how many children is enough??

in our family there are 3 children at present all my partners kids from her previous marriage the youngest is 9 and a boy then there is the 14 year old girl and then a 16 year old boy and now another on the way which will be my first one. I don't think there will be any more additions to our family after this one is here.

I have two kids. And they are bundles of joy for me. I entered motherhood so early, i had my son when i was 20 and now they are two i just keep adding up. Its not easy to carry a baby and just deliver so quickly. It requires so much patience. Waiting for nine months is not easy. You just really need to be patient. As to how many children i think the easiest number for that is 2, but being pregnant is nature. I say that maybe because im anti-abortion. To those whoo dont want to have kids then do it safely..know how to limit yourself. As for me, its fun adding up 2 more to go and ill say to my hubby..I THINK ITS ENOUGH..LOL...

Right now I’m not yet planning to have children because I’m still studying. I would really love to have someday. As I mention to some of my responses here, I prefer to have two for a start (hopefully boy and girl) and maybe if we decide to have more, I think maximum is four children.

I had got four children. I lost my college going daughter in road accident. And now remaining are three. Tow of them is boys and one the youngest is girl. She is school going. I can not forget the one I lost in accident. I do not need more. Because every child comes with long lost risks of life. When a child takes birth, s/he comes with cry. It seems that he or she comes to this world with a cry saying that why my parents drag me to come here in the world full of risks.

hi. How are you today? The number of children that is determimed by the individual or couple. personally i think the more children u have. the less time u have to focus on yourself and other things u want to do in your life. If U chose to have more children U have to look at whether U can take care of them financially.

When I was a kid I said 6, however when I had my first daughter and adopted a little boy, I said I'd have as many as it takes to have a minimum of two of each gender, so that meant if I had 12 girls and 1 boy, I'd continue to try for another boy. I wanted a houseful. When I lost my son it took me aback for a bit! Then I had another daughter and because of circumstances in my life, I had my tubes tied. BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE! Now I'm married to a wonderful man and we desprately want children together. God however has a heck of a sense of humor and forgot to give hubby swimmers! So now we are looking at either adopting or swimmer donor. Ever gone swimmer shopping? Talk About Awkward! I'm back to wanting 6 and hubby would like 2 more to equal 4. Finances will now determine our number HOWEVER :) we are also looking into foster care so we just might have a houseful regardless :) My final response is you can have as many as your heart is open to have!

I have 2 children and that is all I plan on having. I used to want 3 or 4, until I had 2 and now I feel we are complete. I am a stay at home mom and it is alot to take care of 2 kids under 3 years.

I think that two or three children is enough. But in my real life I have only one though I wanted to have at least two, but I cannot because of the one-child policy here in China. Anyway I am still happy to have only one child.

Four. One child can be spoiled. or socially inept. Two Children, there's the older who gets to do everything first and the younger who copensates. There is also the risk of the favorite. Three children, well the middle child is always crazy. So, four. But... you never know as all children or different and if I ever have kids there is no way I want to have 4 kids. Ha ha.

One child is enough. All you need is one. Now a days chances of children living to be adults is very high so no need to have more than one child. Do you forget the pain of childbirth? You don't want to go through it again do you?

I have 7 children and I may adopt my grandson. He isn't really my grandson but he has been in the family for 4 yrs. and his father and mother walked out on him and he has nobody so I am filling out the paperwork to adopt him. That will make it 8 for me if the adoption goes through. It is going into court in Dec. and his fathers rights will be terminated and the mothers right have already been terminated.

In my view, there should be at least 2 children. The loneliness felt by a single child can lead to big issues in his future life. So at least 2 kids. ;)

how lovely your little son is! ^_^ even though i have not got married, or even graduate, i am so admiring that you can be such a happy and great mother! frankly, i agree with you that two kids are better. however, i would not mind whether the other one is a boy or a girl. both are ok. it is most important if only my future kids would not feel lonly and get more colorful and helpful living practice.^-^

Well, I have heard of families having up to twenty children. That to me seems outrageous but really it's up to the family having the children. If they can afford a large family then go for it. But you have to make sure you will have the time to be a parent to all of your children, and have a flexible schedule but also a decent job to take care of them. I don't think I would like to have many children but of course things change when you become a parent. I come a family of seven and don't mind it while my parents come from a family of ten or eleven. Of course others are content with few or no children.

sounds like me. i said i would keep trying till i got a girl because my first was a boy. but thankfully my second child born in march of this year was a little girl. so now i am done. because i want to be able to direct all of my attection to the children i have. if you have too many you really don't have much time alone with each. for example my mom has 3 younger kids 11 and the twins are 9. she doesn't really have the time to be close with any of them the way we were. when my daughter is a little older i'd like to be close with her but i wouldn't be able to if i had another child that was younger and needed my attention more. so for me just two is enough.