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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 3. It is a lot. I don’t understand why someone would purposely have 4+[/quote] [b]Surveys tend to say that 3 is a low point in parental satisfaction[/b], but I think that at least some of that is because couples who successfully transition to zone defense go on to have 4+. Logistically it is more difficult, but it means that there are more available playmates and it's less likely there's a kid that's out in the cold, as it were. [/quote] My theory on those survey findings is that many families with three kids didn’t intend to have three: they went for a second and had twins, or had an unplanned pregnancy and figured it would be fine - and that can end up being very stressful, because three kids is harder than two. Those surveys should include how many kids families wanted to have, which I think matters a lot for parental satisfaction. [/quote]
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