What do you prefer...a big family or a small family?

I am a big family person! I come from a family of 6.

when i was younger and single i'd always tell my friends that i wan t abig family, 6 boys like a basketball team. i want a big family because i think it'll be alot of fun having lots of kids in the house but now that i've got myself a kid, i find it hard to think how to support a big family. i still want to have more children but it's not practical nowadays. we're financially hard up and we only have 1 kid. how much more if we have two. in as much as i want to have another child i don't think i can give my chldren comfort if i'll have another one in the near future. yes it's fun to have a big family but it wouldn't be fun if i will just starve and constrain them to the lushness of life.

2 is more than enough. If I go any higher. I do believe I will loose my mind

i only have one sister, and always had friends with big families. i wished i had more brothers and sisters. they all seem so close! (even when they are mad at eachother). It seems as you grow older, your family is what you have left after all of the years of friendships that have come and gone. we might not always get along,. but family is family in my book! so go ahead have a bunch, and don't look back and think about it, life is to short!!

You know it seems like you can't afford a child unless you had too. We have four children and we though we could never support them. God has provide for them all and they never want for anything. So I love my big family and though it's not for all It's definally for us.

I have always wanted to have a huge family. My ideal number would have been 13 children. Yes, I did just type 13. I found out when I was a teenager that due to health issues I would never get pregnant. I was devisitated. When I was 22 yrs I found out I was pregnant! After my son was born (premature)I got told that while I can still have children it wouldn't be a good idea because of my health issues. I feel lucky that i was able to have 1 child. But ultimately I would like 13 of them. I don't know whether it's the (stereotypical) Irish coming out in me or what. I just always wanted a large family. I came from a family of 4 kids myself.

I think it is smart that you set a limit on your family size. At least now you know what you are comfortable with and can properly raise the kids you do have.

It is difficult to support children but not all the people with big familys are less educated or squatters. I am proud to say that I love big familys and have seven children we are trying to get pregnant once again. My husband and I both work. We aren't rich but comfortable and i love being surrounded by all the children. They are well taken care of we have saved for their educations. It can be done. It is in all what you are willing to sacrafice in order to make sure that their needs are taking care of. We budget ourselves well and don't by things that we don't need. It depends on the person.

I wanted to have a big family since I came from a big family myself. But considering the financial aspect, I and my husband believe that we better limit the number of kids we should have to be able to give them a better life. We both come from big families where there are so many mouths to feed and our parents are struggling to keep all their children fed and educated. We don't want our kids to experience hunger and we want them to be able to study in a good school, so we decided to limit our kids.

i would prefer to a small family because in a small family i can monitor my children and i can support their financial needs and i can give them an adequate life.i want to give them a beautiful life and i dont want them to lead to bad friends and i want them to finish their studies. disadvantage of having a big family is that you cannot monitor your kids if they have good friends and you cannot discipline them all and your financial status.We all know that many big families are suffering of scarcity and lack of education and i dont want to experience that one.

I would love to have four children, but economically, it just isn´t feasible. We have also decided to have just 2 children. I wonder sometimes if we are making the right choice (my husband is having a vasectomy after our second is born in a month), but we have decided that if money allows later on, we will adopt more kids to expand the family.

I would prefer a big family with lots of kids moving around all ovver the home...It will be very niec to watch all of them moving around like that..lot of noice in the house and all...would be really fun.

I like a small family. Not that big families are hard to afford, time is also a constrain. Its such a fast moving life and we hardly have time for ourselves. More members , you need more time for them.

I love this question...I personally come from a family of 8 children. I love each and every one of my brothers and sisters. And I couldn't imagine my life without them. But I know that a lot of us went without because our family was so big. Not to be mean or offend anyone, but I feel that if you know that you can't financially, physically, emotionally, and mentally able to support more than a couple children. Then you shouldn't be having anymore. You're right, today it's more then hard to support more then a couple of kids! And we owe it to our children to be there in every way!

Whether we can bring up a small family or a big one depends on many factors , some of which are out of our control .Similarly being or not being happy with a certain family size also is determined by so many factors. So, there is no prescribed size of the family . I am sure my income and energy is comfortable with a family of one kid only totaling 3 .

I came from a small family and I used to envy my friends with big family. It's because they have lots of brothers and sisters to play and talk. There would also be more support should there be a family crisis. Having being through it, I would prefer a big family. However, I know and appreciate the cost of living and the probability of making ends meet to provide for the family. So probably, I agree with you that limiting to just 2 or 3 kids will ensure that the children can live comfortably.

my dear buddy its simple always prefer a small family coz small family big savings big budget small family is the best way to be spend ur life happily ok

yes , definitely one should only bring so much children into this world as he/she would be able to provide for properly, else there is no point.begetting children in a callous fashion thinking that they are God's gifts to humanity is a thought that should be condemned downright, but unfortunately developing countries that are still caught in the trap of poverty-illiteracy are prone to this problem. it will need a couple of generations to go by before realisation dawns .

My husband and I would also like only two kids - one boy and one girl although if it's God's will, we would always welcome an additional member of the family. Amazing how the poorest of the poor can support big families. That's the wonder of human's ability to adapt to given situation!

Hi spasm061568, I am from a big family of 3 brothers and 4 sisters. Now i and my wife lives in a small rented house and we have no children.Personally it depends upon your lifestyle.Insted of worryied for the havenot, I am satisfied with what is available with me