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According to the Pew Research Center, 52% of young adults aged 18-29 say 3 or more children is the best, compared to 33% of those aged 30-49 and 33% of those 50-64 and 40% of those 65 and older.
I'd say 3 or 4 is good, with all of them about 2 or 3 years apart.
According to the Pew Research Center, 52% of young adults aged 18-29 say 3 or more children is the best, compared to 33% of those aged 30-49 and 33% of those 50-64 and 40% of those 65 and older.
Yep before I had any children I too thought I wanted 4 kids. Now I have two and I feel it is the perfect number for me. It doesn't mean that I believe other people should only have two so I didn't answer your poll.
I think that 2 is the perfect number. The family would be ok financially (at least better than if there were more kids) and be able to give enough attention to both children.
It depends on the situation (financial, where you live, you and your partner's ability to organise and care for kids, needs of oldersiblings, etc etc), I don't think it's anyone's business but the family.
I used to want 6, but it took me a while to find the right husband, so we started late-ish. We currently have 3 kids (26 months old twins and a ten week old), and I am thinking one more, in 3-4 years, but I won't be sad if it won't happen.
I personally think the "perfect number" all depends on the family dynamics, your financial situation and your experience with kids. For me, I thought the perfect number was 4, until we had a "surprise" child at #5. After she was born I realized I could never have it any other way. Raising five children is usually easy (with the occasional bump in the road--what family doesn't have those?!) for me (and my husband too, but he passed away about two years ago) since I am financially very well off, live in an area with a low cost of living, and was the oldest of 4. Now a single mom in New York City with 5 kids would probably have a very different situation.
So, I really think the perfect number depends on the person.
Depends on finances, time you have to devote to them, patience, etc.
I thought having two girls was perfect for eight years until I was blessed with a surprise baby earlier this year. Now, I wish I had had #3 a few years earlier so I could have had a fourth child. #3 is spaced so far apart from her siblings that I worry she may be lonely when they leave the nest for college.
I have friends who are happy with one child and friends who have five children and are very content. It's a really personal decision.
My neighbors have 9 and are open to more. Every time I'm at their house, the kids run ro me because they know they'll get some individual attention that they don't usually get. The older ones are raising the younger ones. At a recent neighborhood party, there were about 25 kids from various families all sent downstairs to the finished basement where, in the absence of any adult supervision, pandemonium reigned. Guess which nine were the worst behaved?
I also see these kids running outside near midnight, eating cookies for dinner, and looking like they haven't had a bath in weeks.
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