How many kids is ENOUGH?

My parents reared and sired 6 children. That was a lot easier on their time to raise a family of 6 or more because during those time, prices of goods and commodities are still low, gasoline is not as high as today , cost to send kids for education is not that much as compared today. I have only 2 kids and for me that is enough. At this time, when all things, prices of goods are soaring up so high, it not ideal to have a big family for couples who are striving to get meager income. Of course the size of family depends on how much you can provide for a decent living. But its unfortunate that in a third world country, those who have little or meager income or poor tend to have more children than those couples who can afford to have a bigger family of their own.

I also come from a big family. We are very happy, although poor. Like your family! I want to have two children. One boy and one girl. They can play with each other, then they are not lone. I like babies!

The number of childre really depends on you and your spouce. No answer is going t be wrong or right. For my husband and I 4 kids is enough not to mentone 2 birds and 2 cats. That is adecission that only you and your souce can decie.

I come from a large family and I also would have like to have a large family myself. However, I wanted to give my children the best in life, so I decided to just have two children. After a while and things were going very well, I decided to have a third child. I think it is up to the individuals and there circumstances as to how many children they should have.

i think today it's ideal to have 1-3 children! i too come from a big family and it was quite fun when we were growing up as we get along well:) as far as i see a big family helps in shaping one's personality and also teaches one many positive things than one can learn in a small family, but it's sometime hard for the economy factor in big families!so my opinion is that if one can aford then he should have more than 4 children;) otherwise keep it small(1 or 2):)

in nows a days there are maximum one or two kids ore enough,it cannot deoend only for your income that if you are rich then you are able to have more kids and if you are poor then you have to be a less kid ,it"s all depends that you have a enough time to care your kid .you can give full attention to your kid for making his future bright so in now a days people are have mostly busy schedule so they have no more time to given more attention in a home. so i think in now a days one or two kids are enough . i hope you can agree to my opinion . bye

In a perfect world, I would love to have up to 6 children. But I have to think about their future and how good of a life I can provide for them, so I would have to settle for 2. This way I can send them to college and give them a good childhood.

I guess having two to three children is enough. EVeryone should have a chance at better life.

Truthfully speaking, one or two kids in a family is enough. There are so many people in this world already, and even if we say that we can afford to have more financially, and we are capable of watching over them grow up, the world will not get any bigger to accommodate the high growth rate the world is now coping with. This is one reality of life everyone into having their families will have to consider. Besides, the world is no longer as friendly as it used to be. We will only be subjecting our kids to this harsh reality. Would you believe that my children are now telling me that it is really difficult to raise their own families considering the kind of environment we are now in? They are already well within marriageable ages but they have qualms into getting into it. I am encouraging them to consider marriage already since my eldest will be turning 29 and her brother is 27 years old. The trend of the times now though is for people to pursue their careers first and marry when they reach their 40's. I can see and understand these people's point in life. It is better to build the family on a stable foundation. May you have a healthy and happy family, too.

Its a case to case basis. The financial status of the family should always be taken into consideration in deciding for the ideal number of children.

For me, it depends on the family if they can raise their family well with a lot of children or not. If they can be a good provider or not. If they can support their family with a lot of children then y not?! Children are gifts and it can make the family very happy. When they have a family gathering, it's so much fun coz you are so many. :) hehehe :) So, it really depends on the status of your life, if you can give good and quality life to your children.

Surely this has to depend upon individual circumstances, you have to balance, time, money, personal desire. I lork with a boy whose father is pround to have sired at least 23 children and is still actively trying for more. He does not work, is illiterate, claims thousands in state benifits and is not in the lives of many of his children, to my mind that is immoral. However if he had the money to support his children and the skills to parent them adequately then it has to be his right to choose. With the decreases in infant mortality etc there really is no longer the biological need for us to continue reproducing at the rates of 100 years ago I guess it will have to continue being an individual choice because I imagine if the government tried to limit it as in China it would be a human rights violation.