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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The shift was caused by the number of children.  When families typically had 3-4 or 6 or 8 kids, they were valuable collectively but less individually.  Now families have 1 or 2 kids and each is very valuable, and therefore receives a larger parental investment of time, money, and other resources.[/quote]

This makes me sick to my stomach. I’ve never heard such nonsense :roll:

My mother almost lost their mind when one of  her 5 children, my brother,  died. Our family was never the same. Likewise my Grandmother who has 7 children. You need to apologise to those of previous generations who lost kids. [/quote]

The PP is making a larger, sociological point and you are personalizing it.  It's not personal.  Of course everyone loved all of their kids even if they had 5 or 7 kids.  Fact is, people now have fewer kids and they put more intensive time and resources into the fewer kids they have.  Some would probably argue this is not a good thing for the kids.  But people are trying to explain larger parenting trends and family size is definitely a factor.[/quote]

Agreed. Smaller family sizes means kids are more valuable. I agree with this a lot. [/quote]

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