> Why would you want to raise child after child if two and a half are enough to sustain the population? Simple: because you believe your (religion, parenting s

> Why would you want to raise child after child if two and a half are enough to sustain the population? Simple: because you believe your (religion, parenting skills, values, heritable traits) are the best. Having a dozen kids per family is a leading way to innundate society with whatever you think is awesome.