You are making my point. Parent did that too. The latter said "almost as if we would need domestic help" its exactly a factor of money. Lets not kid ourselve

You are making my point. Parent did that too. The latter said "almost as if we would need domestic help" its exactly a factor of money. Lets not kid ourselves. There is no education that is happening in the timesink that is food prep, showering, securing and hustling kids to and fro activities. Rural kids are far more independent, better prepared and more likely to eat better than their urban counterparts. The elders, in fact, help each other and the younger ones,and therefore make the large family a force multiplier in the rural areas. Add on top of that the lack of cheap living space for a large family, and its a death sentence for the large family in an urban setting. You cannot multiply a driver. Or a car. Or another room for a 3rd child. And if you could scale it up, it comes down to money anyway. Time is money. A large family is just more money.