How many kids do you want to have?

China
October 23, 2007 2:58am CST
Children are always lovable. I have a boy 3 years old, and I love him. However, my wife and I don't want to have another kid any more. It takes so much to bring a kid, and we have not the ability to bring up one more kid. How many kids do you have? How many kids do you want to have?
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17 responses
• Canada
23 Oct 07
2 only as now a days it is very expensive.
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• Canada
24 Oct 07
I don't want any kids
@teejams (88)
• Philippines
23 Oct 07
i agree! bringing up kids is not easy. it takes a lot of effort, time and money. especially once they start schooling. i want to have two kids. a girl and a boy. just like me and my brother. two because it is important that your kid has somebody to talk to and play with that is within his or her generation. and when something happens (God forbid) to the parents at least they have each other. sibling rivalry may be a big factor but at the end of the day they will always have each other. so it is really important to plan everything out when you have kids. plan first before having one and while they are young. :)
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• Malaysia
23 Oct 07
I guess it is enough to have 4 kids. 2 boys and 2 girls.
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
23 Oct 07
If possible, I would like to have two kids, one boy and one girl. I have a boy already, but I would still like to have a girl. It is only my dream as we are not allowed to have more than one child because of China's one-child policy. Ok, I have to take care of my only son without thinking to have the real desire to have one more, either a girl or a boy.
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• Philippines
23 Oct 07
i am single right now..but when the time comes i will get married i want 2 kids only..a boy and a girl..i want boy to be the eldset..huh..but i have a problem it is in the genes of our family that one of the member can't bear a child so im afraid i cant bear of my own.. but according to my ob-gyne i can bear but still im afarid..huhu..
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• Philippines
23 Oct 07
I don't have kids yet, but I do want to have around 2-4 kids. Hopefully I can have at least one boy and one girl. I wouldn't want to have too many kids because I would want to be able to raise them well, send them to good schools, and provide for all their needs with a little room for their possible wants.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
23 Oct 07
I love kids and I want to have as many as I could, but unfortunately I do not have rooms for them - a room means, education, food, shelter clothing and upbrining etc. At present I have one and I think that is enough.
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@pinklilly (3443)
• Australia
23 Oct 07
I have two children a boy 4.5yo and a Girl 3yo. They are a handfull but lovely I would love to have another, but everyone tells me I've got one of each that should be enough.......
• United States
24 Oct 07
i have a beautiful wonderful 6 year old daughter... since she was born we werent planning on having another... well 6 years later my husband finally concivenced me just ONE more he said then we can be done after a loooooooong time of thinking about it i said sure lets do it ONE more... heres the interesting part... it seemed as if i got pregnant the first try... and the more interesting part.... we're having twins!!! yes i am still a little overwhelmed and im due in about 6 weeks!! but its a joy children are... we are definatly done now.. hes getting fixed as soon as i pop them out!
• Canada
24 Oct 07
Congratulations on twins! That caught my eye as I have twins as well. Mine were my first, but your story sounds familar. A lot of twin moms I bump into seem to ahve had that happen to them.
@abi1005 (194)
• Philippines
23 Oct 07
as much as i want to have lots and lots of kids, my financial status won't allow me to. i'd want my kids to have a good life so i have to trim it down to 3. i guess i could only send 3 kids to good school if not the best.
@mari123 (1861)
• China
24 Oct 07
maybe 2 kids,my wife also don't want to have another kid,now my kid is 9 months old,but i want to have anther kid soon.
@viroop (155)
• China
24 Oct 07
i always thought to have two children and i have the two one boy and one girl ,and iam happy with my wife and my two children.from time i started to think about children i always thought about to have two children and a nice family of 4 memebers
@cmfoo94 (42)
• Singapore
24 Oct 07
I am not married yet so, i don't have any children. When i am married i would like to have 2 children, 1 boy and 1 girl. I agree with you that lovable. I hope that your son would be a very useful person when he grow up and so you can enjoy life!
• United States
24 Oct 07
I have 3 kids and I agree it is hard. But I wouldn't want just one. I was really glad when I had my second daughter. It gave my oldest daughter someone to play with. They are 7 & 9 now and get along really well. Actually my crazy hubby wants to have another. We also have a 2 1/2 year old son. He is great but it is harder now that I haven't had a baby in the house for 5 years. And my opinion is that boys are different from girls. I am not sure if only having the one child seems like he is demanding a lot of your time. But I know after having my second that got easier. Even having the baby and two older kids they will all play together.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
23 Oct 07
I have two kids. If things had been a bit different I would probably have had 3 or 4 at least. I love children and really enjoyed seeing mine growing up. Of course for that I would need a much bigger income LOL so I stayed at two. One seemed to little and more just wasn't feasible:)
@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
23 Oct 07
I have four children. I have a 10 year old son, an 8 year old son and a 6 year old daughter with my first husband. I also have a 17 month old daughter with my current husband. I would have loved to have one more baby boy, and it's not as if you can choose the gender anyhow. We are not going to have anymore children for financial reasons.
@darkaeon (465)
• Portugal
23 Oct 07
i want to have 2 kids one boy and one girl with 1 years different so they have a brother or sister to play with. i think that 2 kids is a moderated quantity of children to have because more than this is too many and only 1 kid he will fell alone and will want someone to play with him!!!