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[b]I think it's a shame that people limit themselves to one child so they can live in a small house or apartment in an over-priced area and afford private school if necessary. Having siblings is a good thing for so many reasons.  Most of the folks I know who decided to "stop at one" did so because they're not willing to give up anything for their kids, rather than because they think it's the best environment for a child. Not criticizing. Just keeping in real[/b].  [/quote]

Are you proposing that I have another child even though neither I nor my husband really wants one?  We are very good parents to one, but know ourselves well enough to know we might not be to more than one.  As one benefit to having one is that we are able to live in a place that we really like but could not afford with more than one, should we disregard our feelings about what will work best for our family and have another anyway?[/quote]

Every family has to make the choice that's best for them. For us, making sure our kids grow up with siblings was really important. That meant moving to a suburb with top public schools rather than staying in DC and sending a single child to a private school. I'm not sure what factors go into concluding that you might not be a good parent to more than one child, other than that your lifestyle then becomes completely child centered in a way it doesn't have to with a single child, but better to stick with one than to have more than you feel you can responsibly handle. [/quote]

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