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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You said you wanted convincing. If you want to be evolutionarily successful, 2 kids are a safer bet than 1.[/quote]

The more kids you have, the more likely you are to have grandkids.  It's something to consider.[/quote]

Yes, have more kids so you can *probably* have grandkids. What a weird answer.[/quote]

It also feels like a weird thing to say to someone who is contemplating having more children past the age of 35. If you have grandkids, its very possible that it will happen when you are very old. You have to factor that in. There's nothing wrong with this, but it may not be the kind of grandparent experience some people dream of.

One reason we stopped at one is because we had so little support from our families when we had our first. It made us realize how hard it is to have kids when you don't have family support, and we were reaching an age when providing that support for grandkids was going to become a lot harder. At least with one, if our child decides to have kids, we can offer whatever resources we have to those kids and not have to split them multiple families. And if we don't have grandkids, not a big deal. We'll just travel more and focus on maintaining a great relationship with our kid.[/quote]

I agree that trying to think ahead to grandkids is not something to even consider.  I’m the third child of parents who were “older” by the time I was born and both husband and I are “older” parents.  Neither my parents or his parents were involved at all with our kids and I can’t see us necessarily even being alive and well by the time my kids have kids.  And I’m fine with that.  [/quote]

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