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Reply to "Tim Carney in the Post: The Ideal Number of Kids is Four (at a minimum)"
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[quote=Anonymous]Many many factors impact how hard or difficult parenting is. But undoubtedly, the difficulty goes up with the number of children. Sure, older kids help out a bit with younger kids and they do play together, but not really. Kids close in age play together, but not kids with a five, 10 year age gap. Plus there is no way of getting around the mental load, and the schedules, and the paperwork, and the finances, and the emotional issues (the older kids can't manage that for the younger ones!), and the sports equipment, and practices, and games etc. etc. of. having five kids. It's harder, no doubt. But moms of many kids should just own it. You wanted a big family and you have it! There are a lot of benefits of having many kids, but being easier is NOT one of them, so stop trying to make that argument. [/quote]
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