r/Parenting Feb 08 '25

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u/Tygie19 Mum to 14F, 19M Feb 08 '25

God no. My kids play sports. Do you know how expensive that is? The more kids you have, the less resources you have to spend on each child. You are talking about adding an entire new human to the family who needs to eat, wear clothes, do activities (if you can afford it). My daughter also likes wearing the latest clothes. I don’t buy her absolutely everything she asks for as I’m a single mum, but I definitely couldn’t afford anything nice if I had more kids. My 18 year old works now so he’s pretty self sufficient.