Sorry to disagree with you. I am not talking about living in luxury either. I am talking bottom line: feeding, housing, clothing of children. It is very expensive. I knew a family when I was in Catholic school that had 12 children. The children were unbelievably skinny and when not in hand me down uniforms, wore clothes that were torn, ripped, faded and ill fitted. I remember handing Rita my snack at lunch and many times sneaking in an extra sandwich. I guess this is just my life experience... I asked her once why she was so thin and she said that there wasn’t a lot of food with 12 children. My point is to behave responsibly toward society (i.e. not going on WIC, welfare, etc) then have the number of children that YOU can feed, clothe, educate etc...
I don’t know how you can disagree with a fact. My friends in Catholic school also were from large families of at least 7 children. None of us were on the dole and none of us were starving.
What’s wrong with hand me down clothes?
True we had only 1 phone (I mean phone,not phone line) 1 TV and didn’t get cable until 1980. But we also lived in a house my parents owned with a large yard in suburban NJ. We took vacations (in shifts!) every year, went out to eat, went to the movies etc.
I guess it depends on what your priorities are.
I have no problem with your assertion that people should limit their family size based on their ability to support them.
But to say you must be wealthy or on the dole to have a large family is demonstrably false.