Jessie Cave thinks handling one child is harder than 4 – here’s what parents think

Parenting is hard no matter how many kids you have – but is there an optimum number? (Picture: Getty Images)

Basic maths would suggest that having fewer children makes for a slightly easier life than dealing with an entire brood — but not everyone agrees.

Speaking on an episode of their podcast, Before We Break Up Again, hosts Jessie Cave and Alfie Brown, who are married with four kids, say that one child is actually ‘more difficult’ to parent, than multiple kids.

Alfie said: ‘They’re so used to having to fight and clamor for our attention, that when we have one by themselves, they go into this overload of: “I can’t believe that I’ve got access to two adults and I’m just one child. What is this horn of plenty I’ve been delive...