I have heard (secondhand) that when one has children, maintaining a single relationship with an adult becomes very difficult, and maintaining multiple impossible. But it also seems like some of the labor involved in parenting could be shared, and ‘communal parenting’ work out easier for everyone involved. (Or differences in parenting styles, already problematic with 2 different people, will explode when there are n different people.)
I have heard (secondhand) that when one has children, maintaining a single relationship with an adult becomes very difficult, and maintaining multiple impossible. But it also seems like some of the labor involved in parenting could be shared, and ‘communal parenting’ work out easier for everyone involved. (Or differences in parenting styles, already problematic with 2 different people, will explode when there are n different people.)