“…One need is moral instruction for children, a common reason parents increase their religious attendance (Ingersoll‐Dayton, Krause, & Morgan, ). Another pragmatic function of religious communities is their ability to buffer family stressors (Henderson, Uecker, & Stroope, ). Unlike marriage, which is initially met with higher psychological and marital benefits (Musick & Bumpass, ; VanLaningham et al, ), childrearing tends to yield great psychological (Evenson & Simon, ), marital (Crohan, ), and financial costs (Stanca, ), particularly if the parents decide to have multiple children (Lavee, Sharlin, & Katz, ; Pollmann‐Schult, ).…”