Affluent Families Having More Kids

A young woman – married, two kids – moves to Darien, Connecticut. She discovers she lacks something: two more kids.

In Darien and other affluent suburbs, according to NPR's Weekend Edition, the ability to afford child-rearing expenses and Ivy League tuitions has become a status symbol. To display that status baby-wise, 4 is the new two.

Ain't it grand? Twice as many trust fund babies!