How many children is enough for a family?

I stay in India i.e. your neighboring country and the situation is same in our country. I think having a son in the family is an old tradition, so he could carry the legacy of the family. I think if you are fine with one daughter and do not want another child, you could tell your hubby/family members about your notion.

Well where I live we can have either...sons or daughters...there is never pressure to have a son...to me is very unfair to put pressure on the female to have a male child...we are only human...we do not make the choices...nature does.

Two kids is the most ideal to have in a family. But the decision of having a boy or a girl is out of our control. In other countries, boy is the usual pride in the family for they are the bearer of the family name. But definitely, it's definitely the fault of a woman. Children are gift from heaven and we can never be sure what is for us and ideal for us. But two kids would definitely fine.

We just have what shows up here. But i still think that 2 children is enough also. If i were to ever have kids i also would like to have two, a boy and a girl. Not two of the same because that might give alot of headaches

Yes i completely agree with you. Having two children is a good number probably one son and one daughter i would love to have them myself. In rural areas men are considered to be a pride and women a burden because there's a lot of pressure of security status of women. And moreover when they get married also huge amount of dowry should be given to the bridegrooms. I hate such systems. I would like to have a girl really i would. Cheers!

scientifically speaking the man is the one who should be blame of because they carry the Y chromosome that is responsible for having a male baby..so if you are being pressured by your husband or your family, educate them that it will never be possible for women to give birth more male baby unless your husband is well equipped with Y chromosomes..so dont feel pressured all the time..in God's perfect timing, wyou will gonna have one..

I am not sure where you are from but here in America it's not like that. you can have as many or even no children if you want too. there is no pressure to have a boy or a girl. we women don't feel any pressure to have a male child for our family. i would assume that it's really stressful

I think that it depends on the family. Here in Canada, at least the areas that I've lived in, for the most part it's been 2 children, 3 at most. However, I think that it's really up to the family as to the number of children.

In my country, two kids is also enough in a family, one boy and one girl would be perfect. But for my own opinion, a couple can have as many children as they want, as long as they can provide for the children financially and physically. Because a couple who has two kids yet has difficulty providing and taking care of them will become a dysfunctional family.

In our country, the recommended number of children is 3-4. The schooling of the children will be easy if this numbers are followed but there is an exemption if you are rich. The woman is not pressured to bear a son. As long as the family is in good condition that's fine. But still, having a son in a family is better so that there would be someone who will continue the lineage of the family. In my case, I came from a family of 7 children. I am the 5th one. Both my father and mother came from a big family. As of now, we are having some difficulty in schooling since we are 7. But in years to come we will be able to overcome it since all of us who study are in college already.

It's been scientifically proven that after 2.5 kids they start becoming less smart so I assume 2-3 kids it's the right amount...

this based on family's financial conditions.if you have enough money to support the whole family,no matter how many children there is. some people think more children will make family much happier ,but for some common family ,more children is a nightmare for them ,the expense is too high for them to afford.. so i think this should be considered with family real condition on some aspects ,not only financial ,but also other factors(i have not thought yet..)

the same to you. In our town,there had two kids is enough. in my Grandfather's times,there had five and more kid. my wife's fathaer had five brother.

It depends on how much you could afford. If you can afford two children then stick to it. If along the way you and your partner decided you can afford another one then do it. But i guess 2 children, whatever the gender would be , is enough for a family whether you are rich or poor. Like here in our country, we have like more than 90 million in population as of time, there is no limit on how many children you would want, whether you're rich or poor it doesn't matter that is why more and more families here is starving, and many of us here don't have regular jobs especially for the unfortunate one's that has a big family.

we have two girls. my hubby and i didnt want to be outnumbered by kids! we are in canada.

hello there ,, In my country there is a little pressure too to have a son or more ,, and the average sized family has about 3-4 kids ,, but educated people understand that it is not the woman fault if she can't give birth to male children so the pressure is becoming less and less .. by the way I'm from Jordan where are you from ?

Yes, I agree with you. That having 2 children is just enough for a family. There are so many financial problems with having more than that. Because you have to take care of them for a really long time. My country doesn't really put a cap on how many children each family should have. But I have read that there are countries that are having problems reproducing so they are rewarding families that have a great number of children.

i think its depend on how much you support them. its not like just have childerns but they don't have any future or you don't have resources to support them. you are in best position to decide how many children you should have? how many resources you have? are they enough for support them in future? or factors like this should be consider before having criket team..

In my country (Dominican Republic) we don't have that pressure, we don't a limit number of children, but here we have to conscience about that because the economic situation is not good, for those who are medium low social class, here the public education is not very good, if you want that your kids has a good education it is necessary to put them in a private school, the same happens in the university, here you don't have a lot of bennefit for the kids, and the prices of the things are very high, here both parents need to work very hard to, pay the school, the bills of the house, the food, the services and it really difficult to saves some money, because everything tend to rise the prices.

1 to 2 kids is enough, having 1 will become that kid a spoiled brat, while having 2 will make the family balance, and having a 2 kids will make them both have a playmate.