We Had to Move to France to Afford a Bigger Family ; As British Birth Rates Plummet, One Mother Reveals the Glories of Bringing Up Her Children in France a Country That Actually Subsidises Families Femail Testimony

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THE EXPERTS call it the 'Baby Gap'. For most mothers, though, it's more the 'baby dilemma'. And here's how it works.

Six years ago, my husband and I were living in Sussex with two children aged one and two. We both worked fulltime, he as a journalist and me as a City headhunter. By any reckoning, we had a happy, comfortable life.

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We Had to Move to France to Afford a Bigger Family ; As British Birth Rates Plummet, One Mother Reveals the Glories of Bringing Up Her Children in France a Country That Actually Subsidises Families Femail Testimony

But one thing was missing. I had grown up as an only child and had always vowed to have a large family. We both agreed we would like to try for another child.

But could we really afford to have a large family in Britain? Could we cope with another mouth to feed?

Another child to clothe? A house big enough to be a family home?

These are questions that more an...

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