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A larger family worsens kids' cognitive development, suggests 30-year study (bigthink.com)

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[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think humanity survives if everyone just has one child.

I don't think it's terribly surprising that there are diminishing returns on parenting time and resources. The question is whether it's linear progression or if there's a drop off past a certain point.

I would be very curious if there's an optional number of children revealed by this research.

Edit: Very curious why I'm being down voted on this. I'm not espousing everyone have a lot of kids. I'm just trying to reckon with the tension between optimal parenting and the ongoing existence of the human race.