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@j2019 I think the kids were more independent. Like my siblings and I used to go to a playground by ourselves at maybe 7,5 and 3 and we'd just be out of the house for hours on the weekend while my mom cleaned. If I was to do that now, I dunno, something tells me CPS would be called.

@poorlittlerichgirl Genuinely curious, why are you posting in a subreddit for working mothers then?

@ztalbott I'm so sorry for your losses, I had two miscarriages and oh man, I can remember that awful sense of loss and intense grief. To me it feels like the world is built for 2 children families- most of the families in our school and neighborhood have 1 or 2. Two seems like the ideal to many...

@sabbyrina Yeah, that tracks. I'll send an email, get a reply, write back with my boss cc'd, they'll write back, I'll agonize over what to say now that 25 people are cc'd....in the old days you'd just....mail a letter....

@ahead We put up two swings - baby playground swings - in our living room during covid winter with a 1 and 4yo. I'd get like 30 minutes of play from my kids in those swings. (Caveat that your ceiling will need to structurally support this)

@kimrossie I'll give a minority vote for house A for the long term: Reason being if you're having a larger family the kids being able to walk to their friends (or even the few years that you're walking them there) is going to free up so much time (and replace it with exercise). My oldest is...

@katrina2017 I've read the Netherlands prioritizes children's independence and its correlated with happiness. My bff was raised in the Netherlands and tells me children walk solo everywhere there and there's a cultural tradition of 'everyone looks out for the children'. It sounds nice.