We didn’t think too much about the economics of having four children, but this aspect of parenting is very, very important
We’re being told to have more babies, but they do cost money. Photo: Picture posed/Getty
If I was going to make the suggestion that people should have more kids, I’d aim for a point in the calendar when families are feeling upbeat and positive, like coming to the end of the school year before the endless promise of the summer hols, or coming to the end of the summer hols when you finally get to hand your feral children back to the open arms of the Department of Education.
I’d pick a time when people were financially stable, feeling positive, and as stress free as parents can be. I would not make the suggestion that people should have more kids in the middle of Christmas.