----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:43 AM Subject: Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:23 AM > Subject: RE: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd > > > > > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Dunno how we'll refer to the third one. Abstractly, right now it's > > > "Gamma". (And make all the radiation cracks you want now.) > > > > Just how many letters of the Greek alphabet are you planning on going > > through? <grin> > > > > I always suggest stopping at two. The second one makes for MUCH more work > > than just one. As my brother-in-law said, "One child is a hobby, two is a > > career!" > > > That is absolutely true, but after 2 each additional child is actually less > of a load. > I am the oldest of 7 in a family where the average is 4 - 5 children (I have > 80 or so cousins via my 13 aunts and uncles and that's just my moms side of > the family). > > After the second child, the older children do quite a bit to help with the > younger children. And I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have so many > relatives while you are growing up. My experience is different from that. Going from one to two children wasn't a big deal. Going from 2 to three was like going from juggling 2 balls to juggling 3. Especially if one believes that there are very important parenting tasks that must not be delegated to a child who is less than 7 years older than the youngest. I would not have wanted my bossy eldest to really have power over the younger two. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
