Choire · 08/06/07 03:54PM
"The number of higher-income families having three or more kids has increased by 30 percent in the past 10 years." And! "'We are compelled to be successful and to be achievers,' says [Annette Madden-Kline, a mom of two kids who didn't know she needed more until she moved to posh Darien, Conn.] 'And if you are an Ivy League graduate, who's always balanced all of the things in your life and done it well, you don't decide to be a mom and have one kid.' Right. Got that? Having one kid is weak. It's for community college graduates." [Broadsheet]