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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have a 4th! I'm almost due with #5. Grew up one of four. Not much difference between 3 and 4. [/quote]

The difference is each kid will get less time, attention and money the more u have.[/quote]
They give attention to each other as well. I think that's silly. There are lots of advantages to having siblings. [/quote]

They need attention from the parents not the siblings. This is  what pp was pointing out pawning off parental duties on the siblings.[/quote]
Oh please. Kids having other kids to play with isn't pawning off duties.

I assure you my 6 year old and 5 year old aren't overly burdened by my 2 and 1 year olds. But they definitely enjoy playing with each other and that definitely makes my job as parent easier.[/quote]

How much time did you spend alone with each child?  [/quote]
Each child has a period of the day devoted to them. They also each have once weekly one on one with each parent. [/quote]

So, what?  5 minutes a day?  10?  An hour?  Two hours?  Saying a period of the day really means they don't get much time and you group parent or the oldest looks over the younger kids or a nanny.  Be real about how much time each child gets.[/quote]
One kid is homeschooled. Another severe SN so plenty of attention. Oldest gets attention when comes home from school plus gets certain special trips. Another is home but too young for homeschool.

Every family works it out differently but it isn't rocket science. There are lovely warm families of 8-10 kids too, you know. 4 isn't even that many. [/quote]

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