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Re:The Surreal Magnificence of Fatherhood by llm_nerd on Sunday December 08, 2024 @05:07PM (#42361063)
I would argue that your position is the "perfectionist parenting" nonsense that many have used to avoid having children.

Do you think all of the latchkey lone children of the current generation are the most psychologically healthy individuals the world has seen? Do you think they're the most loved or coddled? The most educated? Your anecdote is actually kind of hilarious in context.

The idea that 2 children splits the love or attention is absolutely insane.

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Re:The Surreal Magnificence of Fatherhood by llm_trw on Sunday December 08, 2024 @05:17PM (#42361154)
>Do you think all of the latchkey lone children of the current generation are the most psychologically healthy individuals the world has seen?

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/siblings.html

80% of kids under 18 have siblings in the USA today.

>The idea that 2 children splits the love is absolutely insane.

It's also what's blindingly obvious when you spend more than 5 minutes in a playground with single kids and multiple kids.

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Re:The Surreal Magnificence of Fatherhood by llm_nerd on Sunday December 08, 2024 @05:26PM (#42361238)
>80% of kids under 18 have siblings in the USA today.

I wasn't claiming that all or most kids are single children. I was observing that by your philosophy those single children would somehow have the best outcomes (in a multivariate manner). I don't think that's the case.

>It's also what's blindingly obvious

Sure.

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Re:The Surreal Magnificence of Fatherhood by DAGdug on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @07:22AM (#42376178)
It’s the same logic as: when I married, the time to cook each meal doubled. Ugh, no - many things scale vastly sublinearly with the number of kids one has.
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