Sometimes I think that almost nothing we experienced as kids will be a part of the "normal" geography of everyday life a generation from now. Is that some sort of alarmist reaction?
My high school had 4 sets of twins. I want to think that fertility clinic families will remain a rarity, though (but look out in the private schools: can you imagine a basketball team of identical quints!!)
Hah! If only the sociologists were allowed the luxury of planning such things ahead of time. We still haven't done enough on the socialization-of-women-and-science front (see Larry Summers), and that's been going on for a really long time!
I"ve wondered the same thing. I have quite a few friends who have had twins or triplets, and one elementary school near us has six sets of twins in one grade.
Of course, family size has changed too since I was a kid. It used to be rare if someone was an ONLY CHILD. Nowadays being the only one, or one of two kids, is the norm. What will the world be like when there aren't any more MIDDLE children? (I'm the middle of five kids and have this theory about how middle children are the peacemakers in the world .... what happens when we have no middle children?)
I have wondered this about the age of parents, as well. My parents were 22 and 23 when they had me (their second). now that sounds ridicuously young to most people.
Yes, the parent-age thing has been on my mind too. My mom was 19 when I was born -- and is in her 50s now. If I have kids, they'll still be at home when I hit 50. And needing a lot of care.
I haven't seen much of the multiples thing, but that may just be because of where I live. (People marry early and procreate early and the others don't have $$ for fertility treatments here)
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