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19 | 19.39% |
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9 | 9.18% |
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43 | 43.88% |
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22 | 22.45% |
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4 | 4.08% |
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1 | 1.02% |
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#1 (permalink) |
Banned
Location: Autonomous Zone
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How many kids do you want
Personally, I would love to have 10 kids. I come from a family with 6 kids and my mother's had even more. It just seems to me that a person should raise, whether through birth or adoption, as many kids as you can comfortably afford. If you can support, monetarily, physically and mentally the stress of a big family, I see no downside in having one. Kids respect you, look up to you, depend on you and love you unconditionaly (except when they're 16). And they're just so darn cute when they're young!
Sigh. 18 years old and already wanting kids. p.s. I fully think that it is the woman's decision on how many kids to have. It's her body after all. Adoption, on the other hand, is a joint decision. |
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Observant Ruminant
Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town
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Never had any, and at this point we're both too old. Doesn't mean I don't like kids -- both the wife and I work with them at least part-time -- but it's such a relief, after you've had a rewarding day with kids, to see them go home with SOMEBODY ELSE.
At any rate, if you like kids and want them to look up to you and depend on you, be a (good) teacher. You'll have 20 or 30 kids of your own right away, who you'll see daily for much longer than their own parents do. About personally raising kids -- in this crowded and expensive world, I think simply replacing oneself is enough. Of course, begin willing to adopt some else's unwanted child is extremely laudable, if you have the $$$ to provide for them well. |
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Banned
Location: Autonomous Zone
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I would love to be a high school teacher. Social studies of some kind.
But to me there is a big differance between a teacher and a parent. Mostly that a teacher will only see any single child for four years maximum. A child never will grow close to a teacher and be able to tell him everything. A teacher will never really see himself in his students or watch them graduate college get married and have grandkids. Nobody goes crying to their teacher when they break up with their boy/girlfriend. There are so many more emotions in being a parent than any other thing you can do. To me, it just seems incomparable to anything else. |
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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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as few as possible....
while I do like them in short stints... i'm not a fan of having them around all the time. which is another reason that I'm moving back to NYC where kids are usually stroller bound, and then teenagers...
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Observant Ruminant
Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town
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Oh yeah. And you'd be _amazed_ what a second-grader will tell you. Try stopping them... Rodney (not a full teacher myself, but been around) Last edited by Rodney; 07-21-2003 at 08:21 AM.. |
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Getting it.
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Location: Lion City
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I'm still not all that keen on other people's kids. I chose 2... I have two and that is enough.
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strangelove
Location: ...more here than there...
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1 for sure...maybe two. no more.
(i go by the 'replacement' theory - so, one to replace me, and one for my bf) ![]()
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Banned
Location: Autonomous Zone
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I hear alot about the overpopulation of the world and not bringing more people onto this crowded planet, yet when I walk down any random street in my town, I can count dozens of for rent signs and even more for sale. And everywhere you look, places are short on labour. Granted, my town is only 9000 (20,000 when the university students are here), but it seems to me that overpopulation is really overconcentration of population.
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#10 (permalink) |
Swollen Member
Location: Northern VA
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I would definetly want more than one. Being an only child is just something I cannot fathom. My friend is an only child and he had major major issues sharing a room/place of residence with her. To be honest, I don't care how many I have, as long as they are healthy.
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Psycho
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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i've thought about having kids for a while. i'm only 20 so IF i really wanted one or two i've got plenty of time to really decide. kids are such a huge responsibility and they cause so much stress....but they make life so much more intersting.
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Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash
Location: oregon
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2 or none. i voted for none tho bcos i dont really want a kid right now. and i'm not even that comfortable around them...
2 not 1 being because i'm the only child and i wouldn't want my kid, if i had one.. to be the only child either. so that means i'd have to have another one. but thats ittttttt.
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Please touch this.
Owner/Admin
Location: Manhattan
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I want one... and then one more if I fuck up the first
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Boy am I horny today
Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!
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It's pretty funny that when my wife and I started dating, we talked about having 4 kids, and many years later, we have 4 kids? Of course there won't be any more in the future. Raising children is an awesome responsiblity, you know you are doing something right when you child spends the night at a friends house, and the next day the other parents call and ask what you are doing! We've had this happen many times. I don't see it, but others do! Enjoy them while they are young though, and while you have your sanity!
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You + Me = Us
Location: California dreaming...
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3, maybe 4. I don't know what it is but watching them grow up and go through some of the same things you did, its just weird and nice at the same time.
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#22 (permalink) | |
Banned
Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Re: How many kids do you want
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I like kids. Specifically, I like kids with rice, as in sushi. Especially the noisy kids, "baked" will do, though I guess "fried" would probably work too, and tied up and roasted with basting would quiet them down nicely as well. I haven't thought about it. Last edited by denim; 07-24-2003 at 07:08 AM.. |
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Banned
Location: Massachusetts, USA
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"Oh yes, you were the extra. We were gonna wait until we determined which of you was the spare, and perform a retro-active abortion. No one will say anything, later." |
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Banned
Location: Massachusetts, USA
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In fact, here's a perfect use for 'em: http://www.adamtoons.de/games/kookinkidz.html
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#27 (permalink) |
My future is coming on
Moderator Emeritus
Location: east of the sun and west of the moon
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I don't want any, but if I did I would take the Zero Population Growth approach: one to replace each parent. I think anything more than that is a little irresponsible, globally speaking.
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Psycho
Location: In the garage, under the car.
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