10 years from now...

(this post prompted by the multiple kids in the cafe this morning)

Something I've begun to wonder about is the societal impact of fertility drugs -- not for the mothers, or the economic and health issues, etc etc, that get written about all the time -- but what it's going to be like for teachers, classmates, friends, romantic partners, and relatives of all these twins, triplets, and quads? When I was growing up we had one set of twins in my school, and boy did we think they were exotic. But maybe that won't be the case for the kids growing up now. Social scientists ought to be laying the groundwork for all kinds of studies right about now, I guess...