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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The few families I know with 3 kids complain quite a bit about how inconvenient/expensive it is (especially travel, summer camps, and housing once kids are older and want more space). Harder to get a table at a restaurant, harder to figure out hotel rooms, harder to deal with scheduling of activities and school.

So four is definitely a big family, if even families with 3 kids feel squeezed at times.[/quote]

I’m a mom of three and I wouldn’t consider it “complaining” but it’s definitely true that having three kids is expensive and travel becomes more expensive with three kids because you need a second room. Everything else cost wise is just an incremental kid.

Three kids is a huge time commitment. I’m considering leaving my job because of how busy it is. I definitely consider three to be the threshold of a large family.

At four you really need a stay at home parent.[/quote]

You must have missed the 3,000 posts on this site about how there is nothing a SAHP can do that you cannot do while working out of the home :)[/quote]

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