What is the biggest factor when deciding how many children you will have?

Answer 1

Time, Money, and how many children you think you can effectively parent.

Answer 2

Love. I grew up in a large family (7 kids) we did not have a lot of money. But kids can handle the hand-me-downs if the love and time is there. Focus more on the Love, and time that you and your partner can spend on this child. As long as you have enough money to provide the essentials Food, clothing, shelter do not stress over the money part. If you are planning on having more than 2 children you will need a mini-van. Auto makers do not make most vechiles for more than 2 passengers in the back. Also the female having the children, does she have hard pregnancies or easy ones. That will help you decide. (try and plan for 2 yrs apart) children have more in common and do not fight as much (once they hit about 5yrs) 3 yrs or more they will not like the same tv programs, interests will be different and will caue turmoil. Good Luck, Enjoy your family and remember unless you have twins you only have to decide one child at a time.

Answer 3

How many children you will or can have will depend on the health of both you and your partner(s). Hopefully just one partner but however when considering how many children you should have; of course the other ans. are all (kinda) right, but i think you should consider that when u & the mother of your child(ren) die your estates (if you all have any) will be split between the number of children that you do have (in or outta marriage). Think of it this way do you want the generation after you to be better/worse off then u? & then think of the things that you can do to make your ans. to that question a reality (what you can do to make your generation richer & better off than you) & then you'll know how many children you should have (0/1/2)........Size of Estate, Assets, inheritance. You also have to know your-self & whether you can dedicate your-self to them the way that all children deserve. Cause they require lots of time, energy & love.
I do believe that there are some people who shouldn't have any children at all.

Answer 4

Most people will say money, resources, time, etc. but the biggest should be patience. You need patience to raise kids and as you get older you patience wears thin. I use to want many kids and after two kids and one with special needs, I am all out of patience except for the two I have right now. Another kid at this point with a full time job would kill me. So my cue to have no more.

Answer 5

Money should be a factor, but the biggest should be the stress factor. How much time can you afford to spend with each child? Take care and good luck with your family.

Answer 6

Realistically....the biggest factor for me would be income....I would hate to just bring children into the world if I wasn't responsible enough to have two incomes coming in and that they would reasonably cover most expenses that another child encompasses....I think WAY too many people just keep pumping the children out and they don't bother to worry about the overall picture, for example...are they going to be there for them or are they going to just dump them off at Grandma's & Grandpa's and have them raise them most of their lives?? Divorce is another thing to consider....if you are not sufficiently happy with your significant other...how can you even THINK about bringing a child into this world.....because that child will be affected by the breakup.....I do realize that mistakes happen and sometimes you can't help it....I'm not saying that it's always black or white but I just think that not enough consideration is taken when we find out we're pregnant....it's always the child that suffers in the end....I know sooo many stories of broken families and it tears my heart out because the parents have no idea what they are doing to their own flesh and blood, they are too busy trying to get even or inflict pain on the ex....you can't pump them out and just be done with them......there are many more years to go until they grow up and you are expected to be there for them, to guide them and love them the best you can!

Answer 7

As you can see many people say money but its really on what energy you have and what you want for them and how you hope to help them get to those goals. There are lots of people that have several kids but are on a lower income then some people having only one or two and their kids get just as many opportunities or more then the higher income couple. It comes done to how you raise them or want to raise them. Money only realy comes into the picture if you are truely poor.

Answer 8

Let's see:

If you have 1, she/he will wish she/he had a sibling to play with. Because you can focus all your time on 1 child, she/he may become spoiled.

If you have 2 they will have a love/hate relationship. They may be best friends and worst enemies.

If you have 3, two of them will form a love/hate relationship and one will be left out and be lonely. The lonely one may have a weak friendship with one sibling, but very little with the other.

If you have 4 or more, they will form teams of two or three. They will get on well with their teammates, but the teams will fight viciously against each other.

I don't want you to be pessimistic, just you can weigh up the good and bad of each.

Answer 9

As a mother of three, sadly I have to admit partially it is money, but also your sanity (especially when they are all going through terrible twos - all at once). :-) My husband and I wouldn't mind having 10 kids, if we could afford them. 3 is plenty.

PS. Contraceptives are also to be blamed, since they are not 100% accurate. My first and third one were conceived on a pill.

Answer 10

you have to decide if you can go through it that many times. also if you can make enough money to care for all your children and also if ur mate can go through it that amny times also you have to take time to spend with your children . those things is what you should think about when your trying to figure out how many children youl have, but who knows maybe youl get triplets your first try. well good luck with all that.