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[–] AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had a classmate who was the youngest of 10. Always smelled bad, but otherwise an okay kid. I think the family was poor. Not surprising, having had to feed 12 people. I wonder how many of them have had kids of their own by now and if any chose to have many or none at all.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've known a few families with 6 or more kids, and in nearly all cases, each of those kids goes on to have 6+ kids.

I once dated a girl who was one of five, and they were the smallest branch of the family. Each of her parents came from 8 kids, and each of those 8 kids had at least 6. I went to a family holiday weekend party, and there were HUNDREDS of people, all related, and all within a couple of generations.

I was one of two, my wife is an only child, and we only had one. My brother had two. Any more than that sounds exhausting. We had a bunch of cats instead of a bunch of kids.

[–] AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

At that point you count on either extended family support (or both sets of grandparents), older kids to take care of the younger siblings or for kids to fend for themselves. One kid is a lot if you don't have family support, let alone 2 or more. Definitely to each their own, but I could never (especially as the person in the relationship who would be popping those kids out).