I dont understand people who have a lot of kids

Although i do not agree with people who believe that we should stop procreating all together , i do agree with the fact that 2 children are more than enough.

I like you, wistfulmaiden. You're always nice to me unlike other people on here who seem to think I'm the antichrist for having very specific opinions on stuff.

I saw an episode of The Doctors on tv about a woman who has 17 children. The oldest is 25 and the youngest is an infant. She said since she had started having kids, the longest she had gone without being pregnant is 14 months and even then it startled her into receiving fertility treatments to have her now youngest, the infant. What the actual fuck? I felt like I was in the twilight zone. I'm not sure if anyone else realises this, but pregnancy isn't exactly healthy for the mother. Its quite a risky ordeal and I'm not even sure how bad it is first hand because I've never been pregnant, I just know the factual stuff. How can anyone want to actually give birth to and raise more than like 3 kids at the most? I think its women who have a gap in life they're trying to fill with babies.

Study human geography to understand how people make this decision. Couples have less children when there is a lower mortality rate. In Mexico they have 6x the number of children as in the northeast of the U.S.

Awkward moment when I seen a Facebook link to an article about a single mother having about nine children and wanting more so she can gain more money from child support...>_>

The collective intelligence of humanity is in decline because dumb people are out populating smart people.

Some university did a study that stated having one kid raises your carbon footprint by 20x if I remember right

With the Duggars, they are in the Quiverful Movement. They believe that God wants them to keep having to populate the earth. I don't agree with them because: 1. They have no regard for overpopulation of Earth, 2. The children are being born with health issues and dying. Her doctor has cautioned them to stop, but they won't, 3. The older children seem to become parents for the younger children.

Some people have many children due to Culture. Some to keep the population up. (Some places have low birthrate). Some religion. Societal/family pressures. Nowadays, being a whore seems to be a very common practice. Young mothers keep having kids they can't afford. Young men will father many children, but the majority of them don't seem to stay by the mother's side and take responsibility.

The perfect kind of post for people to show their idiocy.

I have zero kids and i'm good with that. Kids are too expensive, they make life harder, fuck that shit.

Well my cousin had 4 kids because they had three girls and wanted to give it one more try because it was a 75% chance that It'd be a boy. They had the boy and now they're happy because they have a son.

I would want 3 because I have 2 sisters and I'm used to it and would like it, it just feels right to me and it's what I'd need/want, so what? Deal with it.

Why people have more kids than the Replacement Rate (2 Kids):
* Selfishness. They want TONS of Mini-Mes.
* Lack of Common Sense/Breeder-Brains.
* Lack of sufficient birth control and or abortion.
* No regulation on multiple births (let's face it, people are having Multiples left and right).
* Religion (As you said, "Go Forth and Multiply").
* Peer Preasure.
* They never want to experience a "Empty Nest".
* Possible addiction to pregnancy and or childbirth.
* Sex can be quite delicious and fun for some people.
* The possible fact that they grew up in families of 3 children or more (IOW, large families).
* Failed contraception before, during, and after sexual intercourse.
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* To ensure they get grandbabies (After all, only having 1 kid or 2 doesn't gaurantee grandkids).

Tax right offs and welfare.

If you also notice its always the people who shouldn't really populate that do.

Its like you saw into my mind and wrote exactly what I was thinking! Except for the genesis part, I'm an atheist. But seriously! What is up with everyone having a ridiculous amount of children? I think some people feel like its their duty or something. Now I'm only 19 and I think I'm old fashioned when it comes to most things, for instance I believe that a woman should be at home taking care of cleaning, cooking, laudry etc, and a man should be out there working and bringing home the bacon. I believe that aldultry is probably the worst thing under the sun that a person can do to someone they love and I believe in marriage and children before the age of 30. But GOOD GOD, these women who have four, five, six children or even more are honestly not mentally stable in my eyes. I mean sure if you're stinking rich and live in a mansion and enjoy not getting any sleep or time to yourself then why not? But most people, even those who love kids and want to raise them, also enjoy being their own person and not completelt devoting every waking moment to their millions of offspring. Also, contrary to what some people believe, your child isn't going to be lonely with only one or even no siblings. I'm an only child and I grew up with a happy childhood.

Energy, that's just my opinion on how it should be. Sure, if you want to have a career and focus all your time on self fulfillment instead of your family and have the nanny raise your children then hey, who's stopping you? I just believe that its a woman's place to be at home and a man's place is to be at work. What does me being an atheist have anything to do with what I believe a woman's role in the relationship should be?