can you give some opinions about children in a family?

Yeah, I kind of lean towards two being the magic number. They will have a buddy, there will be no middle child (that whole middle child syndrome thing can get out of control) and there wouldn't just be one to be spoiled rotten. I don't think it really matters too much if it's a girl and boy, two boys or two girls, just two close in age but not too close - lord knows two tiny kids at one time can make a person crazy! Really, kudos to people who have more kids than that!! I think we drove my mom and dad nuts!! I honestly think she would be less frazzled today if she had stuck to just to kids! But God and nature didn't intend for that for her, so she is well worn out by now I promise! I just don't think I could handle a whole house full and maintain my sanity!

I agree with you that it could be better for a family to have two children than one for the advantages that you have mentioned above. If you have that much money and don't care about having two, it is ok. To have one child can be good to you as well because you will have more time and energy to focus yourself on one child to make him more excellent. The disadvantage is what if something unexpected to your kid, which makes you...sigh... So in short, I think that it is still better to have two children than to have one if you are financially capable to have one.

I think one child in a family is just fine. It all depends on what YOU want out of your live. If you are happy with that, than thats ok. We have 1 child, a boy. If I watch some nanny shows like Jo Frost etc. etc. all you see is that the children are fighting for some attention from their parents. If one of them is keeping themselve busy the other one comes around with something bad. Or funny. Sometimes. We keep it with 1 child. No older brother or sister to put him down and no younger brother or sister that gets him in the way. He gets all our attention. And he is our sweetheart.

I think it depends on the couple. It'd be better to have no kids at all if you can't be responsible for your own kids (being too busy with your own ambitions and having no time for your kids). A girl or a boy doesn't really matter 'coz after all, there are lots of people having trouble getting pregnant or there are troublesome pregnancies, so for me it's good enough if God entrusts me to have a kid later on. When it comes to having more than one kid, it depends on the couple themselves. I know that in my home country (Indonesia) nowadays everything is SOOOO expensive, so I don't wonder that some people choose to have only one kid. I myself think that I'd later on try to have one kid first before deciding to have another one. Why? I wanna make sure I can really take good care of him/her. My Mom always says, "Making a child grow big is easy. You only need to feed him/her, but educating him/her to be a good person is SO difficult." So I wanna make sure that I can handle educating my kid before considering having another one.

My opinion is that children are a blessing. But you should have lots of babies just because of that! My elder sister had four daughters! Not one, not two..FOUR! She is very religious and she believes in God's will and God's blessing. I believe that too, but if you see how difficult things are in her house and how she and her husband fight each and every day to raise them well, provide them with all the things they need, help them with their studies etc..Well, then you would agree with me that two children are more than enough. I agree that the middle-child-situation is indeed a problem so, 2 is the right answer for your question.

Why would you say that more than 2 children is 'worried'? I have 3 children on my own. They are 13, 9, & 8. Their father left when I was pregnant with the youngest. So, if anyone would look at them as a 'worry', it would be someone like me. But I never, ever think of my children, or anyone elses, like that. I get a lot of joy out of watching my children grow, learn, & develop. I have friends with 2 children, 4 children, 3, etc, & they all feel the same as I do - children are a joy.

I think the number of children in a family should depend on the parents and how well they would cope with more children. I had two close together a boy and a girl and they fought like mad when they were young and drove me nuts. 12 years later I had another baby girl who is now 2 and I find that she gets bored just being with me so I send her to daycare once a week to play with other children. My sister has 5 children who range in age from 19 to 7 and the older ones help to look after the younger ones.

yeah, i agree with you that there is better to have two children. when parents go out, they can play together.if a family only has a child, he or she usually is doted on and not easy to get on with.

My husband has a theory about this and don't be offended, I don't share his theory. He says that up to two children is having a family. After that is breeding. We only have one and I would happily have as many as I could afford. He, as you see, doesn't share in this desire so we plan to meet happily at having two if the Lord's willing. We haven't had the best of luck with pregnancies but I would love to give my 8yr old a sibling some day. The cost of living tends to make 2 the magic number in most cases.

i think more than one child is better for a family it brings laugh and blessedness