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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would never judge a single child household because there is likely a fertility problem.

I will always judge a 4+ child household because there is definitely a values and/or intelligence problem.[/quote]

This post is emblematic of the bizarre hatred many citizens of dcumlandia have for families with 4+. Three is the new two, but 4+ prompts ridiculous responses. Having observed this in countless threads, the common denominator seems to be envy. Most of the criticism starts with "they have a 4th child as a status symbol." So weird, right? But every thread includes those comments which clearly are prompted by envy. Then the rock throwing begins: "they're uber religious," "too stupid for birth control," "poorly educated," etc.

DH and I have 4 kids. We aren't very religious, we both have advanced degrees and professional careers, and we most certainly did not have our 4th child as a status symbol. We know several families with 4 kids (because after all, 4 is the new 3), and they are very comparable to our family.

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What jumped out at me is that this extreamly bitter poster is judging both families with one child, because of course there must be fertility problems, right? It's simply not possible that the parents chose to stop at one.  AND, she is judging parents with 4 or more because clearly we have "values and intelligence problems" . I'm not even sure what that means. What I do know is that anyone who thinks like this and takes the time to type it out is clearly deeply unhappy. And that truly makes me feel a little sad.  [/quote]

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