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Marthe48

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17. I read the book in 1970 or 71

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 31, 2024, 10:14 AM

Dec 2024

and we stuck to 2 children, even though we both came from big families.

Several people close to us had 3 kids, most had 2. But the idea of having smaller families didn't take off the the population did.

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