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No, that is not true, at least not beyond the first child. There recently was a report by the Dutch national statistics department that concluded essentially th
by roel_v 8y ago
No, that is not true, at least not beyond the first child. There recently was a report by the Dutch national statistics department that concluded essentially that more children are becoming a status symbol within the same socio-economic stratus. In other words, being able to afford three children now means that you can afford to have one spouse work part time or not at all. I don't think there is an English version of this report and I'm not claiming it's a universal phenomenon, but it does show that there are (much) more complex factors at play than just 'more is higher status' or 'less is higher status'.
- eaandkw 8y agoThat report sounds interesting. I have not read it but I would be suspicious of any report from a government. In my opinion government report tend to only look at people as economic units. If a certain type of upbringing does that translate into a higher producing unit then it must be less desirable. To be fair though the more kids you have the more it will cost to feed them so the argument does fail at a certain point. I have four daughters and it does cost a lot to feed them. However the cost is not too bad because we can just use "hand me down" clothes, toys, etc for a long time. We just have to be more frugal than we would otherwise.