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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand how it can be so difficult with just one or two kid. I have 3 and at one point had a newborn, 3 year old and 4 year old. I did 75% of things solo when DH was in the office.

Every time one of my kids is at a playdate or with friends and I only have 2 kids it feels like I have all this extra time and it’s so easy.

I feel bad and would never vocalize this since most of my friends have only 1 or 2 kids but whenever they complain at how hard it is I am always so confused. I don’t find 3 very difficult either and have always wanted more but that probably won’t happen. [/quote]

It's not just parenting.  Life is just harder for many people.  It's the social stratification vs aptitude.  Basically, there are few things in life that really require that much skill or expertise, but many people have skills and expertise that exceed their social station, thus many people are way overqualified for whatever it is they are doing, so life is pretty easy they get things done, then have time left over for hobbies and what not.  Take for example pre-school teachers, they can manage six or seven kids at a time, managing three should be a piece of cake.  Conversely others struggle just to maintain the status quo, even if they have advantages like connections to get jobs and social support.  So, like yeah on average one or two is about all some people can handle.

I see it in work all the time, there are people that just have to stay up late-night working on their code because they are not very good coders 80-hour weeks.  Look at their code and it's a mess they've reinvented the wheel a number of times and don't even understand the basics of the language.  No, they don't have time left over for kids or what not.  They're doing all they can to get bye.  Shouldn't even be in that line of work.[/quote]

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