Do you think their should be a one child per limit rule in the United states?

Question

well, i do. there's too many crying kids at the supermarket.

well how about a child limit with income. Income of under $25,000 gets one child. For every $10,000 more that you make, you're allowed one more child. That way I won't be feeding your baby with my tax money.

Answer 1

i think there should be a one child requirement and a two child maximum

many couples nowadays are getting married older and older and having little to no children

children are being substituted by dogs!!! and that is sooo not cool

but however more than two is a crime against humanity especially if they are like all up in your face in public throwing tantrums and stuff :)

plus hiddeous parents are breeding masses of ipod listening natural resource withering fools....

power to the people!

plus parents should only have kids if they are willing to INVEST TIME AND EFFORT into them not just money

maybe i was too cruel....one PREGNANCY requirement two PREGNANCIES maximum...i mean i love twins as much as the next guy

Answer 2

Unlike say, China or India or Somalia, there is no population problem in the USA (or the rest of the first world). We grow enough food to feed everyone just fine, and also export some. Nobody is starving or unclothed or freezing in the dark unless it's their own fault. In fact, countries like Germany and Russia are worried that in a few years, their population will start shrinking. If it wern't for immigration, soon the USA would too.

So your question really is:

(a) "should poor people be allowed to have kids?" I think money has nothing to do with it. If the parent(s) can raise the child well, and give him/her all they need, why not?

(b) "Should bad parents be allowed to keep having kids?" The whole point of our system is, we allow people to reform if they can. Just because you made a mistake with one child, doesn't mean you can't do well the next time.

(c) "Should we forbid some people from having kids?" This is kind of tricky. How do you judge? Education requirements, age, single or not, financial well-being, smoker or non? You can be pretty nasty when making these decisions. I think at this point the number of children who fll in this category is small enough that social services can find them and remove them if there are REAL problems.

Interestingly, I think most people are capable of making this decision. In the recent book "Freakonomics", the authors suggest that the main reason for the huge drop in crime rates in the last 15 years is that since Roe vs. Wade, a whole generation of potential problem children - offspring of drug addicts, neglectful and uncaring parents - have been aborted instead of being born. The people most responsible for these problem children have already wisely chosen not to have them, given the option.

Answer 3

Crying kids at the supermarket have nothing to do with the number of children per household. It has to do with parenting.

I don't think there should be a limit on the number of children a couple can have anywhere. It is wrong, and infringes on our basic human rights.

I think people should use common sense and be more responsible for themselves. OK, accidents can happen, but try not to set one up. In the US at least, birth control is everywhere... and yes, it's even free.

If someone doesn't have the financial stability or income to support a child, they should not have a child. That is my personal opinion.

Answer 4

First of all let me assure you that you in no way have ever payed for my 2 boys. And when I decided it's time for my husband and I to have a 3rd child, we will, and you still wont be paying for them.

Second of all get your tubs tied if you don't like crying children cause they do it all the time, at the supermarket, at the Dr's office, at the post office, at home, everywhere a parent takes a child you will find at least one child crying it's what they do. If you can't handle that then please don't have children.

Third of all I do agree that it's not fair that we have to pay for other people children, but if a family has to use government assistance temporally to help feed there children then I am happy to help them. As long as it's temporary and the parents are actively looking for jobs and/or trying to better there families lives. But yes I do agree that if someone is already on government assistance then they don't need to be having more children. Parents need to be more responsible then that.

Answer 5

Stop going to the supermarket if it bothers you that bad. That is a silly question. Have fun when you grow up have your one kid and they start crying in the supermarket and everyone like you is staring at you and getting annoyed. You can say your kid wont do that, but they will no matter what. So deal with it. That is what children do and having one child only is not going to stop that..lol

Answer 6

If you are in public, then you must tolerate others or else you'll get an ulcer. If you'd rather not deal with crying children, use a grocer that delivers or a web grocer like peapod.

I have three children and I will bring them with me if I have to but usually I bring one or no kids with me to the market.

I think it is silly to have a one child limit rule in the US just because you think there are too many crying children in the market.

Answer 7

What would you suggest if someone making $200,000/year have four children and then gets in a car accident that leaves him disabled and unable to work with zero income. Kill off the kids? You sound incredibly selfish, if crying kids bother you so much shop online.

Answer 8

NO WAY~

We just spent the summer with 2 exchange students from CHina. They were in complete shock having to deal with other people in the house with them. One overcame any self centeredness immediatly, but the other - and many from their group by the way - had no coping mechanisms for working as a team, sharing, not having their own way all the time.

Answer 9

I can't say I believe that limiting numbers is the right answer. I think couples should have to apply for the right to become parents at all. Unfortunately we can't stop pregnancies from happening. If we could control that, I would say that couples should have to go through mental stability testing, drug testing, personality and intelligence testing and then rigorous training before being allowed to have children. So many people have them, but don't seem to want them, and far too many people have them and have no idea (or means for) how to raise them, Sad that society is so careless and stupid, isn't it? My own birthparents had three of us before it got so out of hand that they couldn't raise any of us.

Answer 10

I don't. I think it should be up to people to decide on their own. Not the governments. Sorry about the crying kids at the supermarket. Perhaps you should go late at night like I do so the kids are all asleep at home.

Also.. I think people should only have the kids they can afford to take care of WITHOUT the governments help.

Answer 11

Wow just for your sake I hope you dont have kids. they are a blessing. No limit should be allowed. Im sure if you have a child youll change your mind, or its your kid thats the brat in the supermarket. Get a life and dont worry about everyone elses life!!!!