We’re one and done mums… We want to protect our marriages, our pockets and our only children
SITTING by the pool watching daughter Roxy splash about in the Spanish sun, Carrie Ann Booth could not be happier.
That’s a 16 per cent jump in just two decades. In contrast, there are currently 3.38million two-child families and just 1.18million with three or more kids.Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, of the Women’s Budget Group, says: “It’s not surprising women are choosing to have fewer children, as times are really hard now for young families.
People ask when we’re going to give Roxy a sibling and imply it’s selfish having an only child, which winds me up“People ask when we’re going to give Roxy a sibling and imply it’s selfish having an only child, which winds me up,” she says.“At the moment she has keyboard and swimming lessons, and goes to Brownies and drama club.Carrie Ann also feels another child could disrupt their harmonious household. “We have very little stress,” she says.
“Equally, if Richard or I have had a hard day at work, one of us can rest while the other plays with Grayson, so we don’t get resentful and snappy with each other.”“After 12 years together we’re still sickeningly in love,” she says. “If Grayson’s away or at a party, then we have time to be Richard and Rachel. So our relationship thrives.”And while people often claim that “only children” are spoilt, Rachel says it’s simply not true.
For Caroline Nicholson, 42, and her fiancé Lee Jones, 48, from South Shields, Tyne and Wear, work pressures and having their son later in life destroyed their dream of more kids.
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