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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every family I know with four or more kids is raising their children in an environment with fewer resources and less attention than a 1 or 2 child family.

There are only 24 hours in a day and only 2 parents max.  It’s a bad move and you’re doing a disservice to your children having this many kids. It was fine when it was normal to have that many kids but it no longer is.

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Why was it fine back then and not now? The kids still had fewer resources and less attention back then. I think maybe 2 children is fine but having only 1 causes its own issues. Honestly there’s issues with any number of kids, and some of these families with a lot of kids at least have massive financial resources to throw at problems and they know it.[/quote]

It wasn’t fine but people had lower standards and didn’t have birth control.

Your children will judge their childhood and life in comparison to modern day standards and how their peers are living.

There is a family across the street from me where their children don’t have birthday parties and aren’t enrolled in any activities. This is a disadvantage for their kids. Their children aren’t getting the opportunity to learn different sports.  The children are also overweight which is unusual in my community and has some correlation to not being enrolled in any athletics.  Because there are five children the kids travel less frequently because who wants to take 5 kids on vacation?  The mom can’t work so she has no outlet outside of the family.  The kids have less privacy and room to study.  They don’t leave their home often since it requires two vehicles. It’s a rotten deal for the kids. They have plenty of money too.

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Fake. I doubt any family with “plenty of money” doesn’t enroll their kids in activities or have birthday parties or travel. If anything they’d hire multiple nannies and outsource everything. [/quote]

You don't know families with money. 
And you are so wrong.[/quote]

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