Should all people on Earth have at least one child?

@silvermist Yes, I am on your side. But here in our country, majority thinks that a person who does not have a child will be a pity when he or she is already old.

@silvermist I agree with you. Having kids does not ensure we will be taken care of when we get old. Having kids is like gambling. Sometimes you get lucky with them and sometimes not.

@annierose Here too that trend is here.But I see lot of old people with children neglected when old.We should never expect our children to look after us in old age.

@minx267 So will you not get married or are you married but just don't want a child?

@annierose nope not married.. I have fur-children. :)

@minx267 Fur-children?

@LadyDuck I think you did the right thing. May I ask, did you even feel even a little jealousy if you see other couples with babies?

@annierose No, not at all, when my brother had a daughter I remember that I thought that I was happy to have a niece, but I would have not liked to have children.

@LadyDuck Thanks Anna. At least you know you are really sure you don't want kids.

@Courtlynn I think so. Thank you.

@Courtlynn I agree with you. My boyfriend and I are both worried if we can be good parents too. Actually, we are not thinking of having kids in the future.

@annierose some dont. Thats fine.

@ilocosboy Some people believe that people will only care if the old person has plenty of money. But for those who don't have money and already old, only few will care.

@ilocosboy agree. I hate it when people tell me to have at least one child if I don't want to get married. I don't want to have a child because I have nothing and I hate being in hospital. I have a fear of needles and injections. And I don't want to have a child without a father. For me, the best thing to do is make money while I am still young and save so I could pay a caregiver when I get old.

@annierose still its not a good principle that to have a child is to have to care for you when you get old. Though it could be done but I think its not the requirement for us to have a child and then give them this responsibility.

@thelme55 I agree. I don't like it be done to my parents too. They took care of us when we were incapable on our own and I think when they are already old, it should be the perfect time to return the favor to them.

@thelme55 I am sorry to hear that they both passed away already. We only have one mom and one dad. Once they are gone, no one can ever replace them.

@annierose yes, no one could ever replace them. Good night.

@annierose I don't want more. I just think two will be perfect. I have a son only. As at that time my country still carried out One Child Policy. Today it is different. We are allowed to have two children. But it is late as my son is already a grade 7 student and this will be a big generation gap between two children. Besides, I am older and I don't want to take a risk. It would be nice I could have a daughter. But one day I can have a daughter-in-law and it is almost the same

@youless So your kids are both boys? If I am not mistaken, Chinese people gives more favor to sons rather than daughters? That is what I have been hearing. But when my Chinese friend stayed with us, he told me that his sister has more allowance than him.

@youless I agree. We are four in the family. I have one brother and 3 sisters. Sometimes mom tells me that she wish she has more children.

@allknowing Your statements are very figurative.

@allknowing Unfortunately, not.

@annierose As long as you understand (lol)

@rebelann I agree with that. The worse thing is that, our planet is destroyed little by little with these number of population too.

Soon Earth will look a lot like Mars @annierose hopefully we won't find another planet to destroy.

We'll both be gone by then but all those grandkids being born today might live to see it @annierose

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@Shavkat I agree. Most specially if those nieces and nephews know how to show a gratitude toward their uncle or aunt who helped them.

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@nanette64 I agree with you. That is what I have been hearing to a lot of my professors. However, some people do not want to adopt because they are worried about the biological background of those kids whose parents they don't even know.

@JESSY3236 That is understandable.

@renicemae It is your dream to have a child in the future?

@renicemae If only giving birth to a baby is easy, I would like to have one too. Haha!

@annierose Yes of course. I think that's everyone's dream?

@Megaflame37 Being a parent is a huge responsibility. Not all people can be a good parent.

@Megaflame37 Do you want to be a parent someday?

@annierose Exactly.

@CookieMonster46 I think that reason that most of the people around me are believing are pretty superficial.

@JustBhem I think religions plays a vital reason why our population continue to increase.

@Prshnth I think we can control the population if only people will be informed about it and will pay attention on the disadvantages of population explosion.

@Prshnth Same here. We are about 100 million in here.

@annierose yeah that's true.....i live in India where population is too much so i know quite well about the population problems

@gilggg I have observed something in here. Rich people only have few kids and those who are living in slums area are the ones who have plenty of kids. A very sad thing.

@annierose people must consider their financial ability for Raising a child.