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Chris
Of course it can be a reward. Just because you don't view it as one...it is important how the person having children view it. If a person would rather stay home than work...and many would...having two or three children will do it every time.
I used to have a job that required me to work with kids in high school. I had several young women (14-16 years old tell me they had their babies so they would not have to ride the school bus. The school system provided them private transportation to school, child care, and let them out early to miss traffic and pick up their child from the school nursery. They also told me that they enjoyed the attention and were no treated "like adults" by the teachers. Every day when they brought their babies to school, they were surrounded by 12 and 13 year olds who "couldn't wait to have their babies" and get the "special" treatment.