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I hear & see a bunch of my friends who have an only child struggling with this. My sister has four kids now (which is crazy). She says that in many ways it’s ea
by josephg 2y ago
I hear & see a bunch of my friends who have an only child struggling with this. My sister has four kids now (which is crazy). She says that in many ways it’s easier with more kids, because they play with each other. She barely ever plays with them at all (which is a bit sad). But because they have each other, she gets to spend all her time being the adult in the room. It seems to be working out - her kids are doing great.
She said it also really helps that they’re a bit older now. A 2 and a 4 year old have a much bigger age gap than a 6 and 8 year old.
All that said, she still doesn’t get much time pursuing her hobbies. She says it’s the after school activities that do her in now.
- bombcar 2y agoHer hobby is raising kids, she just might not realize it. And yes, after a certain point more becomes easier - after all, one teacher can handle a class of 20+ students. The hardest is when the oldest are too young to help with the youngest.
- markus_zhang 2y agoYeah I realized that a while go that some people just like raising kids. Can't compete with those. One kid is well enough for me.
- tomaskafka 2y agoFor the record of everyone, having multiple kids (3 in my case) is a thrill, and it helps much that they can play with each other instead of having the parents as a sole source of attention. Go have kids, they’re awesome :).