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[quote=Anonymous]Um, it’s the reverse.  A) it lasts longer, because successive child tacks on at least another year to the magic number 18.  B) having more than one child means mediating sibling conflict and teaching them to resolve it, then turning around and breaking it up yet again.  That doesn’t happen with 1, and it still happens with 8 (btdt).  C) with each successive child, carving out individual time is even more important and precious.  D) having older siblings help does not mean that a parent is not parenting.  I don’t know anything about a family with 19 kids, but I’d guess that the parents’ priority isn’t parenting, and it’s likely always been that way.  I know a few families with 9-12 kids, and the kids are their parents’ priority.  Yes, their older kids help, but it’s help, not parenting.  As they get older, the kids help out more around the house, with the cars, with pets, with the yard and in the garden.  They’re rarely asked to babysit, let alone taking on parenting roles.[/quote]

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