Don’t have eight children

The Herald reports:

The Latu family’s eight children are among more than tens of thousands of New Zealand children living in poverty.

“Our car needs to be fixed, but you know, we don’t have enough money to fix” says Folau Latu, the children’s father. A knee injury has kept Folau off work for the last three years, making the family’s income, which is heavily reliant on a benefit, always stretched. Despite the challenges, the family say their faith helps them keep going.

I don’t mean this to be directed at this particular family, but don’t keep having children if you can’t afford them. The vast majority of families decide to stop having children, and often cost is part of that discussion. A vasectomy is cheap. Very very few families could afford to have eight children, let alone one benefit dependent.