Why do people who are well off choose a sensible amount of children, and people with no money breed ....?

Question

.... like rabbits, and expect the rest of us to support them? (i.e. Single mothers with 3 , 4 or 5 kids who dont work)

Is it because they are a bit thick and uneducated??

Mandy S your missing the point, it is obvious you must be thick. I am not having a go at anyone, I have the greatest of respect for single parents who work their arses off to give their kids a good life, and are to proud to take from the state.

Greenee, your just a nobjocky, me and my wife are fairly well off, we want kids, but we have waited until we have got a comfortable lifestyle to bring them up in. I dont want my kids to want for anything. God some of the twatty comments on here are pathetic.

I am only talking about complete slobs who DONT WANT TO WORK, not decent people who have been put into situations out of their control. Maybe the question is to hard for chavs.

Momof2Girlz are you to ignorant to realise that this question is directed to UK people. Not everything revolvesw around america. I doubt you know the first thing about how the UK DSS works. So can I interest you in a portion of f uck off?

Answer 1

because people on benefits get alot of money for each child and i know that for a fact, we have 2 children me and my partner worked full time then i got pregnant and became very tired and felt i wanted to be at home with my kids until they are at school i couldnt believe when my tax credits came trough i am not kidding i am better off not working and my kids have there mammy and not a childminder so think that could be why


and i have worked since the day i left school i am now 27 thats 11 years, so think i am entilited to stay at home with my kids for 4 years me and my partner both paid our taxes


AND AFTER READING WHAT YOU HAVE RECENTLY ADDED I DONT THINK YOU ARE READY FOR KIDS IF ALL YOU CAN SAY IS THE F WORD

Answer 2

Its because some kids who are brought up by families on benefits, assume that that is the way to make a living. Their rolemodels are their parents and these guys are the ones sitting on their asses and not doing what they should be doing. They are also told by society that to be thick and ignorant is good (just watch kids telly these days). They also see all the little to**ers at school getting all the help they need but doing nothing with it. As a parent of one and a house husband with my wife still around i can feel for the single mums whos pri*k of a boyfriend has done one and left them holding the baby. What I have an issue with is that some kids use it as an excuse not to work and it is the "chav" culture that is perpetuating the problem. I was in town the other day and some scum sucking peice of filth had the gaul to remark on my child. They were going to get their benefits to go down the pub. This is the type of person who needs to be rounded up and shot to send a message to every other child to buck up and work with society not sponge off it. I work part time to help make things easier but this means we loose money in the form of benefits from the state(in the uk).

We scrimped and saved to take our little one on holiday to spain last year and what an eye opener. They assume that you are a family until proved other wise as over there they support their family. They wouldn't dream of sponging off the state as they don't have the same benifits over there. They have to take responsibility!!

But one thing I have noticed is that all the people with the hump on about this question are generally abit thick and uneducated.

Limiting yourself to the number of children you have is a good thing. you can support your family time wise as well as financially and moraly

and another thing - if you have morals to start with your kids will have them, if you don't how can you expect your kids to?

Answer 3

I totally agree with you. Myself and my husband both work damned hard to support our two children yet the rest of hubby's family live off the state and churn out kids like theres no tomorrow!
The reason this happens is that because they have nothing else to do they are at IT all day long (in between Jeremy Kyle) whilst us silly sods are all too knackered to do IT when we return from work and therefore have less children!
I actually work full time from home so I can earn money and be there for our children, I really do think the government needs to kick some ***!
Oh, and by the way I really don't think they are thick as who is it going to work all hours to pay mortgages and council tax when you could stay at home and get it for free! Who's the stupid ones?

Answer 4

This question kinda hit me wrong. My husband and I have 2 children and plan on having more. I am NOT well off, but am comfortable. My children have everything they need and most of the time everything they want. I make a measly 13.00 an hour. We get no type of assistance what so-ever. When I was 18, i got some assistance, but it is b/c i needed it at the time. I have now ceased getting assistance, although I could use it sometimes. Just because people need assistance, doesn't make them trash!! Alot of people use it temporarily. I will agree with you though, that the people who get assistance and will not work, need to quit having children. I agree 100% there, but just because you are well-off doesn't mean you have the right to put other people down.

