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It is highly likely that until we see a dramatic swing toward equitable distribution of "labor" in the home, the upswing in only-child and small families will continue. Lyn Craig at the University of New South Wales' Social Policy Research Centre put it this way, "Children are a social benefit to everyone, but they are a public good for which mothers are paying a disproportionately high price. If women experience a huge disparity of opportunity and equality according to whether or not they are mothers, then who is going to have kids?"

If your partner took on more of the housework and childcare, would you consider having more children?