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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up as the middle child of three and I have four kids. I think that Carney's article provides a nice counterpoint to the dominant narrative right now, especially in a place like DCUM, that parenthood is a miserable slog. Considering that the U.S. birthrate is really low right now, positive representations of parenthood and large families seem like a good thing. The opposite view espoused by many on this thread just seems so sad and nihilist.[/quote] I think the revealed preference of women literally EVERYWHERE to have fewer kids as soon as they can access birth control definitively tells the story. Women don’t want to have 6 kids because it’s a miserable slog. (Remember that your 4 is not a large family to the Catholics.) Women are having 1-3 kids now because that is their preference based on the objective fact of the amount of work it takes, not to mention the toll on your body. Tim resolutely refuses to embrace policies that would provide women with additional support to have anothet kid or two. And of course he is absolutely pro-life. He thinks women should be at home having as many babies as their bodies can stand. [/quote]
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