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Parents, how did the size of your family growing up affect the size of your family as an adult?

Asked by fluthernutter (6328points) July 16th, 2012 from iPhone

Did having x amount of siblings make you want to have x amount of kids?

My husband grew up with only one sibling (one sister). Whereas I grew up with three siblings.

As an adult, he only wants to have two kids. Originally, I wanted to have four kids as well. Though after the first one, I’m thinking three sounds good.

The running joke is that after this next kid (our second), I’m going to say that we’re done.

Some people like to have the same size family as the one they grew up in. Though I’ve met a lot of only children who are determined to have more than one because they always wanted to have a brother or sister.

How did the family you grew up in affect your choices (size-wise) for your own family as an adult?

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