Americans love children} but they do not necessarily want them living next door} and couples with children have difficulty getting and keeping apartments. Many landlords, for example, will not allow children in their buildings. In some cases, they even insist that young couples who move in with-out children sing “adults only” leases. Such leases require couples to move if they decide to have children. Resentful of such clauses, some couples who decided to have children after all have taken their landlords to court-with mixed results. Although the parents have won a few cases, most judges have agreed that barring children under the age of twelve is a reasonable way to decrease property damage.