How many kids should an average person or couple have per household?

[abeyta87]

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Except it's not just you and your kids you're effecting by having many kids.  It's the world as a whole.
     Well the world as a whole is affected in a lot of ways having kids isn't going to affect it anymore... There isn't less oxygen or space just cause people have more then 2-3 kids... as for a global thing If you teach your kids the right way to take care of the world then adding more also isn't a harmful thing... and how do you figure it isn't such a black and white issue?

[NBolton]

I think you should have as many kids as you can properly provide for.

[ghada1]

I think that having a big family is nice.... But I sometimes stress on how much we can provide for them.
In the end loving them and taking care of them is more important then material things.
The happiest families I've seen don't really have much but they have each others love and support.

I guess it depends on how much you can handle, not everyone feels the need to have children. While others love having many.
 

I've got 4 and they are why I get up each morning 

[aspenl]

I grew up with a lot of siblings and my life was all about family and my siblings were my greatest support and my moral support not to mention my friends.  I would have missed out on so much if my parents would have decided to only have one child and there were no siblings for that support.  However parents should not have so many kids that they can not keep track of them all or find one on one time with all of them.  I think 4 or 5 is a good number.  Enough for support and hopefully not so many that they don't feel left out.

[abeyta87]

I grew up with a lot of siblings and my life was all about family and my siblings were my greatest support and my moral support not to mention my friends.  I would have missed out on so much if my parents would have decided to only have one child and there were no siblings for that support.  However parents should not have so many kids that they can not keep track of them all or find one on one time with all of them.  I think 4 or 5 is a good number.  Enough for support and hopefully not so many that they don't feel left out.

 That was nicely put

[mrisha]

There are some people who should never Children, even if they can financially afford them and it doesn;t mean they can mentally take care of them.  I think some people have children to show they can procreate which isn't a good reason to bring them into this world.

[dianeallen99]

I think today if you're white as in caucasion, feel free to have as many as you want, we're quickly becoming the minority in this country.   We've been so concerned with growth in the last 50 yr. and keeping the 1 and 2 children ideal that's reduced the caucasion populace.  I come from a small family and had just one child in keeping with the American ideal, but now feel if you can afford a large family go for it. We've got some catching up to do.

[mcgreg28]

I would say about 3. One mama's boy, a daddy's girl , and a third to break the tie

[liljp617]

I think today if you're white as in caucasion, feel free to have as many as you want, we're quickly becoming the minority in this country.   We've been so concerned with growth in the last 50 yr. and keeping the 1 and 2 children ideal that's reduced the caucasion populace.  I come from a small family and had just one child in keeping with the American ideal, but now feel if you can afford a large family go for it. We've got some catching up to do.

Why?  This isn't some kind of battle between the races and frankly this view borders racism...who cares if we're not a majority?  Does it make a difference outside of the fact that we won't get to spread the ridiculous message, whether openly or subconsciously, that Caucasian people are superior to other races?

And we're not really "becoming a minority" that quickly, if at all.  As of 2007, 66% of the US was Caucasian.  The next closest was 15% Hispanics.

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Except it's not just you and your kids you're effecting by having many kids.  It's the world as a whole.
     Well the world as a whole is affected in a lot of ways having kids isn't going to affect it anymore... There isn't less oxygen or space just cause people have more then 2-3 kids... as for a global thing If you teach your kids the right way to take care of the world then adding more also isn't a harmful thing... and how do you figure it isn't such a black and white issue?

Because I don't think the majority of people really know, or care, what goes on outside of their city and how big of a factor overpopulation currently is on a global level.  And yes, every person who is currently having kids having 2-3 more would have a HUGE impact.  If we assume a quarter of the population of the US alone is attempting to have kids, and they each decide to have 2-3, that's 150 million to 225 million more people...at only a quarter of the US population (which is only 75 million...consider 6 billion+ in the world).  Not to mention less and less people per capita are dying per year due to technological and medical advances.

It isn't just about how well you can afford them or about teaching them "to take care of the world," whatever that means.

[Stealth3si]

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Except it's not just you and your kids you're effecting by having many kids.  It's the world as a whole.
     Well the world as a whole is affected in a lot of ways having kids isn't going to affect it anymore... There isn't less oxygen or space just cause people have more then 2-3 kids... as for a global thing If you teach your kids the right way to take care of the world then adding more also isn't a harmful thing... and how do you figure it isn't such a black and white issue?

Because I don't think the majority of people really know, or care, what goes on outside of their city and how big of a factor overpopulation currently is on a global level.  And yes, every person who is currently having kids having 2-3 more would have a HUGE impact.  If we assume a quarter of the population of the US alone is attempting to have kids, and they each decide to have 2-3, that's 150 million to 225 million more people...at only a quarter of the US population (which is only 75 million...consider 6 billion+ in the world).  Not to mention less and less people per capita are dying per year due to technological and medical advances.

It isn't just about how well you can afford them or about teaching them "to take care of the world," whatever that means.

Ever heard of the butterfly effect or Chaos Theory?

[ginnokaze]

I believe a standard family has about two, if possible, I really prefer 1. But with economy like this, it may be better off to have two because then the two children can keep each other company instead of wasting all the money to buy toys~

[doubeldutch55]

Two or three  more then that more then that you will be going 

[candiyo]

i dont think you can really say. every couple is different, has different abilities and financial status. some people have 10 kids and love it, some people have 2 and love it.

[cowgirlx]

As long as you can take care of your children without government help and instill those same values in your children then i don't think a bigger family is such a bad thing. my husband works and i stay home. we pay all our bills with no government help. i had 3 kids before we were married we had 1 together and he had 2 before we met we are raising one of his kids on top of the other four becaus his ex had another one and is un capable of caring for 3. honestly we will probably end up taking his other one too. due to the fact that she is living off the gavernment and still can't figure out how to pay her bills. 6 is a little more than i really ever planned on having (4 was ok.) but you really can't leave a child in a sitch like that if you know you can provide for it. it's all in how you manage it. i love kids.(and no we are not going to have any more.)

[abeyta87]

As long as you can take care of your children without government help and instill those same values in your children then i don't think a bigger family is such a bad thing. my husband works and i stay home. we pay all our bills with no government help. i had 3 kids before we were married we had 1 together and he had 2 before we met we are raising one of his kids on top of the other four becaus his ex had another one and is un capable of caring for 3. honestly we will probably end up taking his other one too. due to the fact that she is living off the gavernment and still can't figure out how to pay her bills. 6 is a little more than i really ever planned on having (4 was ok.) but you really can't leave a child in a sitch like that if you know you can provide for it. it's all in how you manage it. i love kids.(and no we are not going to have any more.)

Nicely put