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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent of two, I consider a third because I think having more kids diffuses competition and self centeredness among overly coddles two children families.

My husband is one of two and his sister, although nice, is one of the most vain and self centered (and spoiled) people I’ve met. I 100% believe this outcome is a result of my in laws providing too much intense attention and coddling.

In general people I know from bigger families are close with their siblings and learned early how to exist amongst other people.

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+1! I'm one of 2, my DH is one of 2. Both of us have "problematic" siblings, probably one of the things that drew us together. My brother also has two kids. DH's sister will not have children. I wish someone with kids broke the mold and had more than two, just to shake up the two-kid dynamic. We tried after our 2nd and it didn't happen. I find the dynamic of two kids produces such a binary - you compare every experience with your 2nd child to only your experience with your first. Siblings compare everything to each other only. Lots of concentrated attention, as PP mentions. Obviously we have biased opinions, but maybe a helpful anecdote.[/quote]

Even if this is true, I’m not creating another entire human just to (maybe) mitigate this. [/quote]

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