Other than strategically planning so my culture isn't wiped out by via replacement by differing birth rates I'd choose 2 children since that's replacement levels. A stable population may be better long term.
Exception is if one dies (rare, tragic, but happens) I'd have another, that would make 3 but 2 made it to adulthood.
As a species we should work towards an average of 2 births per woman to stabilize the population, lowering it is stupid though as much of the work load would be too great like in Japan, though the 2 children average would keep the population steady but it may very slowly decrease due to premature deaths. This would be slow enough that it could be tweaked to be compensated for.
Unfortunately studies have shown that no culture has ever survived going below a 2.1 birth rate. People don't learn from history and are mostly too stupid to understand it. Our culture might not be completely wiped out but it will collapse.
A boy and a girl. A boy so I can do guy stuff with him and take him fishing, etc. And a girl so my partner has someone to go shopping or do girls stuff with
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