How many kids a couple should have?
By shubhamgupta
@shubhamgupta (127)
India
April 8, 2007 2:09am CST
Considering the growing population rise problem in this world what exactly would be the ideal number of kids to have in a household?
9 responses
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
8 Apr 07
One child might be lonely. Two children would have company, Three childen might mean one is left out of games. Four children or more would mean hard work for their parents.
I think it is a personal choice for most couples. It depends if they like children. If they have one and like this experience they are likely to consider having a second child. After this they might consider their family is complete.
In most countries having two children in a family is good. It will keep the population roughtly the same if all couples do this. But some couples decide to have one child and some decide to have three children. So I guess this evens the population out. In China couples have to respect the one child policy.
Children need to have their needs met. They need a supportive home background.
@shubhamgupta (127)
• India
9 Apr 07
Yes maam you are right on your part that one child would fel a bit lonely but why dont you consider the facrt that population growth has been a immense problem thhroughout the world and one really needs to think on a global level as to what should be done in order to curb this ever rising problem.
@erminiasanjose (1588)
• Philippines
8 Apr 07
I have two kids - my sons who now have their own families. Two is not ideal. I believe that the ideal number of children in a family should be four - if we can choose, it should be 2 boys and 2 girls.
@shubhamgupta (127)
• India
9 Apr 07
Well i dont know what is the senario in your country sir.But in countries like India and China where population growth is a big problem this kind of methdology cannot be employed as it will be very disturbing for the society.
@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
8 Apr 07
The number of babies you should have is purely a personal choice.There is no certain numbers we can give for this question.These days the number of babies you should have depends on country to country.In China only one child is allowed.So the answer is one in China.
During our grandparents time,it was normal to have 10 children.Now with higher standard of living,for better lifestyle,ecnomic reasons,we restrict the number of babies to two.Some prefer even three.Again you need to look at the following ,before deciding how many babies you should have.
1.Financial situation of the family-You should calculate well ahead whether you can afford to buy and meet all besic needs of your child.
2.See whether you can spend enough time with each child,after a hectic day at work.
3.Educational-In some countries it is a norm that parents pay for their full education.In such cases,parents should be able to meet all educational expenses.
4.Think about the lifestyle you want to lead.More mouths to feed means,you have to earn more.
@shubhamgupta (127)
• India
9 Apr 07
Thats very right the numbe rof babies a couple should have is purely a personal choice.But here the example of China was worth mentioning.China has developed the policy of only one child has benefited a lot from it.Ofcourse with the standard of living improving day by day we can increase the number of children in good families but still we can utiilze those resources for the betterment of the needy.
@angelsworld (142)
• United States
14 Jun 07
depends on person to person. some say two some say one. as long as you don't feel having kid don;t go for it, otherwise best option is only one kid.
@Ronimas (699)
• India
8 Apr 07
Your discussion is on population growth in world. In the world except Chine and India, population is not a big problem in other countries. OK.
Let's discuss the case of India. Here it is a major problem. It will persist. Because, everybody has right to make a family that may be very small, small or big. Most of Indians are not self conscious due to low literacy rate. At high literacy rate, people are more serious and conscious for country's problem.
Taking all into the consideration, ideal number of kids should be one per family irrespective of boy or girl child.
@shubhamgupta (127)
• India
9 Apr 07
Yes population growth problem is the major problem which gave rise to this question.India and China are the two countries who are majorly involved in this discussion because are two biggest countries in the world population wise and are fighting hard to control it.China on one hand has somehow controlled it but in India it is still a big problem.
@shekharvats9 (160)
•
8 Apr 07
i think one kid is enough for you can take care of him properly and in a country like india one kid is ok otherwise if people will go for two or three kids soon we will be not be having space even to put our foot properly here so i will say one kid is what we should go for
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@shubhamgupta (127)
• India
9 Apr 07
This one tells really what the senario is here in our country.India is still a developing nation and the policies to prevent population growth and its related problems is really a need of the hour and such measures are necesary to control the problems arising from such things.
@ceclifford21 (74)
• United States
20 Apr 07
In the US the number of children a couple has is a personal choice. There are families in America that choose to have 17 children, but for me the ideal number of children is between 2 and 4 depending on finances. If you cannot support four children then you should not have four children. No one can really say the "ideal number" because as I said before it is purely a personal choice in the US.
@rodeotexas (1153)
• United States
17 Apr 07
I personally think 2 kids is enough per couple. There are so many families out there that have more than 4 or 5 kids now and I think that many of them are struggling. It's a personal choie how many children you have but I think it would be better if people had one or two and that's it.
@sameervasudev (36)
• India
22 Apr 07
the world"s population is growing very fast so as per that the number of kids per couple should be just (01).thank you.