, I'm on my phone's payment plan, I have a monthly subscription box for dogs food since I have a dog and cannot afford to put her on a raw diet (and he eats A LOT), and on top of all of that I have to pay for food and anything else I need at any given time. I don't own a home, I don't have health insurance.<br><br>I'm barely covering all my expenses every month, and I have basically no savings. How on EARTH do people afford to have 3, 4, 5, *6 or more kids?* I'm reading articles about people living in poverty with 4+ kids and I'm just like....how? How can you even afford that? How are you able to put food on the table for that many kids? I've heard mothers talk about how they go hungry so they can feed their kids, and I'm like, how are you even taking care of YOURSELF then? How are you putting food on the table *and* keeping yourself fed at the same time? I know tons of mothers will say, "I don't know, I just make it work" or "I just sacrifice and give up some things" but like, how do you do it? What do you cut out in order to make it work? Giving up avocado toast isn't going to feed a fucking baby.<br><br>I'm just so confused. I feel like I'm barely scraping by and I have a good paying job.<br><br>**Edit:** I feel like a lot of people replying to this thread have not read it thoroughly. I get that things vary by location and I've already addressed that in the post. I've also already addressed that I realize families share things, like food and toys and clothes. I'm not stupid and I know that. I don't need to be told that again.