. Ender’s parents’ had to receive special permission to have a third child. What does this imply about society in the future? What can you infer has happened to society to get to this point?

This society is highly controlled. We might infer that population is highly regulated by the state to account for numbers as well as specific families who want children. This sounds like a dystopian like future where free will is a luxury. I the early part of the book, we can surmise that something tragic has happened in this society like war or an apocalyptic event.