Children

[Loricybin]

do you have children?

[Loricybin]

i personally think that as a human, as an animal on this earth, one of the biggest decisions you can possibly make is "will i or won't i?"

 

i also think that the best way you can really make a difference in the world is by continuing your lineage.

 

someday, once i've found a woman with the right mind and body, i will produce 1-3 of my own.

[Tormod]

I have two daughters, born in 2000 and 2003. :)

[Mercedes Benzene]

I'm 16.

I hope I don't have any kids. :)

[Janus]

I have one daughter. She starts college this fall.

[TheBigDog]

I have four son's. Ages 17, 15, 9 and 3. My wife and I cannot have any more kids. I guess we could adopt more at some point though. Raising kids is the highest responsibility in life. And in my opinion it brings the greatest joys.

 

Bill

[Eclogite]

Choosing not to have children is arguably a sad end to 3,700,000,000 years of struggle and efforts by your ancestors to survive.

 

Choosing to have more than the replacement level two children arguably adds to the challenge for your children to survive and propser by adding to the strain on planetary resources.

 

Eclogite - father of two children; grandfather of one.

[ughaibu]

Eclogite: What if one of your siblings already has the two to replace your mutual parents?

[Spiked Blood]

Choosing not to have children is arguably a sad end to 3,700,000,000 years of struggle and efforts by your ancestors to survive.

 

What about overpopulation?

 

Seriously. Sometimes I wish more people would decide to not have children. Or that at least, some of these sixteen year old kids would learn to keep their legs shut.

 

I used to wonder if homosexuality was natures way of trying to keep the rate of pop' increase to a minimum.

[Loricybin]

What about overpopulation?

well he did say . . .

Choosing to have more than the replacement level two children arguably adds to the challenge for your children to survive and propser by adding to the strain on planetary resources.

 

Seriously. Sometimes I wish more people would decide to not have children. Or that at least, some of these sixteen year old kids would learn to keep their legs shut.

i both see your point and disagree. my reasoning: what if you aren't happy with the people birthing too often? i would rather keep my own bloodline strong than theirs, especially with confidence in the fact that i will make a loving and honest parent.

I used to wonder if homosexuality was natures way of trying to keep the rate of pop' increase to a minimum.

that's actually an interesting point.

i was actually thinking about this very concept the other day.

[Jay-qu]

One day, not for a quite some time though.. two sounds like a nice number but i surely wouldnt go more than three

[Drip Curl Magic]

Oh, man.

 

Children.

 

A son or a daughter. An extension of your genetics... an extension of youself and another human.

 

lets mix these two different flavors of human... and see what comes out of it...

 

It's something I'd love to experience someday. Raising a kid. Watching it grow. teaching it.

 

I'd love to- if I'm ever in the right position to provide and be there for a kid.

 

and If I find the right person to make/adopt a kid with- No doubt.

 

I'll jump at the chance. but until then- I gotta wait for the circumstances to be right- if ever.

[HappytheStripper]

Hi

 

I have children .. 1 of my own .. a few step kids and a co-zillion adopted kids online and otherwise .. all teenagers :hammer:

 

Ima tell you now .. having children is a revolution unto its own .. I even found a word to describe it .. teenagerism .. :hihi:

 

On a more serious note .. I think having kids is one of lifes greatest lessons .. and one lesson not to be missed .. however not for everyone ..

 

Ashley

[Tarantism]

someday i want to be a daddy.

[InfiniteNow]

What about overpopulation?

 

Seriously. Sometimes I wish more people would decide to not have children. Or that at least, some of these sixteen year old kids would learn to keep their legs shut.

While I do not approach the world with this frame of mind, here is the conclusion I've reached.

 

Overpopulation puts a strain on resources, increasing the probability of a mass extinction event (MEE). If you have 12 children instead of 2, the chances that your genes will carry on past this MEE are greatly increased, hence, people pop out baby upon baby. As for keeping legs shut, sometimes hormones are stronger than reason, ESPECIALLY when one is young.

[cwes99_03]

Eclogite: What if one of your siblings already has the two to replace your mutual parents?

Ug, not sure you got the point here.

 

Whoever has two children is replacing their own lives (since it takes a man and a woman to have a child). You are not replacing your parents with your children, since they have already replaced their own lives with you and your sibling.

 

Interesting side note, what about replacing solid numbers on the earth. Thus one can only be born when another dies. This is obviously impossible to control (especially since it takes 9 months of planning and what if twins are conceived.)

 

That being said, what about those above who have sets of children with different mates. Should I not be allowed to have kids with a new wife if I already have kids with my deceased (hypothetical question, seeing as I'm neither a parent nor married). I suppose just 1, right, so that she is only replacing herself.

[ughaibu]

Cwes99_03: Yes, I realised after I'd posted that I'd forgotten the partner's parents, but when I thought about it a bit more- one couple has four parents, if they have two children who each have two children, the four grandchildren of the original couple replace their parents, but then one also has to add in the parent's of the partners of the original couple's children. That's when I decided to leave it to someone mathematically inclined. Anyway, thanks for pointing it out.