2 daughters are make the happiest families??

[SamS_TTCPink]

6 boys isn't even mentioned!?!? 😉

http://m.parenting.com/entry/view/id...c=ptgtw1405253

[nuthinbutpink]

I'm way down the list. To each their own. I don't find many three girl/one boy families so I am sure 6 boys is pretty rare and wasn't a big enough sample size of that family type to make the list! Happiness is in the eye of the beholder, right?!?

[sugarNspice]

I think my DH heard an NPR piece about the same study cited in this article when he decided that he really wanted to sway pink (or go HT) for DD#3.

Which seems kind of silly in retrospect.

I do have to admit that my family (with two DDs) is pretty happy--they really do get along well, and play together often. But I also know plenty of families with sons who adore each other, and are really happy together. Seems like it depends much more on the individual children and their personalities, and less on gender to me.

[bluebonnet22]

Interesting! I grew up in a family with 3 girls and HATED IT. We all still fight as adults - it was an awful dynamic. I always grew up praying for all boys myself. I do think it depends on the individuals and it's impossible to make generalizations.

[Abifasc]

I wouldn't put any weight in this. Happy families are hardly determined by gender. I'm surprised my family irew up with didn't make it...four boys and four girls

[WantingPink]

2 boys and 2 girls is #11... right in front of 4 girls. Guess we are doomed

[coocoobananas]

Rubbish!

[Mumof3girls]

I don't think its a very good study, our girls nearly kill each other every day. They should have studied my family & their stats would change dramatically.

[snipsnsnails]

I remember seeing this and it bothered me. I am going from #5 to #9, I guess a girl can cause that much extra stress?! Happiness is what you make of it!

[WantingPink]

I really think every family is different. PP is #2 however, I know my neighbor has a lot of stress with her PP. They don't get along and her son (oldest) is rather mean to her daughter. They don't have much in common and don't play much together. They (her DS and DD) openly talk about how they don't like the other one.

My kids do love each other even when they are fighting if they hurt the other one they feel genuinely bad and all fighting stops. Right now DS2 is playing "monster trucks" with DD. She is squealing and giggling at everything he does... It is pretty cute