Children

Welcoming a New Baby to the Family Helping Siblings With the Transition

The average family in the U.S. has roughly two children, but it may be times are changing.

Census data from 1976 indicated that 59 percent of women ages 40 to 44 had three or more children, 20 percent had five or more and 6 percent had seven or more. In 2006, the last available year for census data, 28 percent of women ages 40 to 44 had three or more children, 4 percent had five or more and just 0.5 percent had seven or more. Read More