...one child or no children ...
Out of my closest college friends, I have the most children with three. I was 33, 35 and 38 when they were born.
Of my friends, one has never married, four have only one child and one recently got married at age 45.
One of my friends had her first and only child at age 40.
The sad thing is, my friends come from good Christian families. We all married kind of late-ish. If only we all could have had more kids to pass along our values.
When I was having kids most of us seemed to have 3 (it got kind of trendy to have 3 for some reason). And that generation is just not reproducing at much of a rate and most seem to be waiting until their thirties (my kids are all in their thirties and one is just now having their first child). I had imagined a houseful of grandkids, especially since I had my kids when I was pretty young, but it seems that it won’t be the case. I think the economy has had a big impact. Obviously I think my kids would make wonderful parents.
And sadly, only my own father is still alive (at 87) so this generation will not know their Great Grandparents at all. I knew my Great Grandmother (she died when I was in my early 20s) and had 3 of my Grandparents into adulthood as well.