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[quote=Anonymous]A list of stuff that is MUCH harder with three kids versus two:

- Travel
- Balancing activities once they are a bit older
- Saving for college
- Managing a significant issue with one or more kids, whether a learning disorder, a disorder like ADHD, a physical health concern, etc.
- Housing

There are others but those are the big ones. That doesn't mean having kids is bad, but this stuff is all harder, sometimes exponentially so. Don't think about what it will be like to have 3 kids under the age of 6 or 7. It seems like that's the hard part -- it's not. Think about what it will be like to have a kid in middle school and two in elementary, or one kid that is on a travel soccer team and and other that needs occupational therapy twice a week. Think about what happens if you decide you want to do private school. Do you already live in a 4-5 bedroom house? If not, get ready for real debates about who shares with who and why, and also having your options limited in searching for a new house. And yeah, family vacations are going to be a little fun but mostly exhausting for the next 10 years, at least. Plus of course three college educations. Do you want to help kids with down payments, graduate school, starting a business? Unless you are truly wealthy, probably not anymore. And so on.

Three kids is so hard.[/quote]

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