Poll: How many children is too many?

Question

if you could put a limit on how many kids people could have, what would it be?

and that's personally have, not counting adoption. another question, if you could put a limit on how many kids a family could adopt what would it be?

yes nick, that was my answer to your question. what of it?

Answer 1

I do not believe there should be a law put in place about how many children a family could have. I mean, how are they going to control it? Accidents happen, so what will they do if someone get pregnant after the limit.....force her to abort? Take the baby away and put it in a foster home? Ridiculous.

Anyways, I would never put a limit/number on how many children a family should have, that is their won personal decision. I plan on having 6-8 children, and people think I am crazy. But we can afford it, and give them all the love they need. What is right for one family is not necessarily right for another.

**Oh and equally ridiculous, refusing financial aid to those families.....yeah, make the children suffer...that is good....*insert eye roll here*

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I don't think there should be a limit, not here in the U.S. anyway. If you can't financially support way too many children, it might not be wise to have a million of them but as far as putting a limit on it, I don't think that's necessary. An amazing child can come from a hard life or upbringing ..I mean my personal advice would be if you can afford it and you are willing to take on all the responsibility, have as many as you want, but be honest with yourself about whether or not you are truly able. Think about the child not just about 'oh I want a baby'

Answer 4

Are you talking about certain families with 17+ children? That's too many.

I would *not* put a restriction on this for families because it's not right. But I would want to.

Personally, I don't like the repercussions of having dozens of kids:
- kids get little to no time w/ mom and dad
- they're given the responsibility of raising younger brothers and sisters
- families sometimes can't afford to eat more fruits and veggies but end up with dozens of frozen burritos and tater tots for dinner, so they're not eating healthy
- less interaction with people outside of the family (i.e. the world outside of their house)

I think a family should only have as many kids as they have money to support and time and energy to offer as individual attention to each child.

I know a family that gave birth to four children, then adopted six more over time. One of the girls they adopted (after fostering for less than a day) was troubled and required more attention than mom and dad could give. She got lost in a sea of a dozen foster brothers and sisters. The parents eventually gave up on her and "unadopted" her - she ended up in a group home for teens less than a year before aging out of the foster system. If they had not adopted her only to get rid of her five years later, she'd probably be better off than being abandoned twice.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I think it all depends on the parenting abilities...
You look at some people who cant even handle one child and then you have that Duggar family who have 17 kids and they have control over every child better than anyone. I wouldnt say I would put a limit but I would hope people know how many they can handle.

Answer 7

Any more than they can afford to take care of without assistance. For some people, one is too many - especially in the U.S.

I get so sick of seeing people in the grocery store with 3 or 4 freakin' kids and paying with a Lone Star card (this is food stamps) in TX. Of course, they are usually about 300 lbs and the kids are watching each other.

I go to work every day and pay for my kids stuff - if someone can't do that, then they don't need to be having them.

Answer 8

I would never put a limit on anyone else, even though I have run across many people who can't afford a baby and have a full house already, and I want to scream! Contraceptives!!!

As for myself, too many would be 5, I think. I've only been blessed with 2, and at times I think they're too much to handle on their own, but I always wanted more children...

TX Mom
Mine are 17, and 21

Answer 9

i would say you are only allowed to have as many as you can properly care for... for some that means none, for some that meens 15...
i personally want 4-5 kids, i am from a family of 10 and had such a great childhood, i want a lot of kids, but i think for me 4-5 is my limit


i edit to add... adopted children should count the same as natural children... as many as you can properly care for. i want to adopt a couple kids... in addition to a few natural ones

Answer 10

Personally, I think that anyone that wants more than two children should be able to have two of their own, and then adopt or foster the rest. If you really love kids that much, improve the lives of some kids that REALLY need it.