How Many Kids is Too Many?

For us, we always said 2 and we do have 2 - and we are all quite happy just the way it is! We have friends who have 6 and are doing very well - and then we have others who are pulling their hair out over just 1. I suppose it all depends on the parents - some can handle more, some really shouldn't have had any but I won't go there.

I work with a girl who has 8 brothers/ sisters in total.Now many times with more kids, the older kids take care of the younger. This girl is always free babysitting, or she works to support her lazt mother, and her young siblings. I would never do that, the way her mother takes advantage of her kids, yet continues to have more and more.

For the most part I know people who come from family of two or three kids. I have three kids and that's enough for us. I know some people have more. I do wonder how they manage, but at the end of the day, we're all different. Some are happy with one child, while others want 20. To each their own.

I guess it all depends....My parents had 7 children, my husbands parents had 8 children......My husband and i have 8 children....My oldest daughter has 7 children...Most of the others have 3 or 4.Children...The two youngest are still single and have none yet...but we are hoping for more grand children..... But one of them that have 3 so far are planning to have more....The oldest will start kindergarten next year.....and they are still in their upper twenty's....so they have plenty of time for more...

i have many siblings and i notice that they, in turn, have only 2 to 3 kids. not surprising, really.

Some people, I have to admit, are natural born parents. And, lets face it, if you're a good parent, the more kids you have the easier it is. The older ones look after the younger ones. Me? I have one child.

I guess if they can handle that many, more power to them. Personally my three is about as much as I can handle. And then there's elephant in the room. If people continue to have more than 1 or 2 children, how long before the planet runs out of resources.

6 would be too many for me. I have 5. I know people who have 6 or 7. I actually do know one family who has like 13 and I think they're pregnant again. More than half the people in my community have 4-5 kids. It's kind of the norm out here. The people I work with are shocked when I tell them I have 5 kids, but when I see people at school or around the community they don't treat me as an oddity when I tell them I have 5 kids. Really it's not a whole lot different than having 3... you just need a bit more food, more bedrooms, and you do a bit more running around. Thankfully my kids have a lot of the same interests, so they go places together, so I have the same amount of running around as someone with 3 kids.

What 20 children, must be mad/crazy or something. I have three and that's enough. Having 3 was hard especially when all 3 wanted to do different things at the same time.

I have a neighbor who has 7 siblings and I can see their sufferings everyday in providing the needs and wants of their children.therefore,nowadays,It's really hard to raise many children because also of high prices of commodities we need in everyday living. So,two is enough for me.I have two kids already and I'm happy and contented to have them.

i can only handle 2 kids i think:)

Previously, each family have about 8-10 children, and even more. because the people think many hands provide great strength. But now many family have only one or two children. More children means that you will have more pressure. You needs to take care of the children and spend more money. Now the family usually have one or two childrens. I think two children will be better because only one child will be lonely.

the sad truth is that many folks with that many young'uns can't support 'em by 'emselves. some've ne'er e'en paid fer their own young'un to be born - that burden 's well 's feedin' 'em falls on taxpayers. not all, mind'ja, but plenty 'nough. i had 3 myself 'n took in many stragglers 'long the way.

i think i can handle three children XD

I had four boys and I would have liked to have had a couple more. My boys are grown now but when they were young one more made no difference as it took just as much time to clean and cook. We handle whatever we are given. I had one older brother and one younger brother and would have loved to have had more siblings.

my dad always said the right number is as many as you can control in a store..

I've never really thought about how many kids would be too many for me. I guess I just happily accept whatever number I'm trusted to have. My husband has 7 siblings, I have only 1, and together we have 4 kids.

One-is fun, Two-it means you, three-you won't be free; four-trouble in store. Would love my Mylot buddies to pick up the gauntlet from five up to ten, if they can!

Two children are enough. Then only we can take care of them efficiently. More children means we have to distribute our care and each will get little. But we cannot distribute love for our children. After a hundred divisions also love will be same

I think three is a good number, any more and it would be hard to cope lol