Mark Wahlberg expecting a girl

By Jeffrey Slonim, People.com

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Mark Wahlberg and wife Rhea Durham are expecting a baby girl
The couple already have two boys and a girl
"What I want to do is I want to raise my kids right," he said
He was raised in a big family and is the youngest of nine

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(People.com) -- It's an equal-opportunity family for Mark Wahlberg, who's expecting his fourth child with wife Rhea Durham.

"I'm having another girl," Mark Wahlberg told PEOPLE at GQ's The Gentleman's Ball at New York's Edison Ballroom on Wednesday. "So I'll have two girls and two boys."

But four is probably enough for the Boston native, 38.

"I'm the youngest of nine, and my dad has a few others. No, four is enough," he said. "We were all raised with a lot of love."

"But we didn't get the kind of attention I think that we all needed. My parents had to provide to put food on the table. My mission in life is to raise my kids right. With all the success I've had in the world, if I fail at that, my life means nothing."

Still, Wahlberg says he'll leave family planning up to his former model wife.

"My wife is allowed to pick the magic number ... as many as she wants to have," he said. "What I want to do is I want to raise my kids right I want to give them the world. But I also want them to appreciate it."

As it is, brother Jim Wahlberg said he suspects Mark's clan will continue to grow. "He's good to go! He ain't stoppin'," said the sibling. "He's got beautiful kids."