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Most people would be equally satisfied with having one child as with two or three
Research shows that communication, both within the nuclear family and also with grandparents, matters most in people’s vision for good family life.
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Overall people do feel that a family with no children is not ideal.
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Arnstein Aassve
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Picture your ideal family. Do you have children? How many?
It’s fairly well established that when asked about their ideal family, people tend to say that two children is the best number to have. But this regularity has come about from asking the simple question: “Ideally, how many children would you like to have?”