Answer 5

well, if you were comparing rich people in rich countries, and poor people in poor countries, poor people have more children becuase they are more likely to die before 1 year, to support them when they are elderly, and to work on the land.

In rich countries alone, however, i don't know. i guess some (not all) do it to get more money, or because they are, as you say, a bit thick and uneducated. They are, perhaps, too busy looking for another partner, and feel that having a new kid with each new guy will get them to stay with them so they work, whilst they can continue to stay at home, on the backsides, doing nothing.

I don't know, some people are just not quite grasping the whole 'kids cost money' concept, especially people who have kids young. They just think they're cute.

Answer 6

Because (stereotypes aside) , many affluent people became "well off" by approaching life intelligently and not whimsically. Children are expensive in every way (physically, emotionally and monetarily). But we have a "baby" culture in this country similar to the Easter 'bunny" and "chick"phenomonon that occurs each year. People want babies because babies are cute. Then they do not know what to do with them after a certain age and the child suffers for it. Pregnancies draw a lot of attention with baby showers and admiration/bonding from other women. Fertility is celebrated; then you're pretty much left to your own devices. It is no wonder that some women try to prolong that cultural attention by having one child after another.

Several years ago, my husband and I stopped reproducing after having two children. Some of our acquaintances had a few more; four was usually the limit. I shook my head back then wondering what they were thinking. At times I wondered if I was jealous perhaps. But now, 20 years later, we see that we are able to do things for our kids that many of our friends cannot do. We have been able to keep track of scholastics and behavioral issues more closely, and send our children to 4-year colleges. We also take wonderful vacations, and do not have loads of debt over our heads. And we are not tired from dealing with a succession of adolescent rebellion issues.

There is also a big difference in the way they perceive our income level and their own. They feel financially strapped most of the time, while we don't. But our socieconomic level is virtually the same. Our education levels are comparable. So no, it's not a matter of a lack of education that causes people to over-reach in the child department, although the culture that accompanies that does reward women for child-bearing. People, in general, are naturally predisposed to wanting "more" of everything. Children are no exception.

Answer 7

IF YOU CANT FEED EM DONT BREED EM, hah but they use children to get more money on their tax returns, they get to live for free, never having to work a day in their lives, they get housing paid for, electric paid for, food paid for, everything they have to idea what the hell the real world is and they will continue like this forever and they raise their children to be like this to, and i hear its very hard to break the cycle so i doubt anything will be changing anytime soon, i think if you have 1 child you cant support you should have to have some birthcontrol that lasts at least 5 years til you have another

Answer 8

they are working the welfare system to get free food and medical ..for a family of 5 they get around 600 $$ in food a month plus free medical!! the medicade pays for everything including the kids medical ..like shots,check ups and anything else ..i know this cuz my husbands sister has 3 kids and they are to fat and lazy to work !! and they always want money ..i tell them to get jobs and i dont give them any money
i dont know why people cant go out a get a job! and abuse the welfare system .. also they clame there kids during tax season and get about 800 for the first 3 kids also a little with the rest of so how many they have thats why they work so little or not at all

Answer 9

First off, a superb answer to momof2grlz, I believe it's because their idiots, they go and drink on street corners(which i did) but didn't go shagging every bird that moved. So i didn't get a bird up the duff. Now I'm 27 and have an amazing relationship to a lady of 31. We both have no kids but are very well off. So now were looking at having our first child, we both want three. Moral of the story is keep your legs shut, and get a life before creating life.

Answer 10

LOL I couldn't help but to crack up laughing at this! It's so true but so very wrong to think like that! I work for a Property Management company and we primarily deal with Section 8 properties and well damn! Is all I can say about that.
I'm talking about people from EVERY walks of race with multiple kids and multiple fathers! They call and complain about everything with the TV blaring in the background and about 2 or 3 kids crying along with it! I feel like screaming get a damn job and stop calling up here about the community manager not taking pity on their situation! She/He's just doing their job! Which they need to be doing! Thank you for this time to vent! I needed it. I'm not mad at you for posting this!!!