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Why do competitions assume people only have two dc?

4 replies

EachandEveryone · 06/02/2019 10:53

Every time. I was just looking at the holiday one on here. What do you do, leave one behind? Hope they will negotiate to allow one to be paid for? In rl i hardly know anyone with two dc!

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bingoitsadingo · 06/02/2019 11:01

Because they are promotional tools, not gifts.

elQuintoConyo · 06/02/2019 11:16

IRL most people I know have one child. Only 3 families with 3+ children.

Don't enter the competition, I imagine.

DaisyDreaming · 06/02/2019 11:34

Sometimes you can offer to pay for a third to be added

BarbaraofSevillle · 06/02/2019 11:37

I'm sure you will be able to upgrade or otherwise amend the prize should you win but they have to define the prize somehow.

According to the ONS, 85% of families have one or 2 DC, and only 15% have 3 or more:

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/families/bulletins/familiesandhouseholds/2016

If you 'hardly know anyone with 2 DC' then the type of people you know, are not typical of the UK population overall.

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