How Many Children is Too Many?

CrazyMomma said:
Uh O... :shock: You know what her express would be...
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And I can see it coming too :giggle:
 
I have to agree with Cheri.

I don't have any kids right now since I am too young to have kids (I will be 23 yrs old) anyway I would like to have two kids...for example if I have a boy and girl, that would be enough for me..but if its two boys, I will go for another one then thats enough.
 
:giggle: @ Endymion

I have an Uncle who has 12 children. 6 boys and 6 girls. Uncle has 44 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. :eek2:

My brother has 4 sons and he told me to stop at 2, really!

One is enough, but would like to have one more in couple of more years when my daughter is 4 and old enough to go to school full time. If I had all the patience in the world I'd have 5 kids.
 
my best friends mom and dad have 9 kids all grown and all have babies i believe they have 14 grandkids. growing up living next door to them as an only child was a blast!!! haha
 
GodDoesNotHate said:
my best friends mom and dad have 9 kids all grown and all have babies i believe they have 14 grandkids. growing up living next door to them as an only child was a blast!!! haha
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id gladly take ur three kids
 
If I'm blessed to have kids, then I'd opt for one or two.

I prefer to save up for their education and the like BEFORE they're born, and then keep doing it as they grow. That way you won't have to struggle so much.

I agree with Endymion: it's important to have a nice house in a safe area where kids can go out and play as well inhale fairly clean air.

Love is a priceless thing you can ever bestow on your offsprings. :)

Too many would be over 8 children, I reckon.
 
To me 3 is ideal number, or maybe 2.

I like to see my friend's growing up in family of 8, her parents give her everything to make sure she don't miss out, which is great.

My girl's school friend comes from a family of 11, and she told me she is ashamed to tell everyone in her school because children tease her as a "Rabbit/Mouse Family" etc.

I took her friend to go out with us to movie, resturant, camping outings, she apprenticed it and thank us so much for taking her with us, because she don't have this opportunity with her single Mother which is sad. She is cross with her Mother because she is thinking of another baby soon or later.
 
If, I am in pioneer days - I would love to have more children if, my health could stand to have that many. In pioneer days, there's alot more fun than today as I would imagine. *chuckles* You know with a few "wood" houses on the prairies ( huge pasture with a few small hills and with yellow dallions -- ohhh I love those kind of things ). I think it would be soo awesome to see children roamin' all over the prairies with joy. A sense of freedom and stress-free environment.
 
CyberRed said:
If, I am in pioneer days - I would love to have more children if, my health could stand to have that many. In pioneer days, there's alot more fun than today as I would imagine. *chuckles* You know with a few "wood" houses on the prairies ( huge pasture with a few small hills and with yellow dallions -- ohhh I love those kind of things ). I think it would be soo awesome to see children roamin' all over the prairies with joy. A sense of freedom and stress-free environment.
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Er...I hope you know why the pioneers typically had so many children. Many children died young due to illnesses and diseases. It was a fact of life. Worst yet, too many of these women bearing the children died as well. Child bearing is a hazardous business...something that most of us forget (given today's medicine). Just go to any old gravesite and you can see this clearly.

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Going back to the original topic, the number of children is really up to the people having them. There is no "magic" number. Some people are well suited to having 5 or 6 or more whereas others should only consider 1 or 2. It is unfortunate that some people have no sense in controlling this aspect of their life and thus inviting condemnation (as I have noted in earlier comments).
 
sr171soars said:
Er...I hope you know why the pioneers typically had so many children. Many children died young due to illnesses and diseases. It was a fact of life. Worst yet, too many of these women bearing the children died as well. Child bearing is a hazardous business...something that most of us forget (given today's medicine). Just go to any old gravesite and you can see this clearly.

Back to the main thread...
Going back to the original topic, the number of children is really up to the people having them. There is no "magic" number. Some people are well suited to having 5 or 6 or more whereas others should only consider 1 or 2. It is unfortunate that some people have no sense in controlling this aspect of their life and thus inviting condemnation (as I have noted in earlier comments).
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Oh, yeah I know. You could be right. It is just a way of sayin' what I like about havin'. I know that there's no turnin' back in old days. Each day is always goin' forward as the time is tickin'. ;) But, thanks for sharin' your point of view.
 
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