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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve heard making numbers equal makes it easier.[/quote]

Equal with what?  There's nothing "easy" about parenting, and 4 is not easier than 3.  I wouldn't really say it's any harder though.  Running a household is chaotic and stressful and a lot of work.  Adding more kids didn't really change that for us.  We love our big family and just go with the flow on all the little logistical things.  I would agree with the previous posters about needing a bigger car and two hotel rooms when you travel, etc., but all that really seems trivial to us compared to the joy of our big family.  I wouldn't be deciding based on things like that.  The only really compelling factor arguably is the college fund, but again, in the big scheme of things, that doesn't seem to us to be a reason to have, or not to have, a larger family.

I think if you talk to parents of five or more kids, most of them will  tell you how much they love their big families and all the joy that accompanies it.  I don't know any large family parents who will say, "yeah we put together a spreadsheet comparing the cost of college and a larger car, etc., and compared that to the return of joy and happiness in order to determine the optimal number of kids..."  This is why you'll hear stories and wonder how in the world someone raised a family of six kids in a three bedroom house or how that big family managed to send all those kids to college on a police officer's salary and so on.  It's just a different mentality for large families.[/quote]

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