I previously said the optimum number of kids is 3. I now revised this down to 2.
My logic previously was my parents had 2 kids and we always competed to be the favorite of our parents but then my sister died and i didn’t have to compete anymore and at a certain point my parents gave up trying to control me and just did whatever i told them. In other words i turned the tables on them where they now had to justify themselves to me not the other way. This will happen to you to if you only have one child.
So my logic was just in case one child dies you want to have 3 so you never end up being down to 1 because that is a disaster ( based on personal experience ).
I then rationalized how you can fit 3 kids in the back of the car and how the most standard home in America has 4 bedrooms which means you still can have a bedroom for each kid.
HOWEVER
Just because my Sadist Jew pops ( probably ) poisoned my sister doesn’t mean the risk of losing one child like my parents lost my sister is statistically high enough for you to plan your life around this unlikely event.
If you think about it the fact that “replacement rate” is 2.1 means the odds of something bad happening like what happened to my sister are only 100*(1-(2.0/2.1)) = 5%
5% chance of losing a kid probably isn’t good enough reason to keep a spare.
and the idea that you can fit 3 kids in the back of a car was frankly COPE. while in theory you might be able to fit a third child seat into the center position of a minivan it will be a bitch to get to and you probably don’t want to drive a minivan. with two child seats you can drive a normal vehicle and access each child seat directly through the door.
also i used to shit on Tesla Model X ( now discontinued ) for having “falcon” ( LOL ) doors, but since Model X was basically minivan i now concede actually those “falcon” doors might have been the best doors for accessing child seats without bumping your head into the roof.
reminds me of an Asian lady at LifeTime Athletic who had a child seat in the back of her G-Wagen. the comically tall shape of the G-Wagen especially in the rear actually helps in this situation.
so yeah Frens, in light of the information that has come to light:
Time to take action and have 2 kids.
You might wonder why it is NOW that i decided to revise 3 kids down to 2. Well the answer is because before this information about sperm quality i was thinking of kids as something in the distant future where i pictured myself as an old guy who doesn’t mind driving a boat but when you realize you’re already way past your prime in terms of sperm quality and you still enjoy fast cars you are forced to compromise and think of how many child seats you can fit into a car that isn’t a minivan or a Suburban.
thus my new official recommendation is 2 kids.