Ideal case

Many people think that having two children, a boy and a girl, is the perfect combination for a family. However, it seems that it is not always the most successful. A survey of more than two thousand parents showed that mothers and fathers who have two daughters feel the happiest.

Many people think that having two children, a boy and a girl, is the perfect combination for a family. However, it seems that it is not always the most successful. A survey of more than two thousand parents showed that mothers and fathers who have two daughters feel the happiest*. In such families, there are fewer quarrels, more common games, more mutual understanding between children and adults. However, you shouldn’t get carried away either: at the very bottom of the “happiness rating” were families with four daughters …

*Survey conducted by British parenting portal bounty.com in April 2011.

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