I had the same thing happen to me... but it was an older daughter who had already moved out of the house who made a false report. So we were left to prove that we could take care of the remaining kids. Annoying, despite the fact that I understand that Child Protective Services needs to check things out to be sure. :-/

Now, this is how you *realy* affect the sex of your child (according to many doctor's and personal experience). I've always been told that "Y sperm swim faster and X sperm live longer".

So, if you want daughters, have sex before ovulation early and often... the odds are that a long-living X sperm will be waiting to fertilize the egg when it's ready.

If you want son's, withold from sex until ovulation happens... the odds are that a faster Y sperm will get there first.

This isn't 100% fool-proof, but appears to have a lot more to do with the sex of your child than personality or hormones. :-)

This has worked out in my own life (5 kids) and my daugher's (5 kids between them). Based on the scenerio, the sex of the child appeared to correspond to these parameters. (The frequency of sex before ovulation, or lack thereof.)

Thinking back to my high school government courses, the thesis of Louis Bayard's article is the reason the founding fathers set up the electoral college, isn't it? They knew that it was best to elect people who would make a reasoned vote for the actual candidate, rather than a "one person, one vote" type of arrangement.

The level of discourse is very low in most of politics and I agree that many people can't deal with very complex decisions that *require* trade-offs... everyone is looking to be outraged by the other party or playing "gotcha" at every turn.

Leadership is really hard when you can't "reason" with the people you represent... :-/