How Many Children Must A Family Have?

I agree with your views. Having a kid alone is a burden that we must be answerable for in all respects. It is always best that we keep in mind our capacity and capability in raising them appropriately.

I believe that you have brought forth very sensible points here. I agree with you all the way. Per my experience, it is best that the kids are spaced more than 5 years apart. It will not be so difficult to keep track with them this way, during their growing years. But we all have or own view on these things and I respect them.

Yes, I agree with you. Most of the couples now however, have already agreed on the number of children they want to have when the time comes that they get married. I have observed that most of them do their best to keep to it or cut it to a lower number when the time comes. The common denominator are financial and moral issues. Parents are more aware now about having to discipline their kids and to cope with the demands of the times about keeping track with their growing children.

Yes, your views are in the right perspective. But the answers I am getting here agrees with the results of a survey which was conducted sometime ago about how many children will parents want to have in the family. Parents who have had good education always yielded answers ranging from one to a maximum of three. Two is the most common one of all. Good education really plays an evident role in population.

With the way the world is going now, I should say that it is best that couples will consider not having kids anymore. I like your stand on this regard. But, as we can see, people will always prefer to bring forth kids of their own. This is understandable. But responsible parents will always consider keeping them to a comfortable amount. Government shall not be held liable to feed the kids which parents chose to have on their own. No, I am not sold to the idea of doing it the way it is done in the UK. It will bring forth more and more irresponsible parents.

Your observations are all true. I agree with the points yoou have raised here. Thanks, romel_ece.

Yes, two must be a fine number. Having only one child may make him growing up lonely. It is different to have a brother or a sister to share life with. The feeling of having someone we can rely on is very assuring, that is, in addition to the presence of our parents.

It is true that most of us want to have a free hand at this. There are even some I know, who at first thought that six children will be good to have. But after having the first born, they will decide to make it two. They say that bringing up a child is no longer the way it used to be when their parents had them. It has become extremely expensive already.

Most couples I know have the same figure as yours. Mine is 3 but they are all grown ups now. My contemporaries used to have four or more. For me, it has always been two, too. I just had a bonus of one more to the fold.

I believe that the reason why you don't want to have children is because, you may be too young to be considering it yet. Our maturity on this subject matter depends upon the coming of the time when we start considering getting married. This is not covered therefore, solely by our chronological age. It is good to know though that you are among those who have plans on how to go about having kids around in due time.

Yes, I agree with you that, in having children of our own, the utmost consideration will be our capability to raise them to become good and reliable citizens.

It is true that it must be lonely to have one child only to a family; and, I agree with you that parents must not look at the child's gender. What is important is that we have a child. Before I got married, I made it clear to my boyfriend then, that I want two kids only regardless of their sexes. Two males or two females will still add up to two children. I was blessed though with a girl first then, a son came next. I have three kids in all, as of this moment, one came in just when I thought that it was all over (but that was 19 years ago). A fine addition to the family, another boy. I agree with you that it will be good for the government to allow two kids maximum to a family. I believe that most parents can tackle having two to support until kids become independent. Most parents from your country have expressed their desire on this matter. Let us hope that your government will consider this soon enough.

Your husband must have a valid reason for having decided to put the coming of more kids to a stop. Most mothers nowadays want to have few kids, too. But if there will be more coming than what we intend to, mothers can very easily manage to give out more love from the well of their inner being. Mothers are always known to have boundless love for their children.