how many kids is to many?

Question

i have 2 is 3 pushing it

Answer 1

No not at all. If you are financially stable to have several children then by all means go for it. I think it's great!

Answer 2

Depends on your family situation.

Are you only just coping financially? Will a third child mean your existing kids have to miss out on holidays, trips, music lessons, college?

Will a third child fit in your house? If not, is it practical for you to move?

How will your existing kids react? Did your oldest have a real struggle when the second came along, or were they fine about it?

What will they have to give up? If they're older, maybe they've got used to mum being able to take them to play football three evenings a week and stand on the sidelines in the cold and watch. Do you love going swimming as a family and having races up and down the pool? If a new baby is taking up all your time, you simply won't be able to do so much with the other two.

Only you can answer these questions.

Answer 3

Its not the amount of kids you have, it how and if you can provide for them. It used to be norm for families to be large, but its so costly these days in raising a child. Of course lots of love and attention is really what it all about.I guess were lucky, we now have 4 grand kids and a fifth on the way.

We had 3 kids of our own, if we started over again I don't see how we could afford all the expenses in today dollars.

Don't get me wrong its not about money, its so many others things you have to think about, like school once they get older, and college education is really important.

Answer 4

Honey I have 4 and pregnant with my 5th. Noone can tell you how many is to many. Some people are out there having 10-16! Its up to you! If you want 3 and can afford 3 go for it!!!

Answer 5

No. I believe that you should have as many as you are financially able to support. You should also be able to provide them with personal attention and care as well.

I watched a show on the Duggars and was truly disgusted because they have 17 children and rely on a buddy system so that the older children share responsibility for a younger sibling's care, but that responsibility should primarily lay with the parents. Don't spread yourself too thin, have as many as you can love and care for.

Answer 6

I'm a firm believer in having as many children as you can support without government assistance. If you have the money to have 30 kids then go ahead and have 30 kids.

Answer 7

it depends on what your income is, and your situation... some people think that 8 is too many, some 2, some 4.... you cant really ask how many kids are to many. because it all depends on the relationship and the $$ and the love!

Answer 8

I heard the third one pushes you over the top... I only have one but my sister has 6 and she said at 3 is where you feel the difference.

Answer 9

i want to laugh at this question not because i think its funny but I'm one out of ten kids in my family I'm actually the youngest and i think three is nothing. I'm 23 and am raising a mixed family i have three step children and one of my own with my second on the way total in January there will be 5 kids in our home. So to me three kids would be nothing.

Answer 10

3 is not pushing it...IF...you feel that you are parenting the first two well and that you have enough time and energy to spend on another child. 3 is not pushing it...IF...you and your spouse are in agreement that another child is a good addition to your family. Remember, that each additional child will change things in your life and routine, but children are such a wonderful gift.

Answer 11

However many you can handle.

My aunt has 4 and had 2 children died shortly after birth. If she could have physically carried more, she would have, but the docs told her to stop having kids.