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Oh. No, I don't do that.
The first child was sort of an accident, I was on oral contraception, but didn't take it at the same time every day, got pregnant, was married and 30, and thought that we would regret it if we killed it.
Then that child was really hyper and more social than me, and it seemed like she shouldn't be an only child.
Then several of my friends had third children, and it's not like we can go to bars or fly much anyway, and have a largish house and yard, might as well.
Both of our families are basically alright, so we're basically raising them the same way as ourselves. I was homeschooled, but it isn't financially viable, and also firstborn needs more socialization and structure than I'm likely to provide. Our neighborhood school seems basically fine, we'll give that a try and see how it goes. I kind of believe Caplan and DeBoer's philosophy, where the sort of decisions parents and teachers are in a position to make (aside from the really obvious -- father is not a terrible person, some kind of education, at least average nutrition, don't let them fall in with terrible peers, that kind of thing) don't ultimately matter all that much.
Why didn't you want to have kids earlier?
Both of us are very high openness, low conscientiousness. We were wandering around without a house or steady job. Now we do have a house and steady jobs, mostly because of the kids, but are restless about it.
Thanks for sharing.
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