“Nearly half of female faculty members in top science departments wish they’d had more children, but didn’t because of their careers, while about a quarter of their male counterparts feel the same way, according to a new study.”
Read more, “The Children They Never Had,” here at the Inside Higher Ed page.
I’ve got three kids but wish I had more. I wanted seven, or more. Being an only child I always fantasized Cheaper By the Dozen or The Waltons–a house full of kids. And if I were male and had a cooperative wife to take care of those kids I would have had them. Or if I were rich and could hire Mary Poppins to do all the child care I would have had them.