How many kids did previous generations want? If less than three....the Xer kids may overtake the boomer kids.
I am sending this off to a HS teacher who loves Reagan and says his generation (Gen-X) will turn America around.
Don't have hard evidence but I remember being fed the notion that 1 or at the very most 2 was the "right" thing to do for a couple of reasons. You might be too young to remember all the lies about population explosion, 'don't have too many kids because you'll exhaust the world's resources.' And since your real job is a career it's better to have just 1 or 2 so you can lavish them with the appropriate attention.
Golly, this kind of thinking is even more ridiculous looking when it's in print!