March 10th, 2004
No more than 3
For more parents, 3 kids are a charm
Whether they keep working, quit or go part time, many women are choosing to have three children — large families by today’s standards. American women have an average of two children (2.013 to be exact) and had fewer than two just 15 years ago. During most of the 1970s and 1980s, women averaged 1.7 to 1.9.