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[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 “back then.” Especially since many of the women having back-to-back babies had no choice due to religious pressure and/or lack of birth control. There’s a reason that as soon as birth control becomes available, family size drops. [/quote]

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