Yes. K-selection vs. N-selection is what you're talking about in evolutionary biology. Few offspring, high resources invested vs many offspring, lower resourc

Yes. K-selection vs. N-selection is what you're talking about in evolutionary biology. Few offspring, high resources invested vs many offspring, lower resources invested per child. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory (K/N selection doesn't perfectly describe modern kids, and it's not an ironclad model anyway, but evolutionary biologists have thought about this a decent amount.)