What are your thoughts on women having too many babies?

[Gurck]

It's their right, but I don't think the government should encourage it with tax breaks and such.

 

[waggy]

While i agree kids (seems to be usually the ones doing it) who have a bunch of kids and sit on welfare need a kick in the arse. This family is OK. They can afford all of them

I come from a large family i have 4 sisters and had my aunt/uncle and cousins living with us. Living in a large family has its pros and cons.

Long as they can afford to feed/clothe etc then more power to them.

on the other side the family that lives across the street from my in-laws have 5 kids (and planning on more!). The mother does NOT work (heck she don't even take very good care of the kids) the father delivers pizza and works construction. They keep popping out kids every year! They are on welfare and there family built the house they live in. This is what ticks me off. they cant afford 5 kids but they still pop them out. bah!

 

[FoBoT]

i find it interesting that you apply your definition of "excessive" to her situation to criticize her

 

[RobCur]

most enjoy having as many as possible because it gives you a better chance to spread your genes around the world. to become popular you must be fruitful I know an old guy @ 50 that had 3 kids in 3 years all are 3,4,and 5 yrs old, lol. this is his 2nd wife and I am at disbelief as he find it pretty amusing himself. he already had 3 kids with his previous wife, all are in their late 20's married and have kids as well. so many people do this nowadays cuz they don't want to be alone when divorced. btw, they call this normal cuz everyone does it, so I dunno if its a good thing or not to over produce.

 

[spaceman]

i dont have a problem with it.the more, the merrier...as long as they are someone elses kids

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
If she can afford it, it is her right to have them. For those of you clambering about over population, you should read up a bit. The number of children per person is actually dropping quite a bit in the developed world. Europeans are actually being encouraged to have more children, because traditional cultures are being lost as heavier levels of immigration occur. The birthrate of 'natives' in many countries is actually too low to sustain the population. My mom comes from a family of 9. They weren't wealthy growing up, but very few rural folks were in Wisconsin during the 60s and 70s.

Whether it's through immigration or birth, the population of the US is increasing from decade to decade, so why encourage more children? And I couldn't give a damn about some family of 20 in Pakistan and the fact that Pakistan might be growing faster than us. Why should that affect us? It's a well known fact that the average American (or Canadian or Brit if you like) consumes more resources than several people from an underdeveloped world, so in ultimate resources consumed this woman's family of 14 is more like a family of 100 in some sh*t-ass country (like most of the countries on the planet).

i find it interesting that you apply your definition of "excessive" to her situation to criticize her

I don't understand...he's criticizing her BECAUSE she's got an excessive amoung of children.

 

[ohtwell]

Well, I don't think a woman should have too many babies.


: ) Amanda

 

[CPA]

If my wife and I could have 15 kids that would be great, my army would be created that much faster and be that much more loyal.


And for tax breaks, this family gets none.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
Well, I don't think a woman should have too many babies.


: ) Amanda

Define "too many".
I think "too many" should be "more than she can support". If this woman and her family can support loads of kids, they should be allowed to.
If she doesn't look after them, she has too many.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: ohtwell
Well, I don't think a woman should have too many babies.


: ) Amanda

Define "too many".
I think "too many" should be "more than she can support". If this woman and her family can support loads of kids, they should be allowed to.
If she doesn't look after them, she has too many.

It's nost just her, but also resources consumed by 14 little americans